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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 36:17 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
Jer 36:17	Strong Concordance	And they asked [07592] Baruch [01263], saying [0559], Tell [05046] us now, How didst thou write [03789] all these words [01697] at his mouth [06310]?
	King James	And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth?

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
What they wished to know was, whether what Baruch had read to them was written by him from memory after hearing Jeremiah repeating his prophecies continuously, or accurately from the prophet's own dictation.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

What they wished to know was, whether what Baruch had read to them was written by him from memory after hearing Jeremiah repeating his prophecies continuously, or accurately from the prophet's own dictation.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
The scroll might have been drawn up by Baruch from memoranda of his own without the prophet's direct authority. The princes therefore did not ask from curiosity, but to obtain necessary information.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

The scroll might have been drawn up by Baruch from memoranda of his own without the prophet's direct authority. The princes therefore did not ask from curiosity, but to obtain necessary information.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
How didst thou write all these words? - At his mouth? - So the text should be pointed. They wished to know whether he had not copied them, or whether he wrote as Jeremiah prophesied.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

How didst thou write all these words? - At his mouth? - So the text should be pointed. They wished to know whether he had not copied them, or whether he wrote as Jeremiah prophesied.

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