Baruch 1:2
Good News Translation
on the seventh day of the month in the fifth year after the Babylonians captured Jerusalem and burned it down.

New Revised Standard Version
in the fifth year, on the seventh day of the month, at the time when the Chaldeans took Jerusalem and burned it with fire.

Contemporary English Version
on the seventh day of the month of Ab, exactly five years after the Babylonians had captured and burned down Jerusalem.

New American Bible
in the fifth year, on the seventh day of the month, at the time the Chaldeans took Jerusalem and destroyed it with fire.

Douay-Rheims Bible
In the fifth year, in the seventh day of the month, at the time that the Chaldeans took Jerusalem, and burnt it with fire.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

In the fifth year, in the seventh day of the month, at the time that the Chaldeans took Jerusalem, and burnt it with fire.

Sirach 51:38
Work your work before the time, and he will give you your reward in his time.

Baruch 1:1
And these are the words of the book, which Baruch the son of Nerias, the son of Maasias, the son of Sedecias, the son of Sedei, the son Helcias, wrote in Babylonia.

Baruch 1:3
And Baruch read the words of this book in the hearing of Jechonias the son of Joakim king of Juda, and in the hearing of all the people that came to hear the book.

Baruch 1:4
And in the hearing of the nobles, the sons of the kings, and in the hearing of the ancients, and in the hearing of the people, from the least even to the greatest of them that dwelt in Babylonia, by the river Sedi.

Context
Baruch 1
1And these are the words of the book, which Baruch the son of Nerias, the son of Maasias, the son of Sedecias, the son of Sedei, the son Helcias, wrote in Babylonia. 2In the fifth year, in the seventh day of the month, at the time that the Chaldeans took Jerusalem, and burnt it with fire. 3And Baruch read the words of this book in the hearing of Jechonias the son of Joakim king of Juda, and in the hearing of all the people that came to hear the book.…
Cross References
Sirach 51:38
Work your work before the time, and he will give you your reward in his time.

Baruch 1:1
And these are the words of the book, which Baruch the son of Nerias, the son of Maasias, the son of Sedecias, the son of Sedei, the son Helcias, wrote in Babylonia.

Baruch 1:3
And Baruch read the words of this book in the hearing of Jechonias the son of Joakim king of Juda, and in the hearing of all the people that came to hear the book.

Baruch 1:4
And in the hearing of the nobles, the sons of the kings, and in the hearing of the ancients, and in the hearing of the people, from the least even to the greatest of them that dwelt in Babylonia, by the river Sedi.



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Baruch 1:1
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