Jeremiah 32 · Verse 16

Jeremiah 32:16

Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the Lord, saying,
Jeremiah 32:16, King James Version

Jeremiah 32:16 in other translations

BSBAfter I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD:
WEBNow after I had delivered the deed of the purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD, saying,
ASVNow after I had delivered the deed of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto Jehovah, saying,
YLTAnd I pray unto Jehovah--after my giving the purchase-book unto Baruch son of Neriah--saying,
DARBYAnd after I had given the writing of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Nerijah, I prayed unto Jehovah saying,
BBENow after I had given the paper to Baruch, the son of Neriah, I made my prayer to the Lord, saying,
WebsterNow when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD, saying,

What does Jeremiah 32:16 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
16. Jeremiah, not comprehending how God's threat of destroying Judah could be reconciled with God's commanding him to purchase land in it as if in a free country, has recourse to his grand remedy against perplexities, prayer.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 16 I prayed unto the Lord - And what a prayer! What weight of matter, sublimity of expression, profound veneration, just conception, Divine unction, powerful pleading, and strength of faith! Historical, without flatness; condensed, without obscurity; confessing the greatest of crimes against the most righteous of Beings, without despairing of his mercy, or presuming on his goodness: a confession that, in fact, acknowledges that God's justice should smite and destroy, had not his infinite goodness said, I will pardon and spare.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 32:16-25
Jeremiah adores the Lord and his infinite perfections. When at any time we are perplexed about the methods of Providence, it is good for us to look to first principles. Let us consider that God is the fountain of all being, power, and life; that with him no difficulty is such as cannot be overcome; that he is a God of boundless mercy; that he is a God of strict justice; and that he directs every thing for the best. Jeremiah owns that God was righteous in causing evil to come upon them. Whatever trouble we are in, personal or public, we may comfort ourselves that the Lord sees it, and knows how to remedy it. We must not dispute God's will, but we may seek to know what it means.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Jeremiah 32:16 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.

וָאֶתְפַּלֵּ֖לva.'et.pa.Leland I prayedH6419
אֶל\־'el-toH413
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אַחֲרֵ֤י'a.cha.ReiafterH310
תִתִּי֙ti.Tigave IH5414
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
סֵ֣פֶרSe.fer[the] document ofH5612
הַמִּקְנָ֔הha.mik.Nahthe purchaseH4736
אֶל\־'el-toH413
בָּר֥וּךְba.RukhBaruchH1263
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
נֵרִיָּ֖הne.ri.YahNeriahH5374
לֵאמֹֽר\׃le.Mor<to> sayingH559

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 32:16

  • Genesis 32:9-12

    And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the Lord which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee: I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands. Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children. And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.

  • Jeremiah 12:1

    Righteous art thou, O Lord, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?

  • Philippians 4:6-7

    Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

  • Ezekiel 36:35-37

    And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fenced, and are inhabited. Then the heathen that are left round about you shall know that I the Lord build the ruined places, and plant that that was desolate: I the Lord have spoken it, and I will do it. Thus saith the Lord God; I will yet for this be enquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock.

  • 2 Samuel 7:18-25

    Then went king David in, and sat before the Lord, and he said, Who am I, O Lord God? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto? And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord God; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant’s house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord God? And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord God, knowest thy servant. For thy word’s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know them. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I Prayed.
12:1; Ge 32:9-12; 2Sa 7:18-25; Eze 36:35-37; Php 4:6,7

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

Context

  • Jeremiah 32:15

    For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land.

  • Jeremiah 32:16

    Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the Lord, saying,

  • Jeremiah 32:17

    Ah Lord God! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:

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Jeremiah 32:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y después que dí la carta de venta á Baruch hijo de Nerías, oré á Jehová, diciendo:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et après avoir donné à Baruc, fils de Nérija, la lettre d’achat, je priai l’ Éternel, disant:
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und nachdem ich Baruk, dem Sohne Nerijas, den Kaufbrief gegeben hatte, betete ich zu Jehova und sprach:
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et oravi ad Dominum, postquam tradidi librum possessionis Baruch filio Neri, dicens: