Jeremiah 38:6
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Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that 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 sunk in the mire.So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.
In other translations
Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that 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 sunk in the mire.So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.
Hebrew words
וַיִּקְחוּvaiyikchuand they tookH3947אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853יִרְמְיָהוּyirmeyahuJeremiahH3414וַיַּשְׁלִכוּvaiyashlikhuand they threwH7993אֹתוֹ'oto<obj.> himH853אֶל־'el-intoH413הַבּוֹר׀haborthe cistern ofH953מַלְכִּיָּהוּmalkiyahuMalkijahH4441בֶן־ven-[the] son ofH1121הַמֶּלֶךְhamelekhthe kingH4428אֲשֶׁר'asherwhichH834בַּחֲצַרbachatzar[was] in [the] courtyard ofH2691הַמַּטָּרָהhamatarahthe guardH4307וַיְשַׁלְּחוּvayshalechuand they let downH7971אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853יִרְמְיָהוּyirmeyahuJeremiahH3414בַּחֲבָלִיםbachavalimwith ropesH2256וּבַבּוֹרuvaborand in the cisternH953אֵין־'ein-there notH369מַיִםmayim[was] waterH4325כִּיkithatH3588אִם־'im-exceptH518טִיטtitmudH2916וַיִּטְבַּעvaiyitba'and he sankH2883יִרְמְיָהוּyirmeyahuJeremiahH3414בַּטִּיט׃ סbatitin the mudH2916
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Related verses
- Jeremiah 37:21Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers’ street, until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.So King Zedekiah gave orders for Jeremiah to be placed in the courtyard of the guard and given a loaf of bread daily from the street of the bakers, until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.
- Jeremiah 38:22And, behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah’s house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon’s princes, and those women shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and have prevailed against thee: thy feet are sunk in the mire, and they are turned away back.All the women who remain in the palace of the king of Judah will be brought out to the officials of the king of Babylon, and those women will say: ‘They misled you and overcame you— those trusted friends of yours. Your feet sank into the mire, and they deserted you.’
- Jeremiah 37:16When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;So Jeremiah went into a cell in the dungeon and remained there a long time.
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- Psalm 69:2I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.I have sunk into the miry depths, where there is no footing; I have drifted into deep waters, where the flood engulfs me.
- Acts 16:24Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.On receiving this order, he placed them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.
- Psalm 40:2He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.
- Lamentations 3:52-5552 Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause. 53 They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me. 54 Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off. 55 I called upon thy name, O Lord, out of the low dungeon.52 Without cause my enemies hunted me like a bird. 53 They dropped me alive into a pit and cast stones upon me. 54 The waters flowed over my head, and I thought I was going to die. 55 I called on Your name, O LORD, out of the depths of the Pit.
- Genesis 37:24And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, with no water in it.
- Psalm 109:5And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
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