Jeremiah 36:20
And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words in the ears of the king.
Jeremiah 36:20 in other translations
| BSB | So the officials went to the king in the courtyard. And having stored the scroll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, they reported everything to the king. |
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| WEB | They went in to the king into the court, but they had laid up the scroll in the room of Elishama the scribe. Then they told all the words in the hearing of the king. |
| ASV | And they went in to the king into the court; but they had laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe; and they told all the words in the ears of the king. |
| YLT | And they go in unto the king, to the court, and the roll they have laid up in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and they declare in the ears of the king all the words. |
| DARBY | And they went in unto the king into the court, but they laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe; and they told all the words in the ears of the king. |
| BBE | Then they went into the open square to the king; but the book they put away in the room of Elishama the scribe; and they gave the king an account of all the words. |
| Webster | And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words in the ears of the king. |
What does Jeremiah 36:20 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 36:20-32
Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
Jeremiah 36:20 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Jeremiah 36:20
- Jeremiah 36:12
Then he went down into the king’s house, into the scribe’s chamber: and, lo, all the princes sat there, even Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes.
- Jeremiah 36:21
So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out of Elishama the scribe’s chamber. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the king.
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Context
- Jeremiah 36:19
Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye be.
- Jeremiah 36:20
And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words in the ears of the king.
- Jeremiah 36:21
So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out of Elishama the scribe’s chamber. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the king.
Jeremiah 36:20 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y entraron al rey al atrio, habiendo depositado el rollo en la cámara de Elisama secretario; y contaron en los oídos del rey todas estas palabras. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et ils vinrent vers le roi, dans la cour, et ils déposèrent le rouleau dans la chambre d’Élishama, le scribe; et ils rapportèrent aux oreilles du roi toutes les paroles. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und sie gingen zu dem König in den Hof die Rolle aber hatten sie in dem Gemach Elischamas, des Schreibers, niedergelegt; und sie berichteten alle die Worte vor den Ohren des Königs. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et ingressi sunt ad regem in atrium: porro volumen commendaverunt in gazophylacio Elisamæ scribæ, et nuntiaverunt, audiente rege, omnes sermones. |