Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
So King Zedekiah gave the order, and they assigned Jeremiah to the courtyard of the guard. Each day they gave him a loaf of bread from the bakers' street until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.
New American Standard Bible
Then King Zedekiah gave commandment, and they committed Jeremiah to the
King James Version
Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
Holman Bible
So King Zedekiah gave orders, and Jeremiah was placed in the guard’s courtyard.
A Conservative Version
Then Zedekiah the king commanded, and they committed Jeremiah into the court of the guard. And they gave him a loaf of bread daily out of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city was spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the
American Standard Version
Then Zedekiah the king commanded, and they committed Jeremiah into the court of the guard; and they gave him daily a loaf of bread out of the bakers'street, until all the bread in the city was spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.
Amplified
Then King Zedekiah commanded, and they committed Jeremiah to the court of the guardhouse, and a [round] loaf of bread from the bakers’ street was given to him daily, until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained [imprisoned] in the court of the guardhouse.
Bible in Basic English
Then by the order of Zedekiah the king, Jeremiah was put into the place of the armed watchmen, and they gave him every day a cake of bread from the street of the bread-makers, till all the bread in the town was used up. So Jeremiah was kept in the place of the armed watchmen.
Darby Translation
Then Zedekiah the king commanded, and they committed Jeremiah into the court of the guard, and they gave him daily a loaf of bread out of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city was spent. And Jeremiah abode in the court of the guard.
Julia Smith Translation
And king Zedekiah will command, and they will commit Jeremiah to the enclosure of the prison, and giving to him a round of bread for the day from the street of the baker's, till all the bread was consumed out of the city. And Jeremiah dwelt in the enclosure of the prison.
King James 2000
Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city was gone. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
Lexham Expanded Bible
So King Zedekiah commanded, and they handed Jeremiah over in the courtyard of the guard, and they gave to him a round loaf of bread from the street of the bakers {every day} until the finishing of all the bread from the city. And Jeremiah stayed in the courtyard of the guard.
Modern King James verseion
And Zedekiah the king commanded that they should put Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him a piece of bread out of the bakers' street daily, until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then Zedekiah the king commanded to put Jeremiah in the fore entry of the prison, and daily to be given him a cake of bread of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city was eaten up. Thus Jeremiah remained in the fore entry of the prison.
NET Bible
Then King Zedekiah ordered that Jeremiah be committed to the courtyard of the guardhouse. He also ordered that a loaf of bread be given to him every day from the baker's street until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah was kept in the courtyard of the guardhouse.
New Heart English Bible
Then Zedekiah the king commanded, and they committed Jeremiah into the court of the guard; and they gave him daily a loaf of bread out of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city was spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.
The Emphasized Bible
Then King Zedekiah gave command and they committed Jeremiah into the guard-court, and said that there should be given him a cake of bread daily, out of the bakers street, until all the bread out of the city should be spent, So Jeremiah remained in the guard-court.
Webster
Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the baker's street, until all the bread in the city should be consumed. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
World English Bible
Then Zedekiah the king commanded, and they committed Jeremiah into the court of the guard; and they gave him daily a loaf of bread out of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city was spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.
Youngs Literal Translation
And the king Zedekiah commandeth, and they commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, also to give to him a cake of bread daily from the bakers' street, till the consumption of all the bread of the city, and Jeremiah dwelleth in the court of the prison.
Themes
Arts and crafts » Names of various » Bakers
Jeremiah » The prophet » Imprisoned by zedekiah
Prisoners » Severe hardships of, mitigated
Prisons » Kinds of, mentioned » State
Prisons » Persons confined in » Might have their condition ameliorated by the king
Zedekiah » Made king of judah by nebuchadnezzar » Imprisons jeremiah on account of his denunciations
Interlinear
Tsavah
Paqad
Nathan
Yowm
Lechem
Chuwts
Lechem
Tamam
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 37:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jeremiah Is Arrested And Put In Prison
20 Now, please listen, your majesty, and pay attention to what I'm asking you. Don't make me go back to the house of Jonathan the scribe, so I don't die there." 21 So King Zedekiah gave the order, and they assigned Jeremiah to the courtyard of the guard. Each day they gave him a loaf of bread from the bakers' street until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.
