Jeremiah 38:21

Easy-to-Read Version

But if you refuse to surrender to the army of Babylon, the Lord has shown me what will happen. This is what he has told me:

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
But if you refuse to surrender, this is the verdict that the Lord has shown me:

Hebrew Names Version
But if you refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD has shown me:

King James Version
But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the Lord hath shewed me:

English Standard Version
But if you refuse to surrender, this is the vision which the Lord has shown to me:

New American Standard Bible
"But if you keep refusing to surrender, this is the word which the LORD has shown me:

New Century Version
But if you refuse to surrender to the Babylonians, the Lord has shown me what will happen.

Amplified Bible
"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:

World English Bible
But if you refuse to go forth, this is the word that Yahweh has shown me:

Geneva Bible (1587)
But if thou wilt refuse to go forth, this is the worde that the Lorde hath shewed me.

Legacy Standard Bible
But if you keep refusing to go out, this is the word which Yahweh has shown me:

Berean Standard Bible
But if you refuse to surrender, this is the word that the LORD has shown me:

Contemporary English Version
But the Lord has shown me that if you refuse to obey,

Complete Jewish Bible
But if you refuse to surrender, then this is the word Adonai has shown me:

Darby Translation
But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word which Jehovah hath shewn me:

George Lamsa Translation
But if you refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD has shown me:

Good News Translation
But the Lord has shown me in a vision what will happen if you refuse to surrender.

Lexham English Bible
But if you are refusing to surrender, this is the thing that Yahweh has shown me.

Literal Translation
But if you refuse to go out, this is the Word Jehovah has made me see:

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But yf thou wilt not go forth, the LORDE hath tolde me this planely:

American Standard Version
But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that Jehovah hath showed me:

Bible in Basic English
But if you do not go out, this is what the Lord has made clear to me:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD hath shown me:

King James Version (1611)
But if thou refuse to goe foorth, this is the word that the Lord hath shewed me.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
But yf thou wylt not go foorth, the Lorde hath tolde me this playnely,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Prepare thyself, O Sion; execute vengeance; look to thy ways: return, O virgin of Israel, by the way by which thou wentest, return mourning to thy cities.

English Revised Version
But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD hath shewed me:

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
That if thou wolt not go out, this is the word which the Lord schewide to me, Lo!

Update Bible Version
But if you refuse to go forth, this is the word that Yahweh has shown me:

Webster's Bible Translation
But if thou shalt refuse to go forth, this [is] the word that the LORD hath shown me:

New English Translation
But if you refuse to surrender, the Lord has shown me a vision of what will happen. Here is what I saw:

New King James Version
But if you refuse to surrender, this is the word that the LORD has shown me:

New Living Translation
But if you refuse to surrender, this is what the Lord has revealed to me:

New Life Bible
But if you will not go out, this is the word which the Lord has shown me:

New Revised Standard
But if you are determined not to surrender, this is what the Lord has shown me—

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But if thou art refusing to go forth, this, is the thing which Yahweh hath shewed me: -

Douay-Rheims Bