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Jeremiah 39:12
"Take him and look after him; do nothing to harm him, but rather deal with him just as he asks of you."
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Christian Standard Bible®
“Take him and look after him. Don’t do him any harm, but do for him whatever he says.”
“Take him and look after him. Don’t do him any harm, but do for him whatever he says.”
Hebrew Names Version
Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do to him even as he shall tell you.
Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do to him even as he shall tell you.
King James Version
Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee.
Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee.
English Standard Version
"Take him, look after him well, and do him no harm, but deal with him as he tells you."
"Take him, look after him well, and do him no harm, but deal with him as he tells you."
New American Standard Bible
"Take him and look after him, and do not do anything harmful to him, but rather deal with him just as he tells you."
"Take him and look after him, and do not do anything harmful to him, but rather deal with him just as he tells you."
New Century Version
"Find Jeremiah and take care of him. Do not hurt him, but do for him whatever he asks you."
"Find Jeremiah and take care of him. Do not hurt him, but do for him whatever he asks you."
World English Bible
Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do to him even as he shall tell you.
Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do to him even as he shall tell you.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Take him, and looke well to him, & doe him no harme, but doe vnto him euen as he shal say vnto thee.
Take him, and looke well to him, & doe him no harme, but doe vnto him euen as he shal say vnto thee.
Legacy Standard Bible
"Take him and set your eyes to look after him and do nothing harmful to him, but rather deal with him just as he speaks to you."
"Take him and set your eyes to look after him and do nothing harmful to him, but rather deal with him just as he speaks to you."
Berean Standard Bible
"Take him, look after him, and do not let any harm come to him; do for him whatever he says."
"Take him, look after him, and do not let any harm come to him; do for him whatever he says."
Contemporary English Version
"Find Jeremiah and keep him safe. Take good care of him and do whatever he asks."
"Find Jeremiah and keep him safe. Take good care of him and do whatever he asks."
Complete Jewish Bible
"Take him, look after him well, and do him no harm, but treat him as he tells you."
"Take him, look after him well, and do him no harm, but treat him as he tells you."
Darby Translation
Take him, and keep an eye upon him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee.
Take him, and keep an eye upon him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee.
Easy-to-Read Version
"Find Jeremiah and take care of him. Don't hurt him. Give him whatever he asks for."
"Find Jeremiah and take care of him. Don't hurt him. Give him whatever he asks for."
George Lamsa Translation
Take Jeremiah and treat him well and do him no harm; but do to him anything that he shall say to you.
Take Jeremiah and treat him well and do him no harm; but do to him anything that he shall say to you.
Good News Translation
"Go and find Jeremiah and take good care of him. Do not harm him, but do for him whatever he wants."
"Go and find Jeremiah and take good care of him. Do not harm him, but do for him whatever he wants."
Lexham English Bible
"Take him and set your eyes on him. And you must not do something bad to him, but only that which he speaks to you, so do with him."
"Take him and set your eyes on him. And you must not do something bad to him, but only that which he speaks to you, so do with him."
Literal Translation
Take him and set your eyes on him. But do not do anything evil to him. But do with him even as he shall say to you.
Take him and set your eyes on him. But do not do anything evil to him. But do with him even as he shall say to you.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
take and cherish him, and make moch off him: se thou do him no harme, but intreate him after his owne desyre.
take and cherish him, and make moch off him: se thou do him no harme, but intreate him after his owne desyre.
American Standard Version
Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee.
Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee.
Bible in Basic English
Take him and keep an eye on him and see that no evil comes to him; but do with him whatever he says to you.
Take him and keep an eye on him and see that no evil comes to him; but do with him whatever he says to you.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
'Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee.'
'Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee.'
King James Version (1611)
Take him, and looke well to him, and doe him no harme, but doe vnto him euen as he shall say vnto thee.
Take him, and looke well to him, and doe him no harme, but doe vnto him euen as he shall say vnto thee.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Take and cherishe hym, and make much of him, see thou do him no harme, but entreate hym after his owne desire.
Take and cherishe hym, and make much of him, see thou do him no harme, but entreate hym after his owne desire.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and I gave it to Baruch son of Nerias, son of Maasaeas, in the sight of Anameel my father’s brother’s son, and in the sight of the men that stood by and wrote in the book of the purchase, and in the sight of the Jews that were in the court of the prison.
and I gave it to Baruch son of Nerias, son of Maasaeas, in the sight of Anameel my father’s brother’s son, and in the sight of the men that stood by and wrote in the book of the purchase, and in the sight of the Jews that were in the court of the prison.
English Revised Version
Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee.
Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Take thou him, and sette thin iyen on hym, and do thou no thing of yuel to him; but as he wole, so do thou to hym.
Take thou him, and sette thin iyen on hym, and do thou no thing of yuel to him; but as he wole, so do thou to hym.
Update Bible Version
Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do to him even as he shall say to you.
Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do to him even as he shall say to you.
Webster's Bible Translation
Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do to him even as he shall say to thee.
Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do to him even as he shall say to thee.
New English Translation
"Find Jeremiah and look out for him. Do not do anything to harm him, but do with him whatever he tells you."
"Find Jeremiah and look out for him. Do not do anything to harm him, but do with him whatever he tells you."
New King James Version
"Take him and look after him, and do him no harm; but do to him just as he says to you."
"Take him and look after him, and do him no harm; but do to him just as he says to you."
New Living Translation
"See that he isn't hurt," he said. "Look after him well, and give him anything he wants."
"See that he isn't hurt," he said. "Look after him well, and give him anything he wants."
New Life Bible
"Take him and watch over him. Do not hurt him, but do with him as he tells you."
"Take him and watch over him. Do not hurt him, but do with him as he tells you."
