King James Version
Jeremiah 36:17 in the King James Version says “And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth?” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 36 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth?”
Jeremiah 36:17 · KJV
And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears.
Now it came to pass, when they had heard all the words, they were afraid both one and other, and said unto Baruch, We will surely tell the king of all these words.
And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth?
Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.
Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye be.
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properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“And they asked”
H7592to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand
“Tell”
H5046properly, to front, i.e., stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to
'i pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the imperative or future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction
“us now How didst thou write”
H3789to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“all these words”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
“at his mouth”
H6310the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos
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