Jeremiah 38 · Verse 13

Jeremiah 38:13

So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
Jeremiah 38:13, King James Version

Jeremiah 38:13 in other translations

BSBand they pulled him up with the ropes and lifted him out of the cistern. And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.
WEBSo they lifted Jeremiah up with the cords, and took him up out of the dungeon; and Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.
ASVSo they drew up Jeremiah with the cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.
YLTand they draw out Jeremiah with cords, and bring him up out of the pit, and Jeremiah dwelleth in the court of the prison.
DARBYAnd they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and brought him up out of the dungeon; and Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.
BBESo pulling Jeremiah up with the cords they got him out of the water-hole: and Jeremiah was kept in the place of the armed watchmen.
WebsterSo they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.

What does Jeremiah 38:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
13. court of ... prison--Ebed-melech prudently put him there to be out of the way of his enemies.

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

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 38:1-13

Jeremiah is cast into a dungeon, from whence he is delivered by an Ethiopian. (Jr 38:1-13) He advises the king to surrender to the Chaldeans. (Jr 38:14-28) Verses 1-13 Jeremiah went on in his plain preaching. The princes went on in their malice. It is common for wicked people to look upon God's faithful ministers as enemies, because they show what enemies the wicked are to themselves while impenitent. Jeremiah was…

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Jeremiah 38:13 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.

וַיִּמְשְׁכ֤וּvai.yim.she.Khuand they drew outH4900
אֶֽת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יִרְמְיָ֙הוּ֙yir.me.Ya.huJeremiahH3414
בַּֽחֲבָלִ֔יםba.cha.va.Limwith ropesH2256
וַיַּעֲל֥וּvai.ya.'a.Luand they brought upH5927
אֹת֖וֹ'o.To<obj.> himH853
מִן\־min-fromH4480
הַבּ֑וֹרha.Borthe cisternH953
וַיֵּ֣שֶׁבvai.Ye.shevand he remainedH3427
יִרְמְיָ֔הוּyir.me.Ya.huJeremiahH3414
בַּחֲצַ֖רba.cha.Tzarin [the] courtyard ofH2691
הַמַּטָּרָֽה\׃\ \סha.ma.ta.Rahthe guardH4307

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

Cross references for Jeremiah 38:13

  • Jeremiah 37:21

    Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers’ street, until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.

  • Acts 23:35

    I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are also come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.

  • Acts 28:16

    And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard: but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself with a soldier that kept him.

  • Acts 28:30

    And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him,

  • Jeremiah 39:14-18

    Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home: so he dwelt among the people. Now the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the court of the prison, saying, Go and speak to Ebed–melech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be accomplished in that day before thee. But I will deliver thee in that day, saith the Lord: and thou shalt not be given into the hand of the men of whom thou art afraid. …

  • 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 38:28

    So Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day that Jerusalem was taken: and he was there when Jerusalem was taken.

  • Acts 24:23-26

    And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul, and to let him have liberty, and that he should forbid none of his acquaintance to minister or come unto him. And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ. And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee. He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul, that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him.

  • 1 Kings 22:27

    And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
So.
6
Jeremiah.
28; 37:21; 39:14-18; 1Ki 22:27; Ac 23:35; 24:23-26; 28:16,30

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

Context

  • Jeremiah 38:12

    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.

  • Jeremiah 38:13

    So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.

  • Jeremiah 38:14

    Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the third entry that is in the house of the Lord: and the king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me.

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Jeremiah 38:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
De este modo sacaron á Jeremías con sogas, y subiéronlo de la mazmorra; y quedó Jeremías en el patio de la cárcel.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et ils tirèrent Jérémie dehors avec les cordes, et le firent monter hors de la fosse. Et Jérémie habita dans la cour de la prison.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und sie zogen Jeremia an den Stricken empor und holten ihn aus der Grube herauf; und Jeremia blieb im Gefängnishof.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et extraxerunt Jeremiam funibus, et eduxerunt eum de lacu: mansit autem Jeremias in vestibulo carceris.