Jeremiah 36:17
Modern Translations
New International Version
Then they asked Baruch, "Tell us, how did you come to write all this? Did Jeremiah dictate it?"

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

English Standard Version
Then they asked Baruch, “Tell us, please, how did you write all these words? Was it at his dictation?”

Berean Study Bible
“Tell us now,” they asked Baruch, “how did you write all these words? Was it at Jeremiah’s dictation?”

New American Standard Bible
Then they asked Baruch, saying, “Tell us, please, how did you write all these words? Was it at Jeremiah’s dictation?”

NASB 1995
And they asked Baruch, saying, "Tell us, please, how did you write all these words? Was it at his dictation?"

NASB 1977
And they asked Baruch, saying, “Tell us please, how did you write all these words? Was it at his dictation?”

Amplified Bible
And they asked Baruch, “Tell us now, how did you write all these words? At his (Jeremiah’s) dictation?”

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then they asked Baruch, "Tell us--how did you write all these words? At his dictation?"

Contemporary English Version
"Did someone tell you what to write on this scroll?"

Good News Translation
Then they asked him, "Tell us, now, how did you come to write all this? Did Jeremiah dictate it to you?"

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then they asked Baruch, "Please tell us how you wrote all this. Did Jeremiah dictate it to you?"

International Standard Version
Then they asked Baruch, "Please tell us how you wrote all the words. Did Jeremiah dictate them all?"

NET Bible
Then they asked Baruch, "How did you come to write all these words? Do they actually come from Jeremiah's mouth?"
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth?

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

King James 2000 Bible
And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How did you write all these words at his mouth?

New Heart English Bible
They asked Baruch, saying, "Tell us now, How did you write all these words at his mouth?"

World English Bible
They asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How did you write all these words at his mouth?

American King James Version
And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How did you write all these words at his mouth?

American Standard Version
And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth?

A Faithful Version
And they asked Baruch, saying, "Tell us now, how did you write all these words at his mouth?"

Darby Bible Translation
And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words from his mouth?

English Revised Version
And they asked Baruch, saying, tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth?

Webster's Bible Translation
And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth?

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And they examined Baruch, saying, Tell vs nowe, howe diddest thou write all these wordes at his mouth?

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And they examined Baruch, saying: Tell vs, howe diddest thou write all these wordes out of his mouth?

Coverdale Bible of 1535
And they examined Baruch, sayenge: Tell vs, how didest thou wryte all these wordes out off his mouth?
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And they asked Baruch, saying, “Please declare to us, how did you write all these words from his mouth?”

Young's Literal Translation
And they asked Baruch, saying, 'Declare, we pray thee, to us, how didst thou write all these words -- from his mouth?'

Smith's Literal Translation
And they asked Baruch, saying, Announce now to us how thou didst write all these words from his mouth?

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And they asked him, saying: Tell us how didst thou write all these words from his mouth.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And they questioned him, saying, “Describe to us how you wrote all these words from his mouth.”

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And they asked Baruk and they said to him: “Show us, how did you write all these words from his mouth?”

Lamsa Bible
And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, how did you write all these words at his mouth?

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And they asked Baruch, saying: 'Tell us now: How didst thou write all these words at his mouth?'

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And they asked Baruch, saying, Where didst thou write all these words?
















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