KJV King James Version
Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison.
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Jeremiah 37:4
Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Now Jeremiah was free to come and go among the people, for they had not yet put him in prison.
WEB World English Bible
Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people; for they had not put him into prison.
ASV American Standard Version
Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people; for they had not put him into prison.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Jeremiah is coming in and going out in the midst of the people, (and they have not put him in the prison-house),
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 37
1 And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah.
2 But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of the LORD, which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah.
3 And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto the LORD our God for us.
4 Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison.
5 Then Pharaoh’s army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed from Jerusalem.
6 Then came the word of the LORD unto the prophet Jeremiah, saying,
7 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to inquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land.
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Jeremiah 37:15Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.Jeremiah 32:2-3For then the king of Babylon’s army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which [was] in the king of Judah’s house.
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