Jeremiah 37 · Verse 16

Jeremiah 37:16

When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;
Jeremiah 37:16, King James Version

Jeremiah 37:16 in other translations

BSBSo Jeremiah went into a cell in the dungeon and remained there a long time.
WEBWhen Jeremiah had come into the dungeon house and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days,
ASVWhen Jeremiah was come into the dungeon-house, and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;
YLTWhen Jeremiah hath entered into the house of the dungeon, and unto the cells, then Jeremiah dwelleth there many days,
DARBYWhen Jeremiah was come into the dungeon and into the vaults, and Jeremiah had remained there many days,
BBESo Jeremiah came into the hole of the prison, under the arches, and was there for a long time.
WebsterWhen Jeremiah had entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;

What does Jeremiah 37:16 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
16. dungeon ... cabins--The prison consisted of a pit (the "dungeon") with vaulted cells round the sides of it. The "cabins," from a root, "to bend one's self."

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 16 Entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins - The dungeon was probably a deep pit; and the cabins or cells, niches in the sides, where different malefactors were confined. See Blayney.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 37:11-21

There are times when it is the wisdom of good men to retire, to enter into their chambers, and to shut the doors, Is. 26:20. Jeremiah was seized as a deserter, and committed to prison. But it is no new thing for the best friends of the church to be belied, as in the interests of her worst enemies. When thus falsely accused, we may deny the charge, and commit our cause to Him who judges righteously. Jeremiah obtained…

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Jeremiah 37:16 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.

כִּ֣יkiforH3588
בָ֧אva'he wentH935
יִרְמְיָ֛הוּyir.me.Ya.huJeremiahH3414
אֶל\־'el-intoH413
בֵּ֥יתbeit[the] house ofH1004
הַבּ֖וֹרha.Borthe cisternH953
וְאֶל\־ve.'el-and intoH413
הַֽחֲנֻ֑יוֹתha.cha.Nu.yotthe cellH2588
וַיֵּֽשֶׁב\־vai.ye.shev-and he remainedH3427
שָׁ֥םshamthereH8033
יִרְמְיָ֖הוּyir.me.Ya.huJeremiahH3414
יָמִ֥יםya.MimdaysH3117
רַבִּֽים\׃\ \פra.BimmanyH7227

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

Cross references for Jeremiah 37:16

  • Jeremiah 38:6

    Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.

  • Jeremiah 38:10-13

    Then the king commanded Ebed–melech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die. So Ebed–melech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and old rotten rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah. And Ebed–melech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so. So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.

  • Lamentations 3:53

    They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.

  • Genesis 40:15

    For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.

  • Lamentations 3:55

    I called upon thy name, O Lord, out of the low dungeon.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A.M. 3415. B.C. 589. into the dungeon.
38:6,10-13; Ge 40:15; La 3:53,55
cabins. or, cells.

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

Context

  • Jeremiah 37:15

    Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.

  • Jeremiah 37:16

    When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;

  • Jeremiah 37:17

    Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from the Lord? And Jeremiah said, There is: for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.

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Jeremiah 37:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Entró pues Jeremías en la casa de la mazmorra, y en las camarillas. Y habiendo estado allá Jeremías por muchos días,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Quand Jérémie fut entré dans la maison de la fosse et dans les caveaux, et que Jérémie fut resté là bien des jours,
German
Elberfelder 1871		Als Jeremia in den Kerker und zwar in die Gewölbe, gekommen war, und Jeremia viele Tage dort gesessen hatte,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Mittens autem Sedecias rex, tulit eum: et interrogavit eum in domo sua abscondite, et dixit: Putasne est sermo a Domino? Et dixit Jeremias: Est: et ait: In manus regis Babylonis traderis.