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Jeremiah Imprisoned

Jeremiah 37:16

In 11 translations

BSB
So Jeremiah went into a cell in the dungeon and remained there a long time.
KJV
¶ When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;cabins: or, cells
WEB
When Jeremiah had come into the dungeon house and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days,
ASV
When Jeremiah was come into the dungeon-house, and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;
LSV
When Jeremiah has entered into the house of the dungeon, and to the cells, then Jeremiah dwells there many days,
YLT
When Jeremiah hath entered into the house of the dungeon, and unto the cells, then Jeremiah dwelleth there many days,
DBY
When Jeremiah was come into the dungeon and into the vaults, and Jeremiah had remained there many days,
DRC37:15
So Jeremias went into the house of the prison, and into the dungeon: and Jeremias remained there many days.
GNV
When Ieremiah was entred into the dungeon, and into the prisons, and had remained there a long time,
JPS
When Jeremiah was come into the dungeon-house, and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;
LXXE44:16
So Jeremias came into the dungeon, and into the cells, and he remained there many days.

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Original-language editions

WLC
כִּ֣י בָ֧א יִרְמְיָ֛הוּ אֶל־בֵּ֥ית הַבּ֖וֹר וְאֶל־הַֽחֲנֻ֑יוֹת וַיֵּֽשֶׁב־שָׁ֥ם יִרְמְיָ֖הוּ יָמִ֥ים רַבִּֽים׃
LXX-Br44:16
Καὶ ἦλθεν Ἱερεμίας εἰς οἰκίαν τοῦ λάκκου, καὶ εἰς τὴν χερὲθ, καὶ ἐκάθισεν ἐκεῖ ἡμέρας πολλάς.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Jeremiah 38:6So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and…
  • Jeremiah 38:10–13So the king commanded Ebed-melech the Cushite, “Take thirty men from here with you and pull Jeremiah the prophet out of the cistern before he dies.” Then Ebed-melech took the men with him and went to the king’s palace,…
  • Lamentations 3:53They dropped me alive into a pit and cast stones upon me.
  • Lamentations 3:55I called on Your name, O LORD, out of the depths of the Pit.
  • Genesis 40:15For I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing for which they should have put me in this dungeon.”

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  • 37:15 in some Bibles
  • 37:16 in most Bibles

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