Jeremiah 20 · Verse 6

Jeremiah 20:6

And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thine house shall go into captivity: and thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou shalt die, and shalt be buried there, thou, and all thy friends, to whom thou hast prophesied lies.
Jeremiah 20:6, King James Version

Jeremiah 20:6 in other translations

BSBAnd you, Pashhur, and all who live in your house, will go into captivity. You will go to Babylon, and there you will die and be buried—you and all your friends to whom you have prophesied these lies.’”
WEBYou, Pashhur, and all who dwell in your house will go into captivity. You will come to Babylon, and there you will die, and there you will be buried, you, and all your friends, to whom you have prophesied falsely.’”
ASVAnd thou, Pashhur, and all that dwell in thy house shall go into captivity; and thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou shalt die, and there shalt thou be buried, thou, and all thy friends, to whom thou hast prophesied falsely.
YLTAnd thou, Pashhur, and all dwelling in thy house, Do go into captivity. and Babylon thou dost enter, And there thou diest, and there thou art buried, Thou and all loving thee, To whom thou hast prophesied falsely.'
DARBYAnd thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thy house shall go into captivity; and thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou shalt die, and there thou shalt be buried, thou and all thy friends to whom thou hast prophesied falsehood.
BBEAnd you, Pashhur, and all who are in your house, will go away prisoners: you will come to Babylon, and there your body will be put to rest, you and all your friends, to whom you said false words.
WebsterAnd thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thy house shall go into captivity: and thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou shalt die, and shalt be buried there, thou, and all thy friends, to whom thou hast prophesied lies.

What does Jeremiah 20:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
6. prophesied lies--namely, that God cannot possibly leave this land without prophets, priests, and teachers ("the wise") (Jr 18:18; compare Jr 5:31).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 And thou, Pashur-shall go into captivity - Thou shalt suffer for the false prophecies which thou hast delivered, and for thy insults to my prophet.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 20:1-6

The doom of Pashur, who ill-treated the prophet. (Jr 20:1-6) Jeremiah complains of hard usage. (Jr 20:7-13) He regrets his ever having been born. (Jr 20:14-18) Verses 1-6 Pashur smote Jeremiah, and put him in the stocks. Jeremiah was silent till God put a word into his mouth. To confirm this, Pashur has a name given him, "Fear on every side." It speaks a man not only in distress, but in despair; not only in danger…

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Jeremiah 20:6 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְאַתָּ֣הve.'a.Tahand youH859
פַשְׁח֗וּרfash.ChurO PashhurH6583
וְכֹל֙ve.Kholand allH3605
יֹשְׁבֵ֣יyo.she.Vei[those who] dwell ofH3427
בֵיתֶ֔ךָvei.Te.khahouse yourH1004
תֵּלְכ֖וּte.le.Khuyou will goH1980
בַּשֶּׁ֑בִיba.She.viin <the> captivityH7628
וּבָבֶ֣לu.va.Veland BabylonH894
תָּב֗וֹאta.Vo'you will goH935
וְשָׁ֤םve.Shamand thereH8033
תָּמוּת֙ta.Mutyou will dieH4191
וְשָׁ֣םve.Shamand thereH8033
תִּקָּבֵ֔רti.ka.Veryou will be buriedH6912
אַתָּה֙'a.TahyouH859
וְכָל\־ve.kholand allH3605
אֹ֣הֲבֶ֔יךָ'o.ha.Vei.khafriends yourH157
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whomH834
נִבֵּ֥אתָni.Be.tayou prophesiedH5012
לָהֶ֖םla.Hemto <the> them
בַּשָּֽׁקֶר\׃\ \סba.Sha.kerwith <the> falsehoodH8267

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Cross references for Jeremiah 20:6

  • Jeremiah 14:14-15

    Then the Lord said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart. Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.

  • Lamentations 2:14

    Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment.

  • Jeremiah 20:4

    For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends: and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it: and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword.

  • Ezekiel 22:28

    And her prophets have daubed them with untempered morter, seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord God, when the Lord hath not spoken.

  • 2 Peter 2:1-3

    But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.

  • Zechariah 13:3

    And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the Lord: and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth.

  • Ezekiel 13:4-16

    O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts. Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the Lord. They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The Lord saith: and the Lord hath not sent them: and they have made others to hope that they would confirm the word. Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, The Lord saith it; albeit I have not spoken? …

  • Jeremiah 23:32

    Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the Lord, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the Lord.

  • Deuteronomy 28:25

    The Lord shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.

  • Jeremiah 29:21-22

    Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie unto you in my name; Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes; And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are in Babylon, saying, The Lord make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;

  • Acts 13:8-11

    But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith. Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him, And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord? And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.

  • Jeremiah 5:31

    The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
thou. Pashur.
28:15-17; 29:21,22,32; Ac 13:8-11
thy friends.
4; 5:31; 6:13-15; 8:10,11; 14:14,15; 23:14-17,25,26,32
Isa 9:15; La 2:14; Eze 13:4-16,22,23; 22:28; Mic 2:11; Zec 13:3
2Pe 2:1-3
thou hast.
Le 26:17; De 28:25

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Jeremiah 20:5

    Moreover I will deliver all the strength of this city, and all the labours thereof, and all the precious things thereof, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah will I give into the hand of their enemies, which shall spoil them, and take them, and carry them to Babylon.

  • Jeremiah 20:6

    And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thine house shall go into captivity: and thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou shalt die, and shalt be buried there, thou, and all thy friends, to whom thou hast prophesied lies.

  • Jeremiah 20:7

    O Lord, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me.

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Jeremiah 20:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y tú, Pashur, y todos los moradores de tu casa iréis cautivos, y entrarás en Babilonia, y allí morirás, y serás allá enterrado, tú, y todos los que bien te quieren, á los cuales has profetizado con mentira.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et toi, Pashkhur, et tous ceux qui habitent dans ta maison, vous irez en captivité; et tu iras à Babylone, et là tu mourras, et là tu seras enterré, toi et tous ceux qui t’aiment, auxquels tu as prophétisé le mensonge.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und du, Paschchur, und alle Bewohner deines Hauses, ihr werdet in die Gefangenschaft gehen; und du wirst nach Babel kommen und daselbst sterben und daselbst begraben werden, du und alle deine Freunde, welchen du falsch geweissagt hast. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Tu autem, Phassur, et omnes habitatores domus tuæ, ibitis in captivitatem: et in Babylonem venies, et ibi morieris, ibique sepelieris tu, et omnes amici tui, quibus prophetasti mendacium.