Jeremiah 32:10

Jeremiah 32:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, and took witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.
• New International Version (NIV)I signed and sealed the deed, had it witnessed, and weighed out the silver on the scales.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I signed the deed, sealed it, got witnesses, and weighed the money on scales.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And I signed the deed and sealed it, took witnesses, and weighed the money on the scales.

Context of Jeremiah 32:10

8Then Hanamel my uncle’s son came to me in the court of the guard in accordance with the word of the Lord, and he said to me, ‘Please buy my field that is at Anathoth, which is in the land of Benjamin, for you have the right of inheritance and the redemption is yours; buy it for yourself.’ Then I knew that this was the word of the Lord. 9“I bought the field that was at Anathoth from Hanamel my uncle’s son, and weighed out the money for him, seventeen shekels of silver. I signed the deed and sealed it, and called in witnesses, and weighed out the money on the scales. 11So I took the deeds of the purchase, both the sealed copy containing the terms and conditions, and the unsealed copy; 12and I gave the purchase deed to Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the sight of Hanamel my uncle’s son and in sight of the witnesses who signed the purchase deed, in the presence of all the Jews who were sitting in the court of the guard.

Jeremiah 32:10 word by word

וָאֶכְתֹּ֤ב בַּסֵּ֙פֶר֙ וָֽאֶחְתֹּ֔ם וָאָעֵ֖ד עֵדִ֑ים וָאֶשְׁקֹ֥ל הַכֶּ֖סֶף בְּמֹאזְנָֽיִם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And I subscribedכָּתַבkâthab · to writeH3789
• the evidenceסֵ֫פֶרsêpher siphrâh · scroll: documentH5612
• and sealedחָתַםchâtham · to sealH2856
• and tookעוּד‛ûd · to testifyH5749
• witnessesעֵד‛êd · witnessH5707
• and weighedשָׁקַלshâqal · to weighH8254
• the moneyכֶּ֫סֶףkeseph · silver: moneyH3701
• in the balancesמֹאזֵןmô'zên · balanceH3976

Cross-references for Jeremiah 32:10

• Jeremiah 32:12and I gave the purchase deed to Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the sight of Hanamel my uncle’s son and in sight of the witnesses who signed the purchase deed, in the presence of all the Jews who were sitting in the court of the guard.
• Isaiah 44:5One will say, ‘I am the Lord’s’; And another will name himself after Jacob; And another will write on his hand, ‘I am the Lord’s,’ And be called by the [honorable] name of Israel.
• Joshua 18:9So the men set out and passed through the land, and described it by cities in seven divisions in a book; and they came back to Joshua to the camp at Shiloh.
• Isaiah 30:8Now, go, write it on a tablet before them And inscribe it on a scroll, So that it may serve in the time to come As a witness [against them] forevermore.
• Deuteronomy 32:34‘Is it not laid up in store with Me, Sealed up in My treasuries?
• Job 14:17My transgression is sealed up in a bag, And You cover my wickedness [from Your view].
• Daniel 8:26The vision of the evenings and the mornings Which has been told [to you] is true. But keep the vision a secret, For it has to do with many days in the now distant future.”
• John 3:33Whoever receives His testimony has set his seal [of approval] to this: God is true [and he knows that God cannot lie].
• John 6:27Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures [and leads] to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you; for God the Father has authorized Him and put His seal on Him.”
• 2 Corinthians 1:22it is He who has also put His seal on us [that is, He has appropriated us and certified us as His] and has given us the [Holy] Spirit in our hearts as a pledge [like a security deposit to guarantee the fulfillment of His promise of eternal life].
• Ephesians 1:13In Him, you also, when you heard the word of truth, the good news of your salvation, and [as a result] believed in Him, were stamped with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit [the One promised by Christ] as owned and protected [by God].
• Ephesians 4:30And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God [but seek to please Him], by whom you were sealed and marked [branded as God’s own] for the day of redemption [the final deliverance from the consequences of sin].
• Revelation 7:2Then I saw another angel coming up from the rising of the sun, holding the seal of the living God; and with a loud voice he called out to the four angels to whom it was granted [to have authority and power] to harm the earth and the sea,
• Revelation 9:4They were told not to hurt the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but [to hurt] only the people who do not have the seal (mark of ownership, protection) of God on their foreheads.
• Ruth 4:9Then Boaz said to the elders and to all the people, “You are witnesses this day that I have bought everything that was Elimelech’s and everything that was Chilion’s and Mahlon’s from the hand of Naomi.
• Isaiah 8:1Then the Lord said to me, “Take for yourself a large tablet [for public display] and write on it in ordinary characters: Belonging to Maher-shalal-hash-baz.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 32:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10I subscribed the evidence - We have here all the circumstances of this legal act: An offer is made of the reversion of the ground, till the jubilee, to him who would then of right come into possession. The price is agreed on, and the silver weighed in the balances. A contract or deed of sale is drawn up, to which both parties agreeing, Witnesses are brought forward to see it signed and sealed; for the contract was both subscribed and sealed. A duplicate…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Translate: And I wrote the particulars of the purchase in the deed … And I took the purchase-deed, both that which was sealed containing the oiler and the conditions, and that which was open etc. There were two indentures, of which one was called the purchase-deed, and was signed by the purchaser and the witnesses. It was then sealed, not in our sense of appending a seal in place of signatures, but to close it up. The open deed was probably an exact copy…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10Jeremiah followed the legal steps to buy property. The purchase deed was a papyrus sheet with terms in Hebrew. Jeremiah signed, sealed the deed, and paid in front of witnesses (Genesis 23:3–18; 2 Samuel 24:20–24).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. subscribed--I wrote in the deed, "book of purchase" (Jr 32:12). weighed--coined money was not in early use; hence money was "weighed" (Ge 23:16).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 32:10

• Anathoth
• Balances
• Contracts
• Covenant
• Hanamel
• Jeremiah
• Land
• Money
• Seal
• Symbols and Similitudes
• Witness

In the dictionaries

• Fear
• Hanameel
• Open
• Redemption
• Agrarian Laws
• Balance
• Baruch
• Evidence; Evident; Evidently
• Hanamel
• Jeremiah (2)

Commentaries on Jeremiah 32

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings