Jeremiah 34 · Verse 12

Jeremiah 34:12

Therefore the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,
Jeremiah 34:12, King James Version

Jeremiah 34:12 in other translations

BSBThen the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
WEBTherefore the LORD’s word came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
ASVTherefore the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,
YLTAnd there is a word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying:
DARBYAnd the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,
BBEFor this reason the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,
WebsterTherefore the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

What does Jeremiah 34:12 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 34:8-22

A Jew should not be held in servitude above seven years. This law they and their fathers had broken. And when there was some hope that the siege was raised, they forced the servants they had released into their services again. Those who think to cheat God by dissembled repentance and partial reformation, put the greatest cheat upon their own souls. This shows that liberty to sin, is really only liberty to have the…

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Jeremiah 34:12 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.

וַיְהִ֤יvay.Hiand it cameH1961
דְבַר\־de.var-[the] word ofH1697
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068
אֶֽל\־'el-toH413
יִרְמְיָ֔הוּyir.me.Ya.huJeremiahH3414
מֵאֵ֥תme.'Etfrom withH854
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068
לֵאמֹֽר\׃le.Mor<to> sayingH559

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

Context

  • Jeremiah 34:11

    But afterward they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids.

  • Jeremiah 34:12

    Therefore the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,

  • Jeremiah 34:13

    Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel; I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondmen, saying,

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Jeremiah 34:12 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y fué palabra de Jehová á Jeremías, de parte de Jehová, diciendo:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et la parole de l’ Éternel vint à Jérémie de par l’ Éternel, disant:
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und das Wort Jehovas geschah von seiten Jehovas zu Jeremia also:
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et factum est verbum Domini ad Jeremiam a Domino, dicens: