Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 Therefore hear now, I pray you, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray you, be accepted before you; that you cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there. 21 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.
Phrases
Cross References
Jeremiah 38:13
So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the cistern: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
Jeremiah 38:28
So Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison until the day that Jerusalem was taken: and he was there when Jerusalem was taken.
Jeremiah 32:2
For then the king of Babylon's army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah's house.
Jeremiah 38:9
My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the cistern; and he is likely to die from hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city.
Jeremiah 52:6
And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was severe in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.
2 Kings 25:3
And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no food for the people of the land.
Isaiah 33:16
He shall dwell on high: his place of defense shall be the fortresses of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.
Job 5:20
In famine he shall redeem you from death: and in war from the power of the sword.
Psalm 33:18-19
Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;
Deuteronomy 28:52-57
And he shall besiege you in all your gates, until your high and fortified walls come down, in which you trusted, throughout all your land: and he shall besiege you in all your gates throughout all your land, which the LORD your God has given you.
1 Kings 17:4-6
And it shall be, that you shall drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.
Psalm 34:9-10
O fear the LORD, you his saints: for there is no lack to them that fear him.
Psalm 37:3
Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shall you dwell in the land, and verily you shall be fed.
Psalm 37:19
They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
Proverbs 16:7
When a man's ways please the LORD, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.
Proverbs 21:1
The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turns it wherever he will.
Jeremiah 32:8
So Hanamel my uncle's son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of the LORD, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray you, that is in Anathoth, which is in the country 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 the LORD.
Jeremiah 39:14-15
Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home: so he dwelt among the people.
Lamentations 2:11-12
My eyes do fail with tears, my soul is troubled, my heart is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the infants faint in the streets of the city.
Lamentations 2:19-20
Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up your hands toward him for the life of your young children, that faint for hunger at the head of every street.
Lamentations 4:4-5
The tongue of the nursing child clings to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaks it unto them.
Lamentations 4:9-10
They that are slain with the sword are better than they that are slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for lack of the fruits of the field.
Lamentations 5:10
Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.
Matthew 6:33
But seek you first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Acts 12:5
Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.
Acts 24:27
But after two years Porcius Festus came into Felix' position: and Felix, willing to show the Jews a favor, left Paul bound.
Acts 28:16
And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard: but Paul was allowed to dwell by himself with a soldier that kept him.
Acts 28:30
And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him,
Ephesians 4:1
I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that you walk worthy of the vocation by which you are called,
Ephesians 6:20
For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that in this I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
2 Timothy 1:8
Be not therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;
2 Timothy 2:9
In which I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.