Jeremiah 38:5
“Then Zedekiah the king sayd, Behold, he is in your hand; for the king is not he that can do any thing against you.”
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Jeremiah 38:5 Context
3Thus saith the Lord, This citie shall surely be giuen into the hand of the king of Babylons armie, which shall take it. 4Therefore the princes sayd vnto the king, We beseech thee let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of warre that remaine in this citie, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words vnto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt. 5Then Zedekiah the king sayd, Behold, he is in your hand; for the king is not he that can do any thing against you. 6Then tooke they Ieremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the sonne of Hammelech that was in the court of the prison: and they let downe Ieremiah with cords: and in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Ieremiah sunke in the mire. 7¶ Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, one of þe eunuches which was in the kings house, heard that they had put Ieremiah in the dungeon (the king then sitting in the gate of Beniamin)
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Other Translations for Jeremiah 38:5
Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he [is] in your hand: for the king [is] not [he that] can do [any] thing against you.
- King James Version
So King Zedekiah said, "Behold, he is in your hands; for the king can {do} nothing against you."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand; for the king is not he that can do anything against you.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Then Zedekiah the king said, See, he is in your hands: for the king was not able to do anything against them.
- Basic English Bible
And king Zedekiah said, Behold, he is in your hand; for the king is not he that can do a thing against you.
- Darby Bible
Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you.
- Webster's Bible
Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand; for the king is not he who can do anything against you.
- World English Bible
And the king Zedekiah saith, `Lo, he [is] in your hand: for the king is not able for you [in] anything.'
- Youngs Literal Bible
Then Zedekiah the king said: 'Behold, he is in your hand; for the king is not he that can do any thing against you.'
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Jeremiah 38:5
38:5 For the king - I see I am as it were no king. I can do nothing against you, you will do what you please.