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

8So my uncle’s son Hanamel came to me in the court of the guard as was the word of Adonai, and said to me: “Buy my field, please, which is in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin; for the right of inheritance is yours and the redemption is yours; buy it for yourself.” Then I knew that this was the word of Adonai. 9So I bought the field that was in Anathoth from the son of my uncle Hanamel, and weighed him the money—seventeen shekels of silver. I signed and sealed the deed, called in witnesses, and weighed the money on the scales. 11Then I took the purchase deed, both the sealed copy, containing the terms and conditions, and the open copy, 12and I gave the purchase deed to Baruch son of Neriah son of Mahseiah, in the presence of my uncle’s son Hanamel and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the purchase deed, before all the Jews that sat 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 son of Neriah son of Mahseiah, in the presence of my uncle’s son Hanamel and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the purchase deed, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the guard.
• Isaiah 44:5This one will say, ‘I am Adonai’s.’ That one will be called by the name Jacob. Another will write on his hand, ‘Adonai’s’ and will take the name Israel.”
• Joshua 18:9So the men went, passing through the land, and described it in a scroll, town by town, in seven parts. Then they came to Joshua at the camp at Shiloh.
• Isaiah 30:8Now go, write it on a tablet for them and inscribe it in a scroll, so that it may be as a witness for the last day, forever.
• Deuteronomy 32:34Is it not stored up with Me, sealed up in My treasuries?
• Job 14:17my transgression will be sealed in a bundle and cover over my iniquity.
• Daniel 8:26“‘Now the vision of the evenings and mornings that has been told to you is true, but seal up the vision for it concerns many days from now.’
• John 3:33Whoever receives His testimony has certified that God is true.
• John 6:27Don’t work for food that spoils, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on Him, God the Father has put the seal of approval.”
• 2 Corinthians 1:22set His seal on us, and gave us the Ruach in our hearts as a pledge.
• Ephesians 1:13After you heard the message of truth—the Good News of your salvation—and when you put your trust in Him, you were sealed with the promised Ruach ha-Kodesh.
• Ephesians 4:30Do not grieve the Ruach ha-Kodesh of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
• Revelation 7:2Then I saw another angel coming up from the east, having the seal of the living God. He cried out with a loud voice to the four angels who were permitted to harm the earth and the sea,
• Revelation 9:4They were told to do no harm to the grass of the earth or any green plant or any tree, but only the people who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads.
• Ruth 4:9Boaz announced to the elders and all the people: “You are witnesses today that I have bought from Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech and all that belonged to Chilion and Mahlon.
• Isaiah 8:1Then Adonai said to me: “Take yourself a great tablet, and write on it with a man’s stylus: ‘Maher-shalal-hashbaz.’”

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