Phrases
Cross References
Jeremiah 38:13
They pulled Jeremiah with the ropes and brought him up from the cistern, but Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.
Jeremiah 38:28
Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard until the day Jerusalem was captured.
Jeremiah 32:2
The army of the king of Babylon was then besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was confined in the courtyard of the guard at the palace of the king of Judah
Jeremiah 38:9
"Your majesty, these men have acted wickedly in all they have done to the prophet Jeremiah by throwing him into the cistern. He will die where he is because of the famine since there is no more bread in the city."
Jeremiah 52:6
By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine became so severe that there was no food for the people of the land.
2 Kings 25:3
By the ninth day of the fourth month, the resulting famine had become so severe in the city that no food remained for the people who lived in the land.
Isaiah 33:16
this is the one who will live on the heights; his refuge will be a mountain fortress. His food will be supplied, and his water will be guaranteed.
Job 5:20
He will deliver you from death by famine; in war from the power of the sword.
Psalm 33:18-19
Indeed, the LORD watches those who fear him; those who trust in his gracious love
Deuteronomy 28:52-57
They'll besiege all your cities until your high and fortified walls in which you have trusted collapse throughout the land. Indeed, they will besiege all your cities, which the LORD your God gave you."
1 Kings 17:4-6
You will be able to drink from that brook, and I've commanded some crows to sustain you there."
Psalm 34:9-10
Fear the LORD, you holy ones of his; for those who fear him lack nothing.
Psalm 37:3
Trust in the LORD and do good. Dwell in the land and feed on faithfulness.
Psalm 37:19
They will not experience shame in times of trouble; in times of famine they will have plenty.
Proverbs 16:7
When a person's ways please the LORD, even his enemies will be at peace with him.
Proverbs 21:1
A king's heart is a water stream that the LORD controls; he directs it wherever he pleases.
Jeremiah 32:8
"Then my cousin Hanamel came to me in the courtyard of the guard just as the LORD had said, and he told me, "Please buy my field in Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin because you have the right to possess it, and the right to redeem it belongs to you. Buy it for yourself.' So I knew that this was a message from the LORD.
Jeremiah 39:14-15
They sent for Jeremiah and took him from the courtyard of the guard. They handed him over to Ahikam's son Gedaliah, the grandson of Shaphan, to take him home. So he remained among the people.
Lamentations 2:11-12
My eyes are worn out from crying, my insides are churning, My emotions pour out in grief because my people are destroyed Children and infants faint in the streets of the city.
Lamentations 2:19-20
Get up and cry aloud in the night, at the beginning of every hour. Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord! Lift up your hands toward him for the lives of your children, who are fainting away at every street corner.
Lamentations 4:4-5
The nursing child's tongue cleaves to its palate from thirst. Young children beg for bread, but no one gives them any.
Lamentations 4:9-10
Those who die by the sword are better off than those who die from starvation, who slowly waste away like those pierced through for lack of food from the fields.
Lamentations 5:10
Our skin blisters as from an oven, due to ravaging blasts of the famine.
Matthew 6:33
But first be concerned about God's kingdom and his righteousness, and all of these things will be provided for you as well.
Acts 12:5
So Peter was kept in prison, but earnest prayer to God for him was being offered by the assembly.
Acts 24:27
After two years had passed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus. Since Felix wanted to do the Jews a favor, he left Paul in prison.
Acts 28:16
When we came into Rome, Paul was allowed to live by himself with the soldier who was guarding him.
Acts 28:30
For two whole years Paul lived in his own rented place and welcomed everyone who came to him.
Ephesians 4:1
I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, urge you to live in a way that is worthy of the calling to which you have been called,
Ephesians 6:20
for whose sake I am an ambassador in chains, desiring to declare the gospel as boldly as I should.
2 Timothy 1:8
Therefore, never be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me, his prisoner. Instead, by God's power, join me in suffering for the sake of the gospel.
2 Timothy 2:9
Because of it I am experiencing trouble, even to the point of being chained like a criminal. However, God's word is not chained.