Jeremiah 38:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you.”
Jeremiah 38:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Jeremiah 38:5 in 6 Bible Translations
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Jeremiah 38:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Zedekiah the king said, “Behold, he is in your hand; for the king can’t do anything to oppose you.””
Jeremiah 38:5 — World English Bible
Jeremiah 38:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand; for the king is not he that can do anything against you. ”
Jeremiah 38:5 — American Standard Version
Jeremiah 38:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And the king Zedekiah saith, `Lo, he <FI>is<Fi> in your hand: for the king is not able for you <FI>in<Fi> anything.'”
Jeremiah 38:5 — Young's Literal Translation
Jeremiah 38:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And king Zedekiah said, Behold, he is in your hand; for the king is not he that can do a thing against you. ”
Jeremiah 38:5 — Darby Translation
Jeremiah 38:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Then Zedekiah the King sayd, Behold, he is in your hands, for ye King can denie you nothing.”
Jeremiah 38:5 — Geneva Bible
Jeremiah 38:5 in Context — Jeremiah 38
3 Thus saith the Lord, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon’s army, which shall take it.
4 Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.
5 Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you.
6 Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.
7 Now when Ebed–melech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin;
What Does Jeremiah 38:5 Mean?
Jeremiah 38:5 is a verse from the Book of Jeremiah, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Jeremiah chapter 38. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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