Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Ebed-melech went forth out of the king’s house, and spake to the king, saying,
WEB
Ebed-melech went out from the king’s palace and said to the king,
YLT
and Ebed-Melech goeth forth from the king's house, and speaketh unto the king, saying,
DBT
— and Ebed-melech went forth out of the king's house, and spoke to the king, saying,
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJeremiah — The weeping prophet of Judah's final generation — 627 BC call under Josiah to the 586 BC fall of Jerusalem and into Egyptian exile. Fifty-two chapters of lament, confrontation, and covenant promise, with the New Covenant glimpsed at the book's theological apex.
- Author
- Jeremiah, son of Hilkiah, of the priestly family of Anathoth (1:1); Baruch the scribe assisted with dictation (36:4, 45:1)
- Date
- Ministry c. 627–580 BC; book compiled during and after the 586 BC exile