KJV King James Version
Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote [them] with ink in the book.
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Jeremiah 36:18
Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote [them] with ink in the book.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“It was at his dictation,” Baruch replied. “He recited all these words to me and I wrote them in ink on the scroll.”
WEB World English Bible
Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words to me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.
ASV American Standard Version
Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Baruch saith to them, ‘From his mouth, he pronounceth unto me all these words, and I am writing on the book with ink.’
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 36
15 And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read [it] in their ears.
16 Now it came to pass, when they had heard all the words, they were afraid both one and other, and said unto Baruch, We will surely tell the king of all these words.
17 And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth?
18 Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote [them] with ink in the book.
19 Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye be.
20 And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words in the ears of the king.
21 So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out of Elishama the scribe’s chamber. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the king.
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וַיֹּ֤אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayלָהֶם֙H9038 · hemthemבָּר֔וּךְH1263 · ba.rukhBaruchמִפִּיו֙H6310 · pehlipיִקְרָ֣אH7121 · qa.rato call: call toאֵלַ֔יH413 · elto(wards)אֵ֥תH853 · et[Obj.]כָּל־H3605 · kolallהַדְּבָרִ֖יםH1697 · da.varwordהָאֵ֑לֶּהH428 · el.lehtheseוַאֲנִ֛יH589 · a.niIכֹּתֵ֥בH3789 · ka.tavto writeעַל־H5921 · aluponהַסֵּ֖פֶרH5612 · se.pherscroll: documentבַּדְּיֽוֹ׃ פH1773 · de.yoink
Cross-references
Jeremiah 36:4Then 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.Jeremiah 36:2Take 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.Jeremiah 43:2-3Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: the LORD our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there:Proverbs 26:4-5Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
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