Jeremiah 36:4

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּקְרָ֣א יִרְמְיָ֔הוּ אֶת־בָּר֖וּךְ בֶּן־נֵֽרִיָּ֑ה וַיִּכְתֹּ֨ב בָּר֜וּךְ מִפִּ֣י יִרְמְיָ֗הוּ אֵ֣ת כָּל־דִּבְרֵ֧י יְהוָ֛ה אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּ֥ר אֵלָ֖יו עַל־מְגִלַּת־סֵֽפֶר

Transliteration

And-wayyiqrāʾ Yirmeyāhû ʾet-Bārûk son-of-Nēriyyāh; and-wayyiktōb Bārûk from-mouth-of Yirmeyāhû ʾēt all-dibrê Yəhwāh which-dibbēr unto-him upon-məgillat-sēper

Grammar Details

• *wayyiqrāʾ*: imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he called
• *Yirmeyāhû*: proper name, masculine singular - Jeremiah
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *Bārûk*: proper name, masculine singular - Baruch
• *Nēriyyāh*: proper name, masculine singular - Neriah
• *wayyiktōb*: imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he wrote
• *dibrê*: construct state, masculine plural - words of
• *Yəhwāh*: proper name - LORD/Yahweh
• *dibbēr*: perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he spoke
• *məgillat*: construct state, feminine singular - scroll of
• *sēper*: common noun, masculine singular - book/document/scroll

Word Meanings

• *wayyiqrāʾ*: and he called/and he summoned
• *dibrê*: words of/matters of/commands of
• *məgillat-sēper*: scroll of a book/writing scroll/document roll

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Then emiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote from the mouth of emiah all the words of the LORD, which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah; and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD, which he had spoken to him, on a scroll.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD, which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah; and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of Jehovah, which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD, which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Then dyd Ieremy call Baruch the sonne of Nerias, & Baruch wrote in the boke at ye mouth of Ieremy, all the wordes of the LORDE, which he had spoken vnto him.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then Ieremiah called Baruch the sonne of Neriah, and Baruch wrote at the mouth of Ieremiah all the wordes of the Lorde, which hee had spoken vnto him, vpon a roule or booke.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Then dyd Ieremie call Baruch the sonne of Neriah, and Baruch wrote in the booke at the mouth of Ieremie, all the wordes of the Lorde whiche he had spoken vnto hym.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD, which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah; and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of Yahweh, which he had spoken to him, on a scroll of a book.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Jeremiah calleth Baruch son of Neriah, and Baruch writeth from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of Jehovah, that He hath spoken unto him, on a roll of a book.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah; and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of Jehovah, which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah; and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of Jehovah, which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then Jeremiah sent for Baruch, the son of Neriah; and Baruch took down from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the Lord which he had said to him, writing them in a book.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah; and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of Yahweh, which he had spoken to him, on a scroll of a book.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  So Jeremiah summoned Baruch son of Neriah. Then, Baruch wrote down in a scroll all of the LORD’s words which he had told to Jeremiah as they came from his mouth.

Referenced Verses

• Jer 32:12 : 12 Then I gave the deed of purchase to Baruch, son of Neriah, son of Mahseiah, in the presence of my cousin Hanamel, the witnesses who signed the deed, and all the Jews who were sitting in the courtyard of the guard.
• Jer 36:32 : 32 Then Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to Baruch son of Neriah, the scribe, who wrote on it at Jeremiah’s dictation all the words of the scroll that Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire. And many more similar words were added to them.
• Ezek 2:9 : 9 I looked, and I saw a hand stretched out to me, and in it was a scroll.
• Jer 43:3 : 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.
• Jer 45:1-2 : 1 The message that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch son of Neriah, when he wrote these words in a scroll at Jeremiah's dictation, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah: 2 This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says to you, Baruch:
• Zech 5:1 : 1 I turned again and looked up, and I saw a flying scroll.
• Rom 16:22 : 22 I, Tertius, who wrote down this letter, greet you in the Lord.
• Jer 36:17-18 : 17 Then they asked Baruch, "Tell us, how did you write all these words? Did Jeremiah dictate to you?" 18 Baruch answered them, "Jeremiah dictated all these words to me, and I wrote them down with ink on the scroll."
• Jer 36:21 : 21 The king sent Jehudi to get the scroll. Jehudi brought it from the chamber of Elishama the secretary and read it aloud to the king and all the officials standing by him.
• Jer 36:23 : 23 As Jehudi read three or four columns of the scroll, the king would cut them off with a scribe’s knife and throw them into the fire in the firepot, until the entire scroll was consumed in the fire.
• Jer 36:26 : 26 Instead, the king commanded Jerahmeel, a royal prince, Seraiah son of Azriel, and Shelemiah son of Abdeel to arrest Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet. But the LORD had hidden them.
• Jer 36:28 : 28 "Take another scroll and write on it all the original words that were on the first scroll, which Jehoiakim king of Judah burned.
• Isa 8:1 : 1 Then the Lord said to me, "Take a large tablet and inscribe on it with an ordinary stylus: 'Swift to Plunder, Quick to Spoil.'"