Jeremiah 40 · Verse 6

Jeremiah 40:6

Then went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and dwelt with him among the people that were left in the land.
Jeremiah 40:6, King James Version

Jeremiah 40:6 in other translations

BSBSo Jeremiah went to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah and stayed with him among the people who were left in the land.
WEBThen Jeremiah went to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah, and lived with him among the people who were left in the land.
ASVThen went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah, and dwelt with him among the people that were left in the land.
YLTand Jeremiah cometh in unto Gedaliah son of Ahikam, to Mizpah, and dwelleth with him, in the midst of the people who are left in the land.
DARBYAnd Jeremiah came unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah, and abode with him among the people that remained in the land.
BBESo Jeremiah went to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, in Mizpah, and was living with him among the people who were still in the land.
WebsterThen Jeremiah went to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and dwelt with him among the people that were left in the land.

What does Jeremiah 40:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
6. Mizpah--in Benjamin, northwest of Jerusalem (Jr 41:5, 6, 9). Not the Mizpah in Gilead, beyond Jordan (Jud 10:17). Jeremiah showed his patriotism and piety in remaining in his country amidst afflictions and notwithstanding the ingratitude of the Jews, rather than go to enjoy honors and pleasures in a heathen court (He 11:24-26). This vindicates his purity of motive in his withdrawal (Jr 37:12-14).

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 40:1-6

Jeremiah is directed to go to Gedaliah. (Jr 40:1-6) A conspiracy against Gedaliah. (Jr 40:7-16) Verses 1-6 The captain of the guard seems to glory that he had been God's instrument to fulfil, what Jeremiah had been God's messenger to foretell. Many can see God's justice and truth with regard to others, who are heedless and blind as to themselves and their own sins. But, sooner or later, all men shall be made…

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Jeremiah 40:6 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.

וַיָּבֹ֧אvai.ya.Vo'and he wentH935
יִרְמְיָ֛הוּyir.me.Ya.huJeremiahH3414
אֶל\־'el-toH413
גְּדַלְיָ֥הge.dal.YahGedaliahH1436
בֶן\־ven-[the] son ofH1121
אֲחִיקָ֖ם'a.chi.KamAhikamH296
הַמִּצְפָּ֑תָהha.mitz.Pa.tah<the> Mizpah towardsH4709
וַיֵּ֤שֶׁבvai.Ye.shevand he remainedH3427
אִתּוֹ֙'i.Towith himH854
בְּת֣וֹךְbe.Tokhin amongH8432
הָעָ֔םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
הַנִּשְׁאָרִ֖יםha.nish.'a.Rimwho remainedH7604
בָּאָֽרֶץ\׃\ \סba.'A.retzin the landH776

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Cross references for Jeremiah 40:6

  • Jeremiah 39:14

    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.

  • Judges 20:1

    Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beer–sheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the Lord in Mizpeh.

  • 1 Samuel 7:5-6

    And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the Lord. And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the Lord, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the Lord. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh.

  • Judges 21:1

    Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife.

  • Joshua 15:38

    And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Then.It has been doubted whether Jeremiah acted prudently in this decision, as the event seems to indicate the contrary, and as it was the evident meaning of all his predictions that the Jews should not prosper in their own country till the expiration of seventy years. But he was evidently influenced by the most unbounded love to his country, for whose welfare he had watched, prayed, and lived; and he now chose rather to share her adversities, her sorrows, her wants, her afflictions, and her disgrace, than to be the companion of princes, and to sit at the table of kings. His patriotism was as unbounded as it was sincere: he only ceased to live for country when he ceased to breathe.
39:14
Mizpah.
Jos 15:38; Jud 20:1; 21:1; 1Sa 7:5,6
Mizpeh.

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Context

  • Jeremiah 40:5

    Now while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back also to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people: or go wheresoever it seemeth convenient unto thee to go. So the captain of the guard gave him victuals and a reward, and let him go.

  • Jeremiah 40:6

    Then went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and dwelt with him among the people that were left in the land.

  • Jeremiah 40:7

    Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon;

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Jeremiah 40:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Fuése entonces Jeremías á Gedalías hijo de Ahicam, á Mizpa, y moró con él en medio del pueblo que había quedado en la tierra.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Jérémie vint vers Guedalia, fils d’Akhikam, à Mitspa, et habita avec lui parmi le peuple qui était de reste dans le pays.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Jeremia kam zu Gedalja, dem Sohne Achikams, nach Mizpa; und er wohnte bei ihm inmitten des Volkes, das im Lande übriggeblieben war.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Venit autem Jeremias ad Godoliam filium Ahicam in Masphath, et habitavit cum eo in medio populi qui relictus fuerat in terra.