Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.
WEB
At this I awoke and looked around. My sleep had been most pleasant to me.
YLT
On this I have awaked, and I behold, and my sleep hath been sweet to me.
DBT
— Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJeremiah — The weeping prophet of Judah's final generation — 627 BC call under Josiah to the 586 BC fall of Jerusalem and into Egyptian exile. Fifty-two chapters of lament, confrontation, and covenant promise, with the New Covenant glimpsed at the book's theological apex.
- Author
- Jeremiah, son of Hilkiah, of the priestly family of Anathoth (1:1); Baruch the scribe assisted with dictation (36:4, 45:1)
- Date
- Ministry c. 627–580 BC; book compiled during and after the 586 BC exile