Jeremiah 36:18
16 When they had heard all these words, they turned to one another in fear and said to Baruch, “Surely we must report all these words to the king.”
17 “Tell us now,” they asked Baruch, “how did you write all these words? Was it at Jeremiah’s dictation?”
“It was at his dictation,” Baruch replied. “He recited all these words to me and I wrote them in ink on the scroll.”
19 Then the officials said to Baruch, “You and Jeremiah must hide yourselves and tell no one where you are.”
20 So the officials went to the king in the courtyard. And having stored the scroll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, they reported everything to the king.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “It was at his dictation,” Baruch replied. “He recited all these words to me and I wrote them in ink on the scroll.”
- KJV
- Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.
- WEB
- Then Baruch answered them, “He dictated all these words to me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.”
- ASV
- Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.
- DARBY
- And Baruch said unto them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote [them] with ink in the book.
- BLB
- And Baruch gave the answer to them: “From his mouth he called out to me all these words, and I was writing upon the book in ink.
- ÅB
- Baruk svarte: Med sin munn foresa han meg alle disse ord, og jeg skrev dem i boken med blekk.
- OTB
- "Ja," svarte Baruk, "han dikterte alle disse ordene til meg, og jeg skrev dem med blekk på bokrullen."
- B1930
- Baruk svarte: Med sin munn foresa han mig alle disse ord, og jeg skrev dem i boken med blekk.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 36:4
So Jeremiah called Baruch son of Neriah, and at the dictation of Jeremiah, Baruch wrote on a scroll all the words that the LORD had spoken to Jeremiah.
Read in contextJeremiah 36:2
“Take a scroll and write on it all the words I have spoken to you concerning Israel, Judah, and all the nations, from the day I first spoke to you during the reign of Josiah until today.
Read in contextProverbs 26:4–5
Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him.
Read in contextJeremiah 43:2–3
Azariah son of Hoshaiah, Johanan son of Kareah, and all the arrogant men said to Jeremiah, “You are lying! The LORD our God has not sent you to say, ‘You must not go to Egypt to reside there.’
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