Jeremiah 26:16

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Then the officials and all the people said to the priests and prophets, 'This man does not deserve the death penalty, for he has spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God.'

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the prophets; This man is not worthy to die: for he hath spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Then the princes and all the people said to the priests and to the prophets, This man is not worthy to die, for he has spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the prophets; This man is not worthy to die: for he hath spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the prophets: This man is not worthy of death; for he hath spoken to us in the name of Jehovah our God.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the prophets; This man is not worthy to die: for he hath spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Then sayde the rulers and the people vn the prestes and prophetes: This man maye not be condemned to death, for he hath preached vnto vs in the name of the LORDE oure God.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Then saide the princes and all the people vnto the Priestes, and to the prophets, This man is not worthie to die: for he hath spoken vnto vs in the Name of the Lorde our God.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Then sayde the rulers and the people vnto the priestes and prophetes: This man may not be condempned to death, for he hath preached vnto vs in the name of the Lorde our God.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ¶ Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the prophets; This man [is] not worthy to die: for he hath spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Then said the princes and all the people to the priests and to the prophets: This man is not worthy of death; for he has spoken to us in the name of Yahweh our God.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And the heads and all the people say unto the priests and unto the prophets, `There is not for this man a judgment of death, for in the name of Jehovah our God he hath spoken unto us.'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the prophets: This man is not worthy of death; for he hath spoken to us in the name of Jehovah our God.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the prophets: This man is not worthy of death; for he hath spoken to us in the name of Jehovah our God.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Then the rulers and all the people said to the priests and the prophets, It is not right for this man to be put to death: for he has said words to us in the name of the Lord our God.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Then the princes and all the people said to the priests and to the prophets: This man is not worthy of death; for he has spoken to us in the name of Yahweh our God.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Then the officials and all the people rendered their verdict to the priests and the prophets. They said,“This man should not be condemned to die. For he has spoken to us under the authority of the LORD our God.”

Referenced Verses

  • Acts 5:34-39 : 34 But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law held in honor by all the people, stood up in the Sanhedrin and ordered the apostles to be put outside for a short time. 35 Then he said to them, 'Men of Israel, take care what you are about to do with these men.' 36 'Some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and about four hundred men joined him. He was killed, and all who followed him were dispersed and came to nothing.' 37 'After him, Judas the Galilean rose up in the days of the census and led a number of people in revolt. He too perished, and all who followed him were scattered.' 38 'So in the present case I tell you, stay away from these men and leave them alone. For if this plan or this undertaking is of human origin, it will fail.' 39 'But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop it. You may even find yourselves fighting against God.' They were persuaded by him.
  • Acts 23:9 : 9 A loud outcry arose, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees’ party stood up and argued vehemently, saying, 'We find nothing wrong with this man! What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?'
  • Acts 23:29 : 29 I found that he was accused concerning matters of their law but had no charge against him deserving death or imprisonment.
  • Acts 25:25 : 25 However, I found that he had done nothing deserving of death. But since he himself has appealed to the Emperor, I decided to send him.
  • Jer 36:19 : 19 The officials said to Baruch, "You and Jeremiah must hide, and don’t let anyone know where you are."
  • Jer 36:25 : 25 Even though Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah urged the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them.
  • Jer 38:7-9 : 7 Now Ebed-Melech, a Cushite, an official in the royal palace, heard that they had put Jeremiah into the cistern. While the king was sitting at the Benjamin Gate, 8 Ebed-Melech went out of the palace and said to the king, 9 "My lord the king, these men have acted wickedly in all they have done to Jeremiah the prophet. They have thrown him into a cistern, where he will die from hunger, since there is no longer any bread in the city." 10 The king commanded Ebed-Melech the Cushite, "Take thirty men from here with you and lift Jeremiah the prophet out of the cistern before he dies." 11 So Ebed-Melech took the men with him and went to a room under the treasury in the palace. He took some old rags and worn-out clothes from there and let them down to Jeremiah in the cistern with ropes. 12 Ebed-Melech the Cushite said to Jeremiah, "Put these worn-out rags and clothes under your arms to pad the ropes." Jeremiah did so, 13 and they pulled Jeremiah up with the ropes and lifted him out of the cistern. And Jeremiah stayed in the courtyard of the guard.
  • Matt 27:23-24 : 23 But he said, 'Why? What evil has He done?' Yet they kept shouting all the more, 'Let Him be crucified!' 24 When Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd, saying, 'I am innocent of this man's blood; see to it yourselves.'
  • Matt 27:54 : 54 When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified and said, 'Truly this was the Son of God!'
  • Luke 23:14-15 : 14 and said to them, 'You brought this man to me as one who is misleading the people. Now look, after examining Him in your presence, I have found no basis for your charges against Him. 15 No, nor has Herod, for he sent Him back to us. Look, He has done nothing deserving death.
  • Luke 23:41 : 41 'And we are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.'
  • Luke 23:47 : 47 When the centurion saw what had happened, he praised God and said, 'Surely this was a righteous man.'
  • Acts 26:31-32 : 31 As they were leaving, they began to discuss among themselves, saying, 'This man has done nothing deserving death or imprisonment.' 32 Agrippa said to Festus, 'This man could have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar.'
  • Esth 4:14 : 14 If you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows? Perhaps you have come to your royal position for such a time as this.
  • Prov 16:7 : 7 When the Lord is pleased with a person’s ways, He makes even their enemies to be at peace with them.
  • Jer 26:11 : 11 Then the priests and the prophets said to the officials and to all the people, 'This man deserves the death sentence, for he has prophesied against this city as you have heard with your own ears.'

