Jeremiah 38:5 ““Here he is,” replied King Zedekiah. “He is in your hands, since the k…”

Jeremiah 38:5

“Here he is,” replied King Zedekiah. “He is in your hands, since the king can do nothing to stop you.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you.

World English Bible

Zedekiah the king said, “Behold, he is in your hand; for the king can’t do anything to oppose you.”

American Standard Version

And Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand; for the king is not he that can do anything against you.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then Zedekiah the King sayd, Behold, he is in your hands, for ye King can denie you nothing.

Darby Translation

And king Zedekiah said, Behold, he is in your hand; for the king is not he that can do a thing against you.

Young's Literal Translation

And the king Zedekiah saith, 'Lo, he [is] in your hand: for the king is not able for you [in] anything.'

Bible in Basic English

Then Zedekiah the king said, See, he is in your hands: for the king was not able to do anything against them.

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Cross references

“for”

John 19:12–16 2 Samuel 3:39 1 Samuel 15:24 1 Samuel 29:9 2 Samuel 19:22 Proverbs 29:25

John 19:12–16 · BSB

From then on, Pilate tried to release Him, but the Jews kept shouting, “If you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar. Anyone who declares himself a king is defying Caesar.”

2 Samuel 3:39 · BSB

And I am weak this day, though anointed as king, and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too fierce for me. May the LORD repay the evildoer according to his evil!”

1 Samuel 15:24 · BSB

Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; I have transgressed the LORD’s commandment and your instructions, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.

1 Samuel 29:9 · BSB

Achish replied, “I know that you are as pleasing in my sight as an angel of God. But the commanders of the Philistines have said, ‘He must not go into battle with us.’

2 Samuel 19:22 · BSB

And David replied, “Sons of Zeruiah, what have I to do with you, that you should be my adversaries today? Should any man be put to death in Israel today? Am I not indeed aware that today I am king over Israel?”

Proverbs 29:25 · BSB

The fear of man is a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD is set securely on high.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

4Then the officials said to the king, “This man ought to die, for he is discouraging the warriors who remain in this city, as well as all the people, by speaking such words to them; this man is not seeking the well-being of these people, but their ruin.”

6So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.

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