Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
So Jeremiah came into the cells in the dungeon and remained there for a long time.
New American Standard Bible
For Jeremiah had come into the
King James Version
When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;
Holman Bible
So Jeremiah went into a cell in the dungeon
A Conservative Version
When Jeremiah came into the dungeon-house, and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days,
American Standard Version
When Jeremiah was come into the dungeon-house, and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;
Amplified
When Jeremiah had come into
Bible in Basic English
So Jeremiah came into the hole of the prison, under the arches, and was there for a long time.
Darby Translation
When Jeremiah was come into the dungeon and into the vaults, and Jeremiah had remained there many days,
Julia Smith Translation
For Jeremiah came to the house of the pit, and to the vaults, and Jeremiah sat there many days.
King James 2000
When Jeremiah had entered into the dungeon, and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;
Lexham Expanded Bible
So Jeremiah came to the {dungeon}, even to the vaulted cells, and Jeremiah stayed there many days.
Modern King James verseion
When Jeremiah had entered into the house of the pit, and into the cells, then Jeremiah remained there many days.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thus was Jeremiah put into the dungeon and prison, and so lay there a long time.
NET Bible
So Jeremiah was put in prison in a cell in the dungeon in Jonathan's house. He was kept there for a long time.
New Heart English Bible
When Jeremiah had come into the dungeon house, and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;
The Emphasized Bible
When Jeremiah had entered into the dungeon-house and into the cells, and Jeremiah, had remained there many days,
Webster
When Jeremiah had entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;
World English Bible
When Jeremiah was come into the dungeon house, and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;
Youngs Literal Translation
When Jeremiah hath entered into the house of the dungeon, and unto the cells, then Jeremiah dwelleth there many days,
Themes
Christian ministers » Faithful » Jeremiah
Jeremiah » The prophet » Imprisoned by zedekiah
Prisons » Keepers of » Often used severity
Prophets » The jews » Often imprisoned them
Zedekiah » Made king of judah by nebuchadnezzar » Imprisons jeremiah on account of his denunciations
Interlinear
Bayith
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 37:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jeremiah Is Arrested And Put In Prison
15 The officials were angry with Jeremiah and beat him. They put him in jail in the house of Jonathan the scribe because they had made it into a prison. 16 So Jeremiah came into the cells in the dungeon and remained there for a long time. 17 Then King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah and received him. The king questioned him secretly in his house: "Is there a message from the LORD?"
Cross References
Jeremiah 38:6
So they threw Jeremiah into a cistern that belonged to the king's son Malchijah and was located in the courtyard of the guard. When they let Jeremiah down with ropes, because there was no water in the cistern only mud Jeremiah sank into the mud.
Jeremiah 38:10-13
Then the king ordered Ebed-melech the Ethiopian: "Thirty men are at your disposal. Take them with you and bring up Jeremiah the prophet from the cistern before he dies."
Genesis 40:15
because I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews. Not only that, I haven't done anything that deserves me being confined to this pit."
Lamentations 3:53
They dumped me alive into a pit, sealing me in with stone.
Lamentations 3:55
I called on your name, LORD, from the depths of the Pit,