Then I sent to him, saying, “No such things as you say have been done, for you are inventing them out of your own mind.”
Jeremiah 37:14 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) And Jeremiah said, “It is false; I am not deserting to the Chaldeans.” But Irijah would not listen to him, and seized Jeremiah and brought him to the princes. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I fall not away to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then said Jeremiah, It is false! I am not deserting to the Chaldeans. But the sentry would not listen to him. So Irijah took Jeremiah and brought him to the princes. American Standard Version (1901) Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I am not falling away to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him; so Irijah laid hold on Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes. Common English Bible “That’s a lie,” Jeremiah replied. “I’m not deserting to the Babylonians.” But Irijah wouldn’t listen to him. He arrested Jeremiah and brought him to the officials, Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, the leaders were angry with Jeremiah, and so they beat him and sent him to the prison that was in the house of Jonathan, the scribe. For he was the chief over the prison. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Wherefore the princes were angry with Jeremias, and they beat him and cast him into the prison that was in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for he was chief over the prison. |
Then I sent to him, saying, “No such things as you say have been done, for you are inventing them out of your own mind.”
Give me not up to the will of my adversaries; for false witnesses have risen against me, and they breathe out violence.
“Woe to you, when all men speak well of you, for so their fathers did to the false prophets.
and keep your conscience clear, so that, when you are abused, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame.