Jeremiah 32:16

THE MESSAGE

"And then, having handed over the legal documents to Baruch son of Neriah, I prayed to God , ‘Dear God , my Master, you created earth and sky by your great power—by merely stretching out your arm! There is nothing you can't do. You're loyal in your steadfast love to thousands upon thousands—but you also make children live with the fallout from their parents' sins. Great and powerful God, named God -of-the-Angel-Armies, determined in purpose and relentless in following through, you see everything that men and women do and respond appropriately to the way they live, to the things they do.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“After I had given the purchase agreement to Baruch, son of Neriah, I prayed to the Lord:

Hebrew Names Version
Now after I had delivered the deed of the purchase to Barukh the son of Neriyah, I prayed to the LORD, saying,

King James Version
Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the Lord , saying,

English Standard Version
"After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to the Lord , saying:

New American Standard Bible
"After giving the deed of purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD, saying,

New Century Version
"After I gave the record of ownership to Baruch son of Neriah, I prayed to the Lord ,

Amplified Bible
"Now when I had delivered the purchase deed to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD, saying,

World English Bible
Now after I had delivered the deed of the purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to Yahweh, saying,

Geneva Bible (1587)
Now when I had deliuered the booke of the possession vnto Baruch, the sonne of Neriah, I prayed vnto the Lord, saying,

Legacy Standard Bible
"After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, then I prayed to Yahweh, saying,

Berean Standard Bible
After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD:

Contemporary English Version
Then I prayed:

Complete Jewish Bible
After giving the purchase contract to Barukh son of Neriyah, I prayed to Adonai :

Darby Translation
And after I had given the writing of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Nerijah, I prayed unto Jehovah saying,

Easy-to-Read Version
After I gave the deed to Baruch son of Neriah, I prayed to the Lord :

George Lamsa Translation
Now after I had given the deeds of purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD, saying,

Good News Translation
After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch, I prayed,

Lexham English Bible
And I prayed to Yahweh—after giving my deed of the purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah—saying,

Literal Translation
And after I gave the document of the purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to Jehovah, saying,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Now when I had delyuered the euydence vnto Baruch ye sonne of Nerias, I besought the LORDE, sayenge:

American Standard Version
Now after I had delivered the deed of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto Jehovah, saying,

Bible in Basic English
Now after I had given the paper to Baruch, the son of Neriah, I made my prayer to the Lord, saying,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Now after I had delivered the deed of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the LORD, saying:

King James Version (1611)
Now when I had deliuered the euidence of the purchase vnto Baruch the sonne of Neriah, I prayed vnto the Lord, saying,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Nowe when I had deliuered the euidence vnto Baruch the sonne of Neriah, I besought the Lorde, saying:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they shall drink, and vomit, and be mad, because of the sword which I send among them.

English Revised Version
Now after I had delivered the deed of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the LORD, saying,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Y preiede to the Lord, aftir that Y bitook the book of possessioun to Baruc, the sone of Nery; and Y seide, Alas!

Update Bible Version
Now after I had delivered the deed of the purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to Yahweh, saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD, saying,

New English Translation
"After I had given the copies of the deed of purchase to Baruch son of Neriah, I prayed to the Lord ,

New King James Version
"Now when I had delivered the purchase deed to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD, saying:

New Living Translation
Then after I had given the papers to Baruch, I prayed to the Lord :

New Life Bible
"After I had given the agreement showing I had bought the field to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to the Lord, saying,

New Revised Standard
After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch son of Neriah, I prayed to the Lord , saying:

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then prayed I unto Yahweh, - after I had delivered the scroll of purchase unto Baruch son of Neriah, saying: -

Douay-Rheims Bible
And after I had delivered the deed of purchase to Baruch the son of Neri, I prayed to the Lord, saying:

Revised Standard Version
"After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch the son of Neri'ah, I prayed to the LORD, saying:

Young's Literal Translation
And I pray unto Jehovah -- after my giving the purchase-book unto Baruch son of Neriah -- saying,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, then I prayed to the LORD, saying,

Contextual Overview

¹⁶"And then, having handed over the legal documents to Baruch son of Neriah, I prayed to God , ‘Dear God , my Master, you created earth and sky by your great power—by merely stretching out your arm! There is nothing you can't do. You're loyal in your steadfast love to thousands upon thousands—but you also make children live with the fallout from their parents' sins. Great and powerful God, named God -of-the-Angel-Armies, determined in purpose and relentless in following through, you see everything that men and women do and respond appropriately to the way they live, to the things they do. ²⁰"‘You performed signs and wonders in the country of Egypt and continue to do so right into the present, right here in Israel and everywhere else, too. You've made a reputation for yourself that doesn't diminish. You brought your people Israel out of Egypt with signs and wonders—a powerful deliverance!—by merely stretching out your arm. You gave them this land and solemnly promised to their ancestors a bountiful and fertile land. But when they entered the land and took it over, they didn't listen to you. They didn't do what you commanded. They wouldn't listen to a thing you told them. And so you brought this disaster on them. ²⁴"‘Oh, look at the siege ramps already set in place to take the city. Killing and starvation and disease are on our doorstep. The Babylonians are attacking! The Word you spoke is coming to pass—it's daily news! And yet you, God , the Master, even though it is certain that the city will be turned over to the Babylonians, also told me, Buy the field. Pay for it in cash. And make sure there are witnesses.'"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I Prayed: Jeremiah 12:1, Genesis 32:9-12, 2 Samuel 7:18-25, Ezekiel 36:35-37, Philippians 4:6, Philippians 4:7

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 32:12 - Baruch Jeremiah 45:1 - Baruch Romans 4:20 - staggered

Cross-References

Genesis 32:9
And then Jacob prayed, "God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, God who told me, ‘Go back to your parents' homeland and I'll treat you well.' I don't deserve all the love and loyalty you've shown me. When I left here and crossed the Jordan I only had the clothes on my back, and now look at me—two camps! Save me, please, from the violence of my brother, my angry brother! I'm afraid he'll come and attack us all, me, the mothers and the children. You yourself said, ‘I will treat you well; I'll make your descendants like the sands of the sea, far too many to count.'"

Matthew 10:16
"Stay alert. This is hazardous work I'm assigning you. You're going to be like sheep running through a wolf pack, so don't call attention to yourselves. Be as cunning as a snake, inoffensive as a dove.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah,.... When he had finished his worldly business, and which yet was by a divine order, and to answer a divine purpose, then he betook himself to prayer; and it is proper we should be quite free from worldly cares and concerns when we enter upon religious duties, particularly prayer to God; when the soul ought to be separated from the world and the things of it, and wholly devoted to God:

I prayed unto the Lord; either for further information in this matter, of the use and design of buying the field; and how this part of the prophecy, signified by it, concerning the Jews buying and possessing houses and fields, can be made to agree with the other prophecy, that the city should be delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans; or, at least, that he might be able to answer the cavils and objections made by the Jews to it: that he was in some puzzle, perplexity, and distress, appears by his prayer, which begins,

saying, as follows:

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 32:16. I prayed unto the Lord — And what a prayer! What weight of matter, sublimity of expression, profound veneration, just conception, Divine unction, powerful pleading, and strength of faith! Historical, without flatness; condensed, without obscurity; confessing the greatest of crimes against the most righteous of Beings, without despairing of his mercy, or presuming on his goodness: a confession that, in fact, acknowledges that God's justice should smite and destroy, had not his infinite goodness said, I will pardon and spare.