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

8This happened as the Lord had said it would happen. My cousin Hanamel came to visit me in the prison. He said, ‘Buy my field at Anathoth, in the land of Benjamin's tribe. I offer it to you first, as my relative. So you can buy it for yourself.’ When this happened, I realized I had really heard the Lord's message. 9So I bought the field at Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel. I weighed 17 shekels of silver to pay him for it. I wrote my name on a piece of paper to show that I had bought the land. Some men watched as I did this, to agree to the sale. I closed the paper with a seal. Then I gave Hanamel the silver that I had weighed. 11I took the paper with the seal, and also a copy of it that had no seal. The agreement about the sale of land was written on those pieces of paper. 12I gave both pieces of paper to Baruch, the son of Neriah and grandson of Mahseiah. Hanamel watched me as I did this, as well as the men who had written their names on the paper. The people of Judah who were there in the guards' yard also watched me.

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 32:12I gave both pieces of paper to Baruch, the son of Neriah and grandson of Mahseiah. Hanamel watched me as I did this, as well as the men who had written their names on the paper. The people of Judah who were there in the guards' yard also watched me.
• Isaiah 44:5Someone will say, “I belong to the Lord.” Another person will call himself by the name “Jacob”. Someone else will write on his hand, “I am the Lord's”, and he will call himself “Israel”.’
• Joshua 18:9So the men left and they travelled through the land. They described the land and each town and they wrote it in a book. They wrote about each of the seven parts of the land. Then they went back to Joshua at Shiloh, where the Israelites had put up their tents.
• Isaiah 30:8Go and write this message down for them to see. Yes, write it in a book so that it will always be there to read. In the future, it will always show what is true.
• Deuteronomy 32:34The Lord says, ‘I will not forget to punish Israel's enemies. I have already decided what I will do, and I will do it!
• Job 14:17You would forgive me for my sins. You would hide them away.
• Daniel 8:26This vision about the evenings and the mornings is true. I have told you what it means. But keep the vision as a secret now. It will be a long time before these things happen.’
• John 3:33Anyone who does believe his message agrees that God is true.
• John 6:27Do not work only for that kind of food. It soon becomes spoiled. Instead, work to get the food that continues for ever. That kind of food gives you life with God. The Son of Man will give this food to you. God, the Father, has given the Son authority to do this.’
• 2 Corinthians 1:22He has also put his mark on us, to show that we belong to him. He has given his Spirit to us, to live in us. Because of that, we know that we will receive all the good things that God has promised.
• Ephesians 1:13You believers in Ephesus also heard God's true message. You heard the good news about how God saves you. When you believed in Christ, God gave his Holy Spirit to you. He had promised to do that, to show that you belong to him.
• Ephesians 4:30Do not do anything that will make God's Holy Spirit sad. God gave his Holy Spirit to you to show that you belong to him. As a result you know that God will make you completely free one day.
• Revelation 7:2Then I saw another angel who was coming up from the east. He was carrying the seal of the God who lives for ever. He shouted loudly to the four other angels. They had received authority to destroy the land and the sea.
• Revelation 9:4They knew that they must not do anything bad to the grass on the earth. They must not attack any plant or any tree. They could only attack people who did not have God's seal on the front of their heads.
• Ruth 4:9Boaz said to the town's leaders and to all the people there, ‘You have all seen today that I have bought the land from Naomi. I have bought all the land that belonged to Elimelech, Kilion and Mahlon.
• Isaiah 8:1The Lord said to me, ‘Get a large board to write on. Then write clear words on it. Write this name: “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