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

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    2 verses
    87%

    11Then the priests and the prophets said to the officials and to all the people, 'This man deserves the death sentence, for he has prophesied against this city as you have heard with your own ears.'

    12But Jeremiah said to all the officials and all the people, 'The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and this city all the words you have heard.'

  • Jer 26:14-15
    2 verses
    81%

    14'But as for me, I am in your hands; do with me whatever you think is good and right in your eyes.'

    15But you should certainly know that if you put me to death, you are bringing innocent blood upon yourselves, this city, and its inhabitants, for truly the LORD has sent me to you to speak all these words in your hearing.

  • Jer 26:7-9
    3 verses
    78%

    7And the priests, the prophets, and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the LORD.

    8And when Jeremiah finished speaking all that the LORD had commanded him to speak to all the people, the priests, the prophets, and all the people seized him, saying, 'You shall surely die!'

    9'Why have you prophesied in the name of the LORD, saying, “This house will become like Shiloh, and this city will be desolate, without inhabitants”?' And all the people crowded around Jeremiah in the LORD's house.

  • Jer 26:17
    75%

    17And some of the elders of the land stood up and spoke to the whole assembly of the people, saying:

  • Jer 38:4
    74%

    4The officials said to the king, "This man must be put to death, because he is discouraging the soldiers who remain in the city and all the people by speaking these words to them. He is not seeking the welfare of this people, but only their harm."

  • Jer 11:21
    73%

    21Therefore, this is what the LORD says concerning the men of Anathoth, who seek your life and say, ‘Do not prophesy in the name of the LORD, or you will die by our hands.’

  • 1 Sam 22:16-17
    2 verses
    71%

    16The king said, 'You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you and your whole family.'

    17Then the king ordered the guards standing by him, 'Turn and kill the priests of the Lord, because they are allies of David. They knew he was fleeing but didn’t inform me.' But the king's servants were unwilling to raise their hands to strike the priests of the Lord.

  • Matt 26:66
    71%

    66What is your judgment?" They answered, "He is guilty and deserves death."

  • Jer 38:25-27
    3 verses
    70%

    25If the officials hear that I talked with you and come to you, saying, ‘Tell us what you said to the king and what the king said to you; do not hide it from us, or we will put you to death,’

    26then tell them, ‘I was pleading with the king not to send me back to Jonathan’s house to die there.’"

    27All the officials did come to Jeremiah and questioned him, and he told them everything the king had ordered him to say. So they said no more to him, for no one had heard the conversation.

  • Deut 18:20-21
    2 verses
    70%

    20But a prophet who presumes to speak in my name anything I have not commanded, or who speaks in the name of other gods, is to be put to death.

    21You may say to yourselves, 'How can we know when a message has not been spoken by the LORD?'

