Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And it came to pass the second day after he had slain Gedaliah, and no man knew it,
WEB
On the second day after the murder of Gedaliah, when no one yet knew about it,
YLT
And it cometh to pass, on the second day of the putting of Gedaliah to death, (and no one hath known,)
DBT
And it came to pass the second day after he had killed Gedaliah, and no man knew it,
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