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Jeremiah 36:17–18

17 And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth? 18 Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and zI wrote them with ink in the book.

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Jeremiah 36:17–18 — The New International Version (NIV)

17 Then they asked Baruch, “Tell us, how did you come to write all this? Did Jeremiah dictate it?”

18 “Yes,” Baruch replied, “he dictated all these words to me, and I wrote them in ink on the scroll.”

Jeremiah 36:17–18 — English Standard Version (ESV)

17 Then they asked Baruch, “Tell us, please, how did you write all these words? Was it at his dictation?” 18 Baruch answered them, “He dictated all these words to me, while I wrote them with ink on the scroll.”

Jeremiah 36:17–18 — New Living Translation (NLT)

17 “But first, tell us how you got these messages. Did they come directly from Jeremiah?”

18 So Baruch explained, “Jeremiah dictated them, and I wrote them down in ink, word for word, on this scroll.”

Jeremiah 36:17–18 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

17 And they asked Baruch, saying, “Tell us now, how did you write all these words—at his instruction?”

18 So Baruch answered them, “He proclaimed with his mouth all these words to me, and I wrote them with ink in the book.”

Jeremiah 36:17–18 — New Century Version (NCV)

17 Then the officers asked Baruch, “Tell us, please, where did you get all these words you wrote on the scroll? Did you write down what Jeremiah said to you?”

18 “Yes,” Baruch answered. “Jeremiah spoke them all to me, and I wrote them down with ink on this scroll.”

Jeremiah 36:17–18 — American Standard Version (ASV)

17 And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth? 18 Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.

Jeremiah 36:17–18 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

17 And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words from his mouth? 18 And Baruch said unto them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.

Jeremiah 36:17–18 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

17 Then they asked Baruch, “Please tell us how you wrote all this. Did Jeremiah dictate it to you?” 

18 Baruch answered, “He dictated everything to me, and I wrote it on the scroll in ink.” 

Jeremiah 36:17–18 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

17 Then they asked Baruch, “Tell us—how did you write all these words? At his dictation?”

18 Baruch said to them, “At his dictation. He recited all these words to me while I was writing on the scroll in ink.”

Jeremiah 36:17–18 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

17 Then they questioned Baruch, ‘Tell us now, how did you write all these words? Was it at his dictation?” 18 Baruch answered them, “He dictated all these words to me, and I wrote them with ink on the scroll.”

Jeremiah 36:17–18 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

17 Then they asked Baruch, saying, “Tell us please, how did you write all these words, from his mouth?” 18 And Baruch said to them, “From his mouth. He dictated to me all these words and I was writing on the scroll with the ink.”

Jeremiah 36:17–18 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

17 They said to Baruch, “Tell us. How did you happen to write all of these things? Did Jeremiah tell you to do it?”

18 “Yes,” Baruch replied. “He told me to write down all of these words. So I wrote them in ink on the scroll.”

Jeremiah 36:17–18 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

17 And they asked Baruch, saying, “Tell us, please, how did you write all these words? Was it at his dictation?”

18 Then Baruch said to them, “He dictated all these words to me, and I wrote them with ink on the book.”


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