  • Jer 38:15-16
    2 verses
    70%

    15Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, "If I give you an answer, will you not put me to death? And even if I did give you advice, you would not listen to me."

    16But King Zedekiah swore an oath secretly to Jeremiah, "As surely as the LORD lives, who has given us breath, I will neither put you to death nor hand you over to those who want to kill you."

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    70%

    42The prophet said to him, 'This is what the LORD says: Because you released a man I had determined should die, it will be your life for his life, and your people for his people.'

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    69%

    6We have not listened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, our rulers, our ancestors, and to all the people of the land.

  • Jer 27:16-17
    2 verses
    69%

    16Then I said to the priests and all this people: This is what the LORD says: Do not listen to the words of your prophets who are prophesying to you, saying, ‘The articles of the LORD’s house will soon be returned from Babylon.’ They are prophesying lies to you.

    17Do not listen to them. Instead, serve the king of Babylon and live. Why should this city become a ruin?

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    69%

    4Yet hear the word of the Lord, O Zedekiah, king of Judah! This is what the Lord says concerning you: You will not die by the sword.

  • Jer 27:13-14
    2 verses
    69%

    13Why should you and your people die by the sword, famine, and plague, as the LORD has spoken regarding any nation that does not serve the king of Babylon?

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    68%

    10When you tell these people all these words, they will ask you, 'Why has the LORD declared such a great calamity against us? What is our guilt? What is the sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?'

  • Jer 26:19
    68%

    19Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him to death? Did he not fear the LORD and plead for His favor? And the LORD relented concerning the disaster that He pronounced against them. But we are about to bring a terrible disaster upon ourselves!

  • Jer 42:9
    68%

    9He said to them, "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: You sent me to present your petition before Him.

  • Luke 23:15
    68%

    15No, nor has Herod, for he sent Him back to us. Look, He has done nothing deserving death.

  • 2 Chr 34:26
    68%

    26But to the king of Judah who sent you to inquire of the LORD, this is what you shall say to him: 'This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says concerning the words you heard:

  • John 7:25
    68%

    25Then some of the people of Jerusalem began to say, 'Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?

  • Jer 26:24
    67%

    24Nevertheless, Ahikam son of Shaphan supported Jeremiah, so he was not handed over to the people to be put to death.

  • Num 16:29
    67%

    29If these men die a natural death and experience only what usually happens to men, then the Lord has not sent me.

  • 2 Chr 25:16
    67%

    16While the prophet was still speaking, Amaziah said to him, 'Have we made you the king's counselor? Stop! Why should you be struck down?' The prophet stopped but said, 'I know that God has determined to destroy you because you have done this and have not listened to my advice.'

  • 2 Kgs 7:17
    67%

    17Now the king had put the officer on whose arm he leaned in charge of the gate, but the people trampled him in the gateway, and he died, just as the man of God had foretold when the king came down to his house.

  • Jer 28:15
    67%

    15Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah, 'Listen now, Hananiah, the LORD has not sent you, but you have led this people to trust in falsehood.'

  • Deut 17:6
    67%

    6On the testimony of two or three witnesses, the person will be put to death, but no one is to be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.

  • Jonah 1:14
    67%

    14Then they cried out to the Lord, saying, "Please, Lord, do not let us perish for taking this man's life, and do not hold us accountable for innocent blood. For you, Lord, have done as you pleased."

  • 1 Sam 11:12
    67%

    12Then the people said to Samuel, "Who was it that said, 'Shall Saul reign over us?' Bring those men to us, and we will put them to death."

  • Jer 37:19
    67%

    19Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, 'The king of Babylon will not come against you or this land'?

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    67%

    6They answered, 'A man came to meet us and said, "Go back to the king who sent you and tell him: This is what the LORD says: 'Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore, you will not leave the bed you are lying on. You will surely die.'"'

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    66%

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    66%

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    66%

    21I have told you today, but you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD your God or anything He has sent me to tell you.

  • Jer 28:5
    66%

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    66%

    39As surely as the Lord, who saves Israel, lives—even if it is my son Jonathan—he must die.' But no one among the people said a word.

  • Ezek 17:16
    66%

    16As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, in the place where the king who made him king resides—whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke—there in Babylon he will die.