Jehoiakim Burns the Scroll
Jeremiah 36:25
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Even though Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah urged the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them.
- KJV
- Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear them.
- WEB
- Moreover Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the scroll; but he would not listen to them.
- ASV
- Moreover Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll; but he would not hear them.
- LSV
- And also Elnathan, and Delaiah, and Gemariah have interceded with the king not to burn the scroll, and he has not listened to them.
- YLT
- And also Elnathan, and Delaiah, and Gemariah have interceded with the king not to burn the roll, and he hath not hearkened unto them.
- DBY
- Moreover, Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll; but he would not hear them.
- DRC
- But yet Elnathan, and Dalaias, and Gamarias spoke to the king, not to burn. the book: and he heard them not.
- GNV
- Neuerthelesse, Elnathan, and Delaiah, and Gemariah had besought the King, that he would not burne ye roule: but he would not heare them.
- JPS
- Moreover Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had entreated the king not to burn the roll; but he would not hear them.
- LXXE43:25
- I sent thee not in my name: and to Sophonias the priest the son of Maasæas say thou, But Elnathan and Godolias suggested to the king that he should burn the roll.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וְגַם֩ אֶלְנָתָ֨ן וּדְלָיָ֤הוּ וּגְמַרְיָ֨הוּ֙ הִפְגִּ֣עוּ בַמֶּ֔לֶךְ לְבִלְתִּ֥י שְׂרֹ֖ף אֶת־הַמְּגִלָּ֑ה וְלֹ֥א שָׁמַ֖ע אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃
- LXX-Br43:25
- οὐκ ἀπέστειλά σε τῷ ὀνόματί μου· καὶ πρὸς Σοφονίαν υἱὸν Μαασαίου τὸν ἱερέα εἰπὲ, Καὶ Ἐλνάθαν καὶ Γοδολίας ὑπέθεντο τῷ βασιλεῖ, πρὸς τὸ κατακαῦσαι τὸ χαρτίον.
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- Jeremiah 36:12he went down to the scribe’s chamber in the king’s palace, where all the officials were sitting: Elishama the scribe, Delaiah son of Shemaiah, Elnathan son of Achbor, Gemariah son of Shaphan, Zedekiah son of Hananiah,…
- Jeremiah 26:22Then King Jehoiakim sent men to Egypt: Elnathan son of Achbor along with some other men.
- Matthew 27:24–25When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that instead a riot was breaking out, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “You bear the…
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- Proverbs 21:29A wicked man hardens his face, but the upright man makes his way sure.
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