Jeremiah 37:14 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

And Jeremiah said, “That is a lie; I am not deserting to the Chaldeans.” But Irijah would not listen to him and arrested Jeremiah and brought him to the officials.

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King 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.

Jeremiah 37:14 Cross References

Nehemiah 6:8

Then I sent to him, saying, “No such things as you say have been done; you are inventing them out of your own mind,”

Psalm 27:12

Do not give me up to the will of my adversaries, for false witnesses have risen against me, and they are breathing out violence.

Psalm 35:11

Malicious witnesses rise up; they ask me about things I do not know.

Luke 6:26

“Woe to you when all speak well of you, for that is how their ancestors treated the false prophets.

1 Peter 3:16

yet do it with gentleness and respect. Maintain a good conscience so that, when you are maligned, those who abuse you for your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame.