Jeremiah 37:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

When Jeremiah had entered into the dungeon and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֣י בָ֧א יִרְמְיָ֛הוּ אֶל־בֵּ֥ית הַבּ֖וֹר וְאֶל־הַֽחֲנֻ֑‪[t]‬יוֹת וַיֵּֽשֶׁב־שָׁ֥ם יִרְמְיָ֖הוּ יָמִ֥ים רַבִּֽים׃ פ

Transliteration

For bāʾ Yirməyāhû to-bêt the-bôr and-to-the-ḥănûyôt and-wayyēšeḇ-there Yirməyāhû yāmîm rabbîm. פ

Grammar Details

• *bāʾ*: Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he entered/came
• *Yirməyāhû*: proper noun - Jeremiah
• *bêt*: masculine singular construct - house of
• *bôr*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the pit/dungeon
• *ḥănûyôt*: feminine plural noun with definite article - the cells/vaults
• *wayyēšeḇ*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he remained
• *yāmîm*: masculine plural noun - days
• *rabbîm*: masculine plural adjective - many
• פ: paragraph marker

Word Meanings

• *bêt* the-*bôr*: dungeon house/cistern house
• *ḥănûyôt*: cells/vaults/small rooms
• *yāmîm* *rabbîm*: many days/a long time

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  When Jeremiah was put into the dungeon and the cells, he remained there for many days.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  When emiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and emiah had remained there many days;

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  When Jeremiah was come into the dungeon-house, and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Thus was Ieremy put in to the dongeon & preson, and so laye there a longe tyme.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  When Ieremiah was entred into the dungeon, and into the prisons, & had remained there a long time,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Thus was Hieremie put into a dungeon and prison, and so lay there a long tyme.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  When Jeremiah was come into the dungeon-house, and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  When Jeremiah hath entered into the house of the dungeon, and unto the cells, then Jeremiah dwelleth there many days,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  When Jeremiah was come into the dungeon-house, and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  When Jeremiah was come into the dungeon-house, and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  So Jeremiah came into the hole of the prison, under the arches, and was there for a long time.

• World English Bible (2000)

  When Jeremiah was come into the dungeon house, and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  So Jeremiah was put in prison in a cell in the dungeon in Jonathan’s house. He was kept there for a long time.

Referenced Verses

• Jer 38:6 : 6 Then they took Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, which was in the court of the prison; and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire; so Jeremiah sank in the mire.
• Jer 38:10-13 : 10 Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from here thirty men with you, and lift Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon before he dies. 11 So Ebedmelech took the men with him and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took from there old cast-off clothes and worn-out rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah. 12 And Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, Put now these old cast-off clothes and worn-out rags under your armholes beneath the cords. And Jeremiah did so. 13 So they drew Jeremiah up with cords and lifted him out of the dungeon; and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
• Lam 3:53 : 53 They cut off my life in the pit and threw a stone upon me.
• Lam 3:55 : 55 I called on Your name, O LORD, out of the lowest pit.
• Gen 40:15 : 15 For indeed I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews: and here also I have done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.