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Jeremiah 38:24

Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, "Let no man know about this conversation and you will not die.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - King;   Prisoners;   Zedekiah;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Zedekiah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - King;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Prophecy, Prophets;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Greek Versions of Ot;   Zedekiah,;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Zedekiah (2);  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then Zedekiah warned Jeremiah, “Don’t let anyone know about this conversation or you will die.
Hebrew Names Version
Then said Tzidkiyahu to Yirmeyahu, Let no man know of these words, and you shall not die.
King James Version
Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die.
English Standard Version
Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, "Let no one know of these words, and you shall not die.
New American Standard Bible
Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, "Let no one know about these words, and you will not die.
New Century Version
Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, "Do not tell anyone that I have been talking to you, or you will die.
World English Bible
Then said Zedekiah to Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and you shall not die.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then said Zedekiah vnto Ieremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, "Let no man know about these words and you will not die.
Berean Standard Bible
Then Zedekiah warned Jeremiah, "Do not let anyone know about this conversation, or you will die.
Contemporary English Version
Zedekiah said, "Jeremiah, if you tell anyone what we have talked about, you might lose your life.
Complete Jewish Bible
Tzidkiyahu said to Yirmeyahu, "Don't tell anyone what you just said, or you will die.
Darby Translation
And Zedekiah said unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, "Don't tell anyone that I have been talking to you. If you do, you might die.
George Lamsa Translation
Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words and you shall not die.
Good News Translation
Zedekiah replied, "Don't let anyone know about this conversation, and your life will not be in danger.
Lexham English Bible
And Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, "No man must know about these words so that you will not die.
Literal Translation
And Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, Let not a man know of these words, and you shall not die.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then sayde Sedechias vnto Ieremy: loke yt no body knowe off these wordes, and thou shalt not dye.
American Standard Version
Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die.
Bible in Basic English
Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, Let no man have knowledge of these words, and you will not be put to death.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah: 'Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die.
King James Version (1611)
Then said Zedekiah vnto Ieremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then sayde Zedekia vnto Ieremie: Loke that no body knowe of these wordes, and thou shalt not dye.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And there shall be dwellers in the cities of Juda, and in all his land, together with the husbandman, and the shepherd shall go forth with the flock.
English Revised Version
Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfore Sedechie seide to Jeremye, No man wite these wordis, and thou schalt not die.
Update Bible Version
Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and you shall not die.
Webster's Bible Translation
Then said Zedekiah to Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die.
New English Translation
Then Zedekiah told Jeremiah, "Do not let anyone know about the conversation we have had. If you do, you will die.
New King James Version
Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, "Let no one know of these words, and you shall not die.
New Living Translation
Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, "Don't tell anyone you told me this, or you will die!
New Life Bible
Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, "Let no one know about these words and you will not die.
New Revised Standard
Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, "Do not let anyone else know of this conversation, or you will die.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah - Do not let, any man, know of these words, and thou shalt not die.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Then Sedecias said to Jeremias: Let no man know these words, and thou shalt not die.
Revised Standard Version
Then Zedeki'ah said to Jeremiah, "Let no one know of these words and you shall not die.
Young's Literal Translation
And Zedekiah saith unto Jeremiah, `Let no man know of these words, and thou dost not die;
THE MESSAGE
Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, "Don't let anyone know of this conversation, if you know what's good for you. If the government officials get wind that I've been talking with you, they may come and say, ‘Tell us what went on between you and the king, what you said and what he said. Hold nothing back and we won't kill you.' If this happens, tell them, ‘I presented my case to the king so that he wouldn't send me back to the dungeon of Jonathan to die there.'"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, "Let no man know about these words and you will not die.

Contextual Overview

14Then King Zedekiah sent and had Jeremiah the prophet brought to him at the third entrance that is in the house of the LORD. And the king said to Jeremiah, "I am going to ask you something; hide nothing from me." 15Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, "If I tell you, will you not certainly put me to death? Even if I do give you advice, you will not listen to me." 16But King Zedekiah swore secretly to Jeremiah, "As the LORD lives, who made our lives, be assured that I will not put you to death or put you into the hand of these men who are seeking your life." 17Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, "Thus says the LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, 'If you will go out and surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then you will live and this city will not be burned with fire; and you and your household will live. 18'But if you will not go out to the officers of the king of Babylon, then this city will be given into the hand of the Chaldeans [of Babylon] and they will set it on fire; and you yourself will not escape from their hand.'" 19Then King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, "I am afraid of the Jews [my former subjects] who have deserted to join the Chaldeans, for the enemy may put me into their hand and they will mock me and abuse me." 20But Jeremiah said, "They will not hand you over [to them]. Please obey [the voice of] the LORD [who speaks to you through me] in what I am saying to you. Then it will go well with you and you will live. 21"But if you keep refusing to go out and surrender to them, this is the word [and the vision] which the LORD has shown me: 22'Then behold, all the women who are left in the palace of the king of Judah will be brought out to the officers of the king of Babylon and those women will say [to you, King Zedekiah], "Your close friends Have prevailed against your better judgment and have overpowered and deceived you; While your feet were sunk in the mire [of trouble], They turned back." 23'Also, all your wives and your children will be brought out to the Chaldeans; and you yourself will not escape from their hand, but you will be seized by the king of Babylon, and this city [Jerusalem] will be burned down with fire.'"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 37:17 - asked

Cross-References

Genesis 20:3
But God came to Abimelech in a dream during the night, and said, "Behold, you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken [as your wife], for she is another man's wife."
Genesis 20:7
"So now return the man's wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not return her [to him], know that you shall die, you and all who are yours (your household)."
Genesis 20:9
Then Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, "What have you done to us? And how have I offended you that you have brought on me and my kingdom a great sin? You have done to me what ought not to be done [to anyone]."
Genesis 34:31
But they said, "Should he [be permitted to] treat our sister as a prostitute?"
Genesis 38:1
Now at that time, Judah left his brothers and went down to [stay with] a certain Adullamite named Hirah.
Genesis 38:2
There Judah saw a daughter of Shua, a Canaanite, and he took her [as his wife] and lived with her.
Genesis 38:5
Again she conceived and gave birth to still another son and named him Shelah. It was at Chezib that she gave birth to him.
Genesis 38:21
He asked the men of that place, "Where is the temple prostitute who was by the roadside at Enaim?" They said, "There was no prostitute here."
Genesis 38:22
So he returned to Judah, and said, "I cannot find her; also the local men said, 'There was no prostitute around here.'"
Genesis 38:23
Then Judah said, "Let her keep the things (pledge articles) for herself, otherwise we will be a laughingstock [searching everywhere for her]. After all, I sent this young goat, but you did not find her."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then said Zedekiah to Jeremiah,.... Not a word signifying his approbation of the counsel given him, or that he intended to take it; his silence showed the reverse:

let no man know of these words: that had passed between them; of the conference and conversation they had had together, at least not the particulars of it; the thing itself was known, as appears by what follows, that the king and prophet had been discoursing together; but what they talked of, he desires might be concealed, pretending the prophet's good, though it was his own honour and safety he sought:

and thou shall not die; as he had promised he should not, and had sworn to it; but suggests by this, that if he disclosed the conversation, he should took upon himself free from his word and oath; so that this carried something menacing in it: or it may be rendered "that thou die not" c; intimating, that if the princes should come to the knowledge of what he had said, of the advice he had given, they would surely put him to death; and therefore, for his own safety, he desires the whole may be kept a secret.

c ולא תמות "ne moriaris", Gataker, Schmidt; "ut non moriaris", Piscator.


 
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