New Revised Standard
"Take him, look after him well and do him no harm, but deal with him as he may ask you."
"Take him, look after him well and do him no harm, but deal with him as he may ask you."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Take him and, thine eyes, set thou upon him, and do not unto him any harmful thing, - but just as he shall speak unto thee, so, shalt thou do with him.
Take him and, thine eyes, set thou upon him, and do not unto him any harmful thing, - but just as he shall speak unto thee, so, shalt thou do with him.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Take him, and set thy eyes upon him, and do him no harm: but as he hath a mind, so do with him.
Take him, and set thy eyes upon him, and do him no harm: but as he hath a mind, so do with him.
Revised Standard Version
"Take him, look after him well and do him no harm, but deal with him as he tells you."
"Take him, look after him well and do him no harm, but deal with him as he tells you."
Young's Literal Translation
`Take him, and place thine eyes upon him, and do no evil thing to him, but as he speaketh unto thee, so do with him.'
`Take him, and place thine eyes upon him, and do no evil thing to him, but as he speaketh unto thee, so do with him.'
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Take him and look after him, and do nothing harmful to him, but rather deal with him just as he tells you."
"Take him and look after him, and do nothing harmful to him, but rather deal with him just as he tells you."
Contextual Overview
11Now Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon gave orders concerning Jeremiah through Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard, saying, 12"Take him and look after him; do nothing to harm him, but rather deal with him just as he asks of you."13So Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard sent word, along with Nebushazban the Rab-saris (chief of the high officials), and Nergal-sar-ezer the Rab-mag (chief of the magicians), and all the leading officers of the king of Babylon; 14they even sent and took Jeremiah out of the court of the guardhouse and entrusted him to Gedaliah [a prominent citizen], the son of Ahikam [who had once saved Jeremiah's life], the son of Shaphan, to take him home [with him to Mizpah]. So Jeremiah [was released and] lived among the people. 15Now the word of the LORD had come to Jeremiah while he was [still] confined in the court of the guardhouse, saying, 16"Go and speak to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, "Behold, I am about to bring My words [of judgment] against this city through disaster and not for good; and they will take place before you on that day. 17"But I will protect you [Ebed-melech] on that day," says the LORD, "and you will not be handed over to the men of whom you are afraid. 18"For I will certainly rescue you; and you will not fall by the sword, but you will have your [own] life as a reward of battle, because you have placed your trust in Me," says the LORD.'"
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
look well to him: Heb. set thine eyes upon him, Jeremiah 24:6, Jeremiah 40:4, *marg. Proverbs 23:5, Amos 9:4, 1 Peter 3:12
do him: Psalms 105:14, Psalms 105:15, Proverbs 16:7, Proverbs 21:1, Acts 7:10, 1 Peter 3:13
Reciprocal: Jeremiah 15:11 - verily I
Cross-References
Genesis 39:8
But he refused and said to his master's wife, "Look, with me in the house, my master does not concern himself with anything; he has put everything that he owns in my charge.
But he refused and said to his master's wife, "Look, with me in the house, my master does not concern himself with anything; he has put everything that he owns in my charge.
Genesis 39:10
And so it was that she spoke to Joseph [persistently] day after day, but he did not listen to her [plea] to lie beside her or be with her.
And so it was that she spoke to Joseph [persistently] day after day, but he did not listen to her [plea] to lie beside her or be with her.
Genesis 39:13
When she saw that he had left his robe in her hand and had run outside,
When she saw that he had left his robe in her hand and had run outside,
1 Samuel 15:27
As Samuel turned to go [away], Saul grabbed the hem of his robe [to stop him], and it tore.
As Samuel turned to go [away], Saul grabbed the hem of his robe [to stop him], and it tore.
Proverbs 1:15
My son, do not walk on the road with them; Keep your foot [far] away from their path,
My son, do not walk on the road with them; Keep your foot [far] away from their path,
Proverbs 5:8
Let your way [in life] be far from her, And do not go near the door of her house [avoid even being near the places of temptation],
Let your way [in life] be far from her, And do not go near the door of her house [avoid even being near the places of temptation],
Proverbs 6:5
Tear yourself away like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Tear yourself away like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Ecclesiastes 7:26
And I discovered that [of all irrational sins none has been so destructive in beguiling one away from God as immoral women for] more bitter than death is the woman whose heart is [composed of] snares and nets, and whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God will escape from her, but the sinner will be taken captive by her [evil].
And I discovered that [of all irrational sins none has been so destructive in beguiling one away from God as immoral women for] more bitter than death is the woman whose heart is [composed of] snares and nets, and whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God will escape from her, but the sinner will be taken captive by her [evil].
1 Corinthians 15:33
Do not be deceived: "Bad company corrupts good morals."
Do not be deceived: "Bad company corrupts good morals."
2 Timothy 2:22
Run away from youthful lusts—pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those [believers] who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
Run away from youthful lusts—pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those [believers] who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Take him, and look well to him,.... Take him out of prison; take him under your immediate care; receive him kindly, and use him humanely; provide everything necessary for him, and let him not want for anything: or, "set thine eyes upon him" m look pleasantly at him, and let him be always under your view and inspection; treat him not with neglect and contempt, but see to it that nothing is wanting to him:
and do him no harm; no injury to his person by beating, imprisoning, or starving him; nor suffer any to be done to him by the common soldiers, or by his own people:
but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee: let him have whatever he asks for: this was great favour from a Heathen prince indeed, and more than he met with from his own countrymen.
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Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Jeremiah 39:12. Take him - look well to him — Nebuchadnezzar had heard that this prophet had foretold his capture of the city, and had frequently used all his influence to induce Zedekiah to pay the tribute, and not rebel against him; and on this account would be inclined to show the prophet especial favour.
