Jeremiah 32 · Verse 10

Jeremiah 32:10

And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, and took witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.
Jeremiah 32:10, King James Version

Jeremiah 32:10 in other translations

BSBI signed and sealed the deed, called in witnesses, and weighed out the silver on the scales.
WEBI signed the deed, sealed it, called witnesses, and weighed the money in the balances to him.
ASVAnd I subscribed the deed, and sealed it, and called witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.
YLTAnd I write in a book, and seal, and cause witnesses to testify, and weigh the silver in balances;
DARBYAnd I subscribed the writing, and sealed it, and took witnesses, and weighed the money in the balances.
BBEAnd I put it in writing, stamping it with my stamp, and I took witnesses and put the money into the scales.
WebsterAnd I subscribed the contract, and sealed it, and took witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.

What does Jeremiah 32:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
10. subscribed--I wrote in the deed, "book of purchase" (Jr 32:12). weighed--coined money was not in early use; hence money was "weighed" (Ge 23:16).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 10 I subscribed the evidence - We have here all the circumstances of this legal act: 1. An offer is made of the reversion of the ground, till the jubilee, to him who would then of right come into possession. 2. The price is agreed on, and the silver weighed in the balances. 3. A contract or deed of sale is drawn up, to which both parties agreeing, 4. Witnesses are brought forward to see it signed and sealed; for the contract was both subscribed and sealed. 5. A duplicate of the deed was drawn, which was not to be sealed, but to lie open for the inspection of those concerned in some public place where it might be safe and always to be seen. 6. The original, which was sealed up, was put in an earthen pitcher in order to be preserved from accidents. 7. This was delivered by the purchaser into the hands of a third party, to be preserved for the use of the purchaser, and witnesses were called to attest this delivery. 8. They subscribed the book of the purchase, perhaps a town book, or register, where such purchases were entered. Baruch was a scribe by profession; and the deeds were delivered into his hands, before witnesses, to be preserved as above. Perhaps the law, in this case, required that the instrument should be thus lodged. But, in the present case, both the deeds, the original and the duplicate, were put into the earthen pitcher because the city was about to be burnt; and if lodged as usual, they would be destroyed in the general conflagration. See Jer 32:14.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 32:1-15

Jeremiah buys a field. (Jr 32:1-15) The prophet's prayer. (Jr 32:16-25) God declares that he will give up his people, but promises to restore them. (Jr 32:26-44) Verses 1-15 Jeremiah, being in prison for his prophecy, purchased a piece of ground. This was to signify, that though Jerusalem was besieged, and the whole country likely to be laid waste, yet the time would come, when houses, and fields, and vineyards…

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Jeremiah 32:10 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.

וָאֶכְתֹּ֤בva.'ekh.Toand I wroteH3789
בַּסֵּ֙פֶר֙ba.Se.feron the documentH5612
וָֽאֶחְתֹּ֔םva.'ech.Tomand I sealed [it]H2856
וָאָעֵ֖דva.'a.'Edand I caused to witness [it]H5749
עֵדִ֑ים'e.DimwitnessesH5707
וָאֶשְׁקֹ֥לva.'esh.Koland I weighed outH8254
הַכֶּ֖סֶףha.Ke.sefthe silverH3701
בְּמֹאזְנָֽיִם\׃be.mo.ze.Na.yimon scalesH3976

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Cross references for Jeremiah 32:10

  • Jeremiah 32:44

    Men 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 32:12

    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.

  • Jeremiah 32:25

    And 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?

  • Job 14:17

    My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.

  • Isaiah 44:5

    One 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.

  • Revelation 7:2

    And 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 1:22

    Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.

  • Revelation 9:4

    And 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.

  • Daniel 8:26

    And 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.

  • John 3:33

    He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true.

  • Ephesians 4:30

    And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I.
12,44; Isa 44:5
subscribed the evidence. Heb. wrote in the book.
Jos 18:9; Isa 30:8
and sealed.
De 32:34; Job 14:17; So 8:6; Da 8:26; Joh 3:33; 6:27; 2Co 1:22
Eph 1:13; 4:30; Re 7:2; 9:4
and took.
12,25,44; Ru 4:9-11; Isa 8:1,2

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Context

  • Jeremiah 32:9

    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.

  • Jeremiah 32:10

    And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, and took witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.

  • Jeremiah 32:11

    So I took the evidence of the purchase, both that which was sealed according to the law and custom, and that which was open:

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Jeremiah 32:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y escribí la carta, y selléla, é hice atestiguar á testigos, y pesé el dinero con balanza.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et j’en écrivis la lettre, et je la scellai, et je la fis attester par des témoins, et je pesai l’argent dans la balance;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und ich schrieb einen Kaufbrief und versiegelte ihn und nahm Zeugen, und ich wog das Geld auf der Waage dar.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et scripsi in libro, et signavi, et adhibui testes, et appendi argentum in statera.