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Jeremiah 36:17
17Then they asked Baruch, “Tell us, how did you come to write all this? Did Jeremiah dictate it?”
Jeremiah 36:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth?
- English Standard Version (ESV)Then they asked Baruch, "Tell us, please, how did you write all these words? Was it at his dictation?"
- New King James Version (NKJV)And they asked Baruch, saying, “Tell us now, how did you write all these words—at his instruction?”
- New Living Translation (NLT)“But first, tell us how you got these messages. Did they come directly from Jeremiah?”
Context of Jeremiah 36:17
15They said to him, “Sit down, please, and read it to us.” So Baruch read it to them. 16When they heard all these words, they looked at each other in fear and said to Baruch, “We must report all these words to the king.” Then they asked Baruch, “Tell us, how did you come to write all this? Did Jeremiah dictate it?” 18“Yes,” Baruch replied, “he dictated all these words to me, and I wrote them in ink on the scroll.” 19Then the officials said to Baruch, “You and Jeremiah, go and hide. Don’t let anyone know where you are.”
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וְאֶ֨ת־בָּר֔וּךְ שָׁאֲל֖וּ לֵאמֹ֑ר הַגֶּד־נָ֣א לָ֔נוּ אֵ֗יךְ כָּתַ֛בְתָּ אֶת־כָּל־הַדְּבָרִ֥ים הָאֵ֖לֶּה מִפִּֽיו׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Jeremiah 36:17
Commentaries on Jeremiah 36:17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17How didst thou write all these words? - At his mouth? - So the text should be pointed. They wished to know whether he had not copied them, or whether he wrote as Jeremiah prophesied.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17The scroll might have been drawn up by Baruch from memoranda of his own without the prophet‘s direct authority. The princes therefore did not ask from curiosity, but to obtain necessary information.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-19Verses 9-19 Shows of piety and devotion may be found even among those, who, though they keep up forms of godliness, are strangers and enemies to the power of it. The princes patiently attended the reading of the whole book. They were in great fear. But even those who are convinced to the truth and importance of what they hear, and are disposed to favour those who preach it, often have difficulties and reserves about their safety, interest, or preferment…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17-18The officials wanted to learn where the scroll came from and what its messages meant.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. What they wished to know was, whether what Baruch had read to them was written by him from memory after hearing Jeremiah repeating his prophecies continuously, or accurately from the prophet's own dictation.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 36
- 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
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