Jeremiah 36:18

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Baruch answered them, "Jeremiah dictated all these words to me, and I wrote them down with ink on the scroll."

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לָהֶם֙ בָּר֔וּךְ מִפִּיו֙ יִקְרָ֣א אֵלַ֔י אֵ֥ת כָּל־הַדְּבָרִ֖ים הָאֵ֑לֶּה וַאֲנִ֛י כֹּתֵ֥ב עַל־הַסֵּ֖פֶר בַּדְּיֽוֹ׃ פ

Transliteration

wə-yōʾmer to-them Bārûk, from-his-mouth he-yiqrāʾ to-me ʾēt all-the-dəbārîm these, and-I kōtēb on-the-sēper with-the-dəyô

Grammar Details

• *wə-yōʾmer*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he said
• *yiqrāʾ*: Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he would dictate/call out
• *kōtēb*: Qal participle, masculine singular - writing/recording
• *sēper*: masculine singular noun - book/scroll/document
• *dəyô*: masculine singular noun - ink

Word Meanings

• *yiqrāʾ*: would dictate/would call out/would pronounce
• *kōtēb*: writing/recording/inscribing
• *sēper*: book/scroll/document
• *dəyô*: ink

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words to me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then Baruch{H1263} answered{H559} them, He pronounced{H7121} all these words{H1697} unto me with his mouth,{H6310} and I wrote{H3789} them with ink{H1773} in the book.{H5612}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then Baruch{H1263} answered{H559}{(H8799)} them, He pronounced{H7121}{(H8799)} all these words{H1697} unto me with his mouth{H6310}, and I wrote{H3789}{(H8802)} them with ink{H1773} in the book{H5612}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Then Baruch answered them: He spake all these wordes vnto me with his mouth, and I alone was with him, and wrote them in the boke.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these wordes vnto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ynke in the booke.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Then Baruch aunswered them: He spake all these wordes vnto me with his mouth, and I wrote them in the booke.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote [them] with ink in the book.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words to me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Baruch saith to them, `From his mouth, he pronounceth unto me all these words, and I am writing on the book with ink.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then Baruch, answering, said, He said all these things to me by word of mouth, and I put them down with ink in the book.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words to me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Baruch answered,“Yes, they came from his own mouth. He dictated all these words to me and I wrote them down in ink on this scroll.”

Referenced Verses

• Jer 36:4 : 4 So Jeremiah called Baruch son of Neriah, and Baruch wrote on the scroll from Jeremiah’s dictation all the words that the LORD had spoken to him.
• Jer 36:2 : 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 days of Josiah until today.
• Prov 26:4-5 : 4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you will become like him yourself. 5 Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes.
• Jer 43:2-3 : 2 Azariah son of Hoshaiah, Johanan son of Kareah, and all the arrogant men said to Jeremiah, 'You are lying! The LORD our God did not send you to say, ‘Do not go to Egypt to settle there.’ 3 Rather, Baruch son of Neriah is inciting you against us to hand us over to the Chaldeans, to be killed or deported to Babylon.