Jeremiah 38:6 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

⁶ 4 And king Sedecias sent, and took Jeremias the prophet to him to the third gate, that was in the house of the Lord: and the king said to Jeremias: I will ask thee a thing, hide nothing from me.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ So they took Jeremiah and cast him into the dungeon or cistern pit [in the charge] of Malchiah the king's son, which was in the court of the guard; and they let Jeremiah down [into the pit] with ropes. And in the dungeon or cistern pit there was no water, but only mire, and Jeremiah sank in the mire.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchijah the king’s son, that was in the court of the guard: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.

Common English Bible

⁶ So they seized Jeremiah, threw him into the cistern of the royal prince Malchiah, within the prison quarters, and lowered him down by ropes. Now there wasn’t any water in the cistern, only mud, and Jeremiah began to sink into the mud.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ Therefore, they took Jeremiah and cast him into the pit of Malchiah, the son of Amelech, which was at the entrance to the prison. And they lowered Jeremiah by ropes into the pit, in which there was no water, but only mud. And so Jeremiah descended into the mire.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ Then they took Jeremias and cast him into the dungeon of Melchias the son of Amelech, which was in the entry of the prison: and they let down Jeremias by ropes into the dungeon, wherein there was no water but mire. And Jeremias sunk into the mire.

Jeremiah 38:6 Cross References

Genesis 37:24

5 And sitting down to eat bread, they saw some Ismaelites on their way coming from Calaad, with their camels, carrying spices, and balm, and myrrh to Egypt.

Psalm 109:5

2 May there be none to help him: nor none to pity his fatherless offspring.

Psalm 40:2

I have declared thy justice in a great church, lo, I will not restrain my lips : O Lord, thou knowest it.

Psalm 69:2

For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up: and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

Jeremiah 32:2

0 And I wrote it in a book and sealed it, and took witnesses: and I weighed him the money in the balances.

Jeremiah 36:26

But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land did obey the words of the Lord, that he spoke in the hand of Jeremias the prophet.

Jeremiah 37:16

Thus saith the Lord: This city shall surely be delivered into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it.

Jeremiah 37:21

And Abdemelech went out of the king's house, and spoke to the king, saying:

Jeremiah 38:13

1 But if thou wilt not go forth, this is the word which the Lord hath shewn me:

Jeremiah 38:22

And in the I eleventh year of Sedecias, in the fourth month, the fifth day of the month, the city was opened.

Daniel 6:16

4 And by the king's commandment, those men were brought that bad accused Daniel: and they were cast into the lions' den, they and their children, and their wives: and they did not reach the bottom of the den, before the lions caught them, and broke all their bones in pieces.

Zechariah 9:11

For the idols have spoken what was unprofitable, and the diviners have seen a lie, and the dreamers have spoken vanity: they comforted in vain: therefore they were led away as a dock: they shall be afflicted, because they have no shepherd.

Acts 16:24

2 And they preached the word of the Lord to him and to all that were in his house.

Hebrews 10:36

But without faith it is impossible to please God. For he that cometh to God, must believe that he is, and is a rewarder to them that seek him.