KJV King James Version
And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed [it], and took witnesses, and weighed [him] the money in the balances.
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Jeremiah 32:10
And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed [it], and took witnesses, and weighed [him] the money in the balances.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
I signed and sealed the deed, called in witnesses, and weighed out the silver on the scales.
WEB World English Bible
I subscribed the deed, and sealed it, and called witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.
ASV American Standard Version
And I subscribed the deed, and sealed it, and called witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And I write in a book, and seal, and cause witnesses to testify, and weigh the silver in balances;
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 32
7 Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come unto thee, saying, Buy thee my field that [is] in Anathoth: for the right of redemption [is] thine to buy [it].
8 So Hanameel mine uncle’s son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of the LORD, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that [is] in Anathoth, which [is] in the country of Benjamin: for the right of inheritance [is] thine, and the redemption [is] thine; buy [it] for thyself. Then I knew that this [was] the word of the LORD.
9 And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle’s son, that [was] in Anathoth, and weighed him the money, [even] seventeen shekels of silver.
10 And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed [it], and took witnesses, and weighed [him] the money in the balances.
11 So I took the evidence of the purchase, [both] that which was sealed [according] to the law and custom, and that which was open:
12 And I gave the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle’s [son], and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the book of the purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the prison.
13 And I charged Baruch before them, saying,
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Jeremiah 32:44Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe evidences, and seal [them], and take witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the mountains, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the south: for I will cause their captivity to return, saith the LORD.Jeremiah 32:12And I gave the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle’s [son], and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the book of the purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the prison.Job 14:17My transgression [is] sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.Jeremiah 32:25And thou hast said unto me, O Lord GOD, Buy thee the field for money, and take witnesses; for the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.Deuteronomy 32:34[Is] not this laid up in store with me, [and] sealed up among my treasures?Isaiah 44:5One shall say, I [am] the LORD’S; and another shall call [himself] by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe [with] his hand unto the LORD, and surname [himself] by the name of Israel.Isaiah 8:1-2Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man’s pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz.Daniel 8:26And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told [is] true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it [shall be] for many days.Revelation 9:4And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.Ephesians 4:30And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.Ruth 4:9-11And Boaz said unto the elders, and [unto] all the people, Ye [are] witnesses this day, that I have bought all that [was] Elimelech’s, and all that [was] Chilion’s and Mahlon’s, of the hand of Naomi.John 3:33He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true.Isaiah 30:8Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:Revelation 7:2And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,2 Corinthians 1:22Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.Joshua 18:9And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and came [again] to Joshua to the host at Shiloh.John 6:27Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.Song of Solomon 8:6Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love [is] strong as death; jealousy [is] cruel as the grave: the coals thereof [are] coals of fire, [which hath] a most vehement flame.
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