KJV King James Version
And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, [that] this word came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
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Jeremiah 36:1
And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, [that] this word came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
In the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD:
WEB World English Bible
It happened in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, that this word came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying,
ASV American Standard Version
And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, this word hath been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying:
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 36
1 And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, [that] this word came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
2 Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day.
3 It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.
4 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.
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וַֽיְהִי֙H1961 · ha.yahto beבַּשָּׁנָ֣הH8141 · sha.nehyearהָרְבִיעִ֔תH7243 · re.vi.ifourthלִיהוֹיָקִ֥יםH3079 · ye.ho.ya.qimJehoiakimבֶּן־H1121 · benson: childיֹאשִׁיָּ֖הוּH2977 · yo.shiy.yahJosiahמֶ֣לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingיְהוּדָ֑הH3063 · ye.hu.dahJudahהָיָ֞הH1961 · ha.yahto beהַדָּבָ֤רH1697 · da.varwordהַזֶּה֙H2088 · zehthisאֶֽל־H413 · elto(wards)יִרְמְיָ֔הוּH3414 · yir.me.yahJeremiahמֵאֵ֥תH854 · etwithיְהוָ֖הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDלֵאמֹֽר׃H559 · a.marto say
Cross-references
Jeremiah 25:1The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that [was] the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon;2 Chronicles 36:5Jehoiakim [was] twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD his God.Jeremiah 45:1The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,2 Kings 24:1-2In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.Jeremiah 35:1The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,
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