Jeremiah 37:14

KJV1611 – Modern English

Then Jeremiah said, 'It is false; I am not falling away to the Chaldeans.' But he did not listen to him; so Irijah took Jeremiah and brought him to the princes.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יִרְמְיָ֜הוּ שֶׁ֗קֶר אֵינֶ֤נִּי נֹפֵל֙ עַל־הַכַּשְׂדִּ֔ים וְלֹ֥א שָׁמַ֖ע אֵלָ֑יו וַיִּתְפֹּ֤שׂ יִרְאִיָּיה֙ בְּיִרְמְיָ֔הוּ וַיְבִאֵ֖הוּ אֶל־הַשָּׂרִֽים׃

Transliteration

And-wayyōʾmer Yirməyāhû šeqer ʾênennî nōp̄ēl to-the-Kaśdîm and-not šāmaʿ to-him and-wayyitpōś Yirʾiyyāh in-Yirməyāhû and-wayḇiʾēhû to-the-śārîm.

Grammar Details

• *wayyōʾmer*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he said
• *Yirməyāhû*: proper noun - Jeremiah
• *šeqer*: masculine singular noun - lie/falsehood
• *ʾênennî*: negative particle with 1st person singular suffix - I am not
• *nōp̄ēl*: Qal participle masculine singular - falling/deserting
• *Kaśdîm*: proper noun with definite article - the Chaldeans
• *šāmaʿ*: Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - listened/heeded
• *wayyitpōś*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he seized
• *Yirʾiyyāh*: proper noun - Irijah
• *wayḇiʾēhû*: waw-consecutive + Hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - and he brought him
• *śārîm*: masculine plural noun with definite article - the officials/princes

Word Meanings

• *šeqer*: falsehood/lie/untrue
• *nōp̄ēl* to: deserting to/defecting to/going over to

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Jeremiah replied, "That is a lie! I am not deserting to the Chaldeans." But Irijah would not listen to him. Instead, he seized Jeremiah and brought him to the officials.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Then said emiah, It is false; I fall not away to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took emiah, and brought him to the princes.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then said{H559} Jeremiah,{H3414} It is false;{H8267} I am not falling away{H5307} to the Chaldeans.{H3778} But he hearkened{H8085} not to him; so Irijah{H3376} laid hold{H8610} on Jeremiah,{H3414} and brought{H8610} him to the princes.{H8269}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then said{H559}{(H8799)} Jeremiah{H3414}, It is false{H8267}; I fall not away{H5307}{(H8802)} to the Chaldeans{H3778}. But he hearkened{H8085}{(H8804)} not to him: so Irijah{H3376} took{H8610}{(H8799)} Jeremiah{H3414}, and brought{H935}{(H8686)} him to the princes{H8269}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Then sayde Ieremy: It is not so, I go not to the Caldees. Neuertheles Ierias wolde not beleue him, but brought Ieremy boude before the princes.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then sayde Ieremiah, That is false, I flee not to the Caldeans: but he would not heare him: so Iriiah tooke Ieremiah, and brought him to the princes.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Then sayde Ieremie, It is not so, I go not to the Chaldees: Neuerthelesse, Ieriah woulde not beleue hym, but brought Ieremie bounde before the princes.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Then said Jeremiah, [It is] false; I fall not away to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I am not falling away to the Chaldeans. But he didn't listen to him; so Irijah laid hold on Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Jeremiah saith, `Falsehood -- I am not falling unto the Chaldeans;' and he hath not hearkened unto him, and Irijah layeth hold on Jeremiah, and bringeth him in unto the heads,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I am not falling away to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him; so Irijah laid hold on Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I am not falling away to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him; so Irijah laid hold on Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then Jeremiah said, That is not true; I am not going to the Chaldaeans. But he would not give ear to him: so Irijah made him prisoner and took him to the rulers.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Then Jeremiah said, It is false; I am not falling away to the Chaldeans. But he didn't listen to him; so Irijah laid hold on Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Jeremiah answered,“That’s a lie! I am not deserting to the Babylonians.” But Irijah would not listen to him. Irijah put Jeremiah under arrest and took him to the officials.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 52:1-2 : 1 Why do you boast in mischief, O mighty man? The goodness of God endures continually. 2 Your tongue devises mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
• Jer 40:4-6 : 4 And now, behold, I release you this day from the chains which were upon your hand. If it seems good to you to come with me to Babylon, come; and I will look well to you: but if it seems bad to you to come with me to Babylon, hold back: behold, all the land is before you: wherever it seems good and convenient for you to go, there go. 5 Now while he had not yet gone back, he said, Go back also to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people: or go wherever it seems convenient for you to go. So the captain of the guard gave him provisions and a reward, and let him go. 6 Then Jeremiah went to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and dwelt with him among the people who were left in the land.
• Matt 5:11-12 : 11 Blessed are you when men shall revile you and persecute you, and shall say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake. 12 Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
• Ps 27:12 : 12 Do not deliver me to the will of my enemies; for false witnesses have risen against me, and such as breathe out violence.
• Ps 35:11 : 11 False witnesses did rise up; they charged me with things that I knew not.
• Neh 6:8 : 8 Then I sent to him, saying, No such things as you say are being done, but you invent them in your own heart.
• Luke 6:22-23 : 22 Blessed are you, when men shall hate you, and when they shall exclude you, and reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of Man's sake. 23 Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in like manner did their fathers to the prophets.
• Luke 6:26 : 26 Woe to you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.
• 1 Pet 3:16 : 16 Having a good conscience, so that when they defame you as evildoers, those who revile your good conduct in Christ may be ashamed.
• 1 Pet 4:14-16 : 14 If you are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are you; for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you: on their part he is spoken of as evil, but on your part he is glorified. 15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a meddler in other people's matters. 16 Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this matter.