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


In Context

14 all the officials sent Jehudi son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, to say to Baruch, "Bring the scroll from which you have read to the people and come." So Baruch son of Neriah went to them with the scroll in his hand.

15 They said to him, "Sit down, please, and read it to us." So Baruch read it to them.

16 When they heard all these words, they looked at each other in fear and said to Baruch, "We must report all these words to the king."

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."

19 Then the officials said to Baruch, "You and Jeremiah, go and hide. Don't let anyone know where you are."

Jeremiah 36:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

36:17And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

36:17And they asked him, saying: Tell us how didst thou write all these words from his mouth.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

36:17And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

36:17And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words from his mouth?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

36:17And they asked Baruch, saying, tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

36:17And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

36:17They asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How did you write all these words at his mouth?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

36:17And they asked Baruch, saying, 'Declare, we pray thee, to us, how didst thou write all these words — from his mouth?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

36:17And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How did you write all these words at his mouth?