Jeremiah 44 · Verse 15

Jeremiah 44:15

Then all the men which knew that their wives had burned incense unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great multitude, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,
Jeremiah 44:15, King James Version

Jeremiah 44:15 in other translations

BSBThen all the men who knew that their wives were burning incense to other gods, and all the women standing by—a great assembly—along with all the people living in the land of Egypt and in Pathros, said to Jeremiah,
WEBThen all the men who knew that their wives burned incense to other gods, and all the women who stood by, a great assembly, even all the people who lived in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,
ASVThen all the men who knew that their wives burned incense unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great assembly, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,
YLTAnd they answer Jeremiah--all the men who are knowing that their wives are making perfume to other gods, and all the women who are remaining, a great assembly, even all the people who are dwelling in the land of Egypt, in Pathros--saying:
DARBYThen all the men who knew that their wives burned incense to othergods, and all the women who stood by, a great assemblage, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,
BBEThen all the men who had knowledge that their wives were burning perfumes to other gods, and all the women who were present, a great meeting, answering Jeremiah, said,
WebsterThen all the men who knew that their wives had burned incense to other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great multitude, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,

What does Jeremiah 44:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
15. their wives--The idolatry began with them (1Ki 11:4; 1Ti 2:14). Their husbands' connivance implicated them in the guilt.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 15 Then all the men - and all the women - We have not seen the women in determined rebellion before. Here they make a common cause with their idolatrous husbands.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 44:15-19
These daring sinners do not attempt excuses, but declare they will do that which is forbidden. Those who disobey God, commonly grow worse and worse, and the heart is more hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. Here is the real language of the rebellious heart. Even the afflictions which should have parted them from their sins, were taken so as to confirm them in their sins. It is sad when those who should quicken each other to what is good, and so help one another to heaven, harden each other in sin, and so ripen one another for hell. To mingle idolatry with Divine worship, and to reject the mediation of Christ, are provoking to God, and ruinous to men. All who worship images, or honour saints, and angels, and the queen of heaven, should recollect what came from the idolatrous practices of the Jews.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Jeremiah 44:15 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.

וַיַּעֲנ֣וּvai.ya.'a.Nuand they answeredH6030
אֶֽת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יִרְמְיָ֗הוּyir.me.Ya.huJeremiahH3414
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הָאֲנָשִׁ֤יםha.'a.na.Shimthe menH582
הַיֹּֽדְעִים֙hai.yo.de.'Imwho knewH3045
כִּֽי\־ki-thatH3588
מְקַטְּר֤וֹתme.ka.te.Rot[were] making smokeH6999
נְשֵׁיהֶם֙ne.shei.Hemwives theirH802
לֵאלֹהִ֣יםle.lo.Himto godsH430
אֲחֵרִ֔ים'a.che.RimotherH312
וְכָל\־ve.kholand allH3605
הַנָּשִׁ֥יםha.na.Shimthe womenH802
הָעֹמְד֖וֹתha.'o.me.Dotwho were standing byH5975
קָהָ֣לka.Hala companyH6951
גָּד֑וֹלga.DolgreatH1419
וְכָל\־ve.kholand allH3605
הָעָ֛םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
הַיֹּשְׁבִ֥יםhai.yo.she.Vimwho were dwellingH3427
בְּאֶֽרֶץ\־be.'e.retz-in [the] land ofH776
מִצְרַ֖יִםmitz.Ra.yimEgyptH4714
בְּפַתְר֥וֹסbe.fat.Rosin PathrosH6624
לֵאמֹֽר\׃le.Mor<to> sayingH559

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

Cross references for Jeremiah 44:15

  • Jeremiah 5:1-5

    Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it. And though they say, The Lord liveth; surely they swear falsely. O Lord, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return. Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the Lord, nor the judgment of their God. …

  • Proverbs 11:21

    Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

  • Nehemiah 13:26

    Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin.

  • Matthew 7:13

    Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:

  • Genesis 19:4

    But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:

  • 2 Peter 2:1-2

    But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.

  • Isaiah 1:5

    Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
all the.
5:1-5; Ge 19:4; Ne 13:26; Pr 11:21; Isa 1:5; Mt 7:13; 2Pe 2:1,2

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

Context

  • Jeremiah 44:14

    So that none of the remnant of Judah, which are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that they should return into the land of Judah, to the which they have a desire to return to dwell there: for none shall return but such as shall escape.

  • Jeremiah 44:15

    Then all the men which knew that their wives had burned incense unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great multitude, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,

  • Jeremiah 44:16

    As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the Lord, we will not hearken unto thee.

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Jeremiah 44:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Entonces todos los que sabían que sus mujeres habían ofrecido sahumerios á dioses ajenos, y todas las mujeres que estaban presentes, una gran concurrencia, y todo el pueblo que habitaba en tierra de Egipto, en Pathros, respondieron á Jeremías, diciendo:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et tous les hommes qui savaient que leurs femmes brûlaient de l’encens à d’autres dieux, et toutes les femmes qui se tenaient là, un grand rassemblement, et tout le peuple qui demeurait dans le pays d’Égypte, à Pathros, répondirent à Jérémie, disant:
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und alle Männer, welche wußten, daß ihre Weiber anderen Göttern räucherten, und alle Weiber, die in großer Menge dastanden, und alles Volk, das im Lande Ägypten, in Pathros wohnte, antworteten dem Jeremia und sprachen:
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Responderunt autem Jeremiæ omnes viri scientes quod sacrificarent uxores eorum diis alienis, et universæ mulieres quarum stabat multitudo grandis, et omnis populus habitantium in terra Ægypti in Phatures, dicentes: