Jeremiah 37 · Verse 4

Jeremiah 37:4

Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison.
Jeremiah 37:4, King James Version

Jeremiah 37:4 in other translations

BSBNow Jeremiah was free to come and go among the people, for they had not yet put him in prison.
WEBNow Jeremiah came in and went out among the people, for they had not put him into prison.
ASVNow Jeremiah came in and went out among the people; for they had not put him into prison.
YLTAnd Jeremiah is coming in and going out in the midst of the people, (and they have not put him in the prison-house),
DARBYAnd Jeremiah came in and went out among the people; for they had not put him into prison.
BBE(Now Jeremiah was going about among the people, for they had not put him in prison.
WebsterNow Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison.

What does Jeremiah 37:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
4. Jeremiah ... not put ... into prison--He was no longer in the prison court, as he had been (Jr 32:2; 33:1), which passages refer to the beginning of the siege, not to the time when the Chaldeans renewed the siege, after having withdrawn for a time to meet Pharaoh.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 4 Now Jeremiah came in and went out - After the siege was raised, he had a measure of liberty; he was not closely confined, as he afterwards was. See Jer 37:16.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 37:1-10

The Chaldean army will return. (Jr 37:1-10) Jeremiah is imprisoned. (Jr 37:11-21) Verses 1-10 Numbers witness the fatal effects of other men's sins, yet heedlessly step into their places, and follow the same destructive course. When in distress, we ought to desire the prayers of ministers and Christian friends. And it is common for those to desire to be prayed for, who will not be advised; yet sinners are often…

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Jeremiah 37:4 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.

וְיִרְמְיָ֕הוּve.yir.me.Ya.huand JeremiahH3414
בָּ֥אba'[was] comingH935
וְיֹצֵ֖אve.yo.Tze'and [was] going outH3318
בְּת֣וֹךְbe.Tokhin amongH8432
הָעָ֑םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
וְלֹֽא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808
נָתְנ֥וּna.te.Nuthey had putH5414
אֹת֖וֹ'o.To<obj.> himH853
בֵּ֥יתbeit[the] house ofH1004
הַכְּלֽוּא\׃ha.ke.li'<the> imprisonmentH3628

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

Cross references for Jeremiah 37:4

  • 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 32:2-3

    For then the king of Babylon’s army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah’s house. For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;

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15; 32:2,3

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Context

  • Jeremiah 37:3

    And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto the Lord our God for us.

  • Jeremiah 37:4

    Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison.

  • Jeremiah 37:5

    Then Pharaoh’s army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed from Jerusalem.

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Jeremiah 37:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y Jeremías entraba y salía en medio del pueblo; porque no lo habían puesto en la casa de la cárcel.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Jérémie entrait et sortait parmi le peuple, et on ne l’avait pas encore mis en prison.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Jeremia ging ein und aus inmitten des Volkes, und man hatte ihn noch nicht ins Gefängnis gesetzt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Jeremias autem libere ambulabat in medio populi: non enim miserant eum in custodiam carceris. Igitur exercitus Pharaonis egressus est de Ægypto, et audientes Chaldæi qui obsidebant Jerusalem, hujuscemodi nuntium, recesserunt ab Jerusalem.