Jeremiah 26:16
Good News Translation
Then the leaders and the people said to the priests and the prophets, "This man spoke to us in the name of the LORD our God; he should not be put to death."

New Revised Standard Version
Then the officials and all the people said to the priests and the prophets, “This man does not deserve the sentence of death, for he has spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God.”

Contemporary English Version
The judges and the other people told the priests and prophets, "Since Jeremiah only told us what the LORD our God had said, we don't think he deserves to die."

New American Bible
Then the princes and all the people said to the priests and the prophets, “This man does not deserve a death sentence; it is in the name of the LORD, our God, that he speaks to us.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then the princes, and all the people said to the priests, and to the prophets: There is no judgment of death for this man: for he hath spoken to us in the name of the Lord our God.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Then the princes, and all the people said to the priests, and to the prophets: There is no judgment of death for this man: for he hath spoken to us in the name of the Lord our God.

Jeremiah 36:19,25 And the princes said to Baruch: Go, and hide thee, both thou and Jeremiah, and let no man know where you are. . . .

Jeremiah 38:7-13 Now Abdemelech the Ethiopian, an eunuch that was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon: but the king was sitting in the gate of Benjamin. . . .

Esther 4:14 For if thou wilt now hold thy peace, the Jews shall be delivered by some other occasion: and thou, and thy father's house shall perish. And who knoweth whether thou art not therefore come to the kingdom, that thou mightest be ready in such a time as this?

Proverbs 16:7 When the ways of man shall please the Lord, he will convert even his enemies to peace.

Matthew 27:23,24,54 The governor said to them: Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying: Let him be crucified. . . .

Luke 23:14,15,41,47 Said to them: You have presented unto me this man as one that perverteth the people. And behold I, having examined him before you, find no cause in this man, in those things wherein you accuse him. . . .

Acts 5:34-39 But one in the council rising up, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, respected by all the people, commanded the men to be put forth a little while. . . .

Acts 23:9,29 And there arose a great cry. And some of the Pharisees rising up, strove, saying: We find no evil in this man. What if a spirit hath spoken to him, or an angel? . . .

Acts 25:25 Yet have I found nothing that he hath committed worthy of death. But forasmuch as he himself hath appealed to Augustus, I have determined to send him.

Acts 26:31,32 And when they were gone aside, they spoke among themselves, saying: This man hath done nothing worthy of death or of bands. . . .

Context
Jeremiah Spared from Death
16Then the princes, and all the people said to the priests, and to the prophets: There is no judgment of death for this man: for he hath spoken to us in the name of the Lord our God.17And some of the ancients of the land rose up: and they spoke to all the assembly of the people, saying:…
Cross References
Acts 5:34
But one in the council rising up, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, respected by all the people, commanded the men to be put forth a little while.

Acts 23:9
And there arose a great cry. And some of the Pharisees rising up, strove, saying: We find no evil in this man. What if a spirit hath spoken to him, or an angel?

Acts 23:29
Whom I found to be accused concerning questions of their law; but having nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bands.

Acts 25:25
Yet have I found nothing that he hath committed worthy of death. But forasmuch as he himself hath appealed to Augustus, I have determined to send him.

Acts 26:31
And when they were gone aside, they spoke among themselves, saying: This man hath done nothing worthy of death or of bands.

Jeremiah 26:11
And the priests and the prophets spoke to the princes, and to all the people, saying: The judgment of death is for this man: because he hath prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your ears.

Jeremiah 34:10
And all the princes, and all the people who entered into the covenant, heard that every man should let his manservant, and every man his maidservant go free, and should no more have dominion over them: and they obeyed, and let them go free.

Jeremiah 36:19
And the princes said to Baruch: Go, and hide thee, both thou and Jeremiah, and let no man know where you are.

Jeremiah 36:25
But yet Elnathan, and Dalaias, and Gamarias spoke to the king, not to burn the book: and he heard them not.

Jeremiah 37:15
So Jeremiah went into the house of the prison, and into the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained there many days.

Jeremiah 38:7
Now Abdemelech the Ethiopian, an eunuch that was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon: but the king was sitting in the gate of Benjamin.

Jeremiah 38:13
And they drew up Jeremiah with the cords, and brought him forth out of the dungeon. And Jeremiah remained in the entry of the prison.

Jeremiah 26:15
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