King James Version
Jeremiah 36:19 in the King James Version says “Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye be.” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 36 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye be.”
Jeremiah 36:19 · KJV
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.
And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words in the ears of the king.
So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out of Elishama the scribe's chamber. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the king.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“and let no man”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
“know”
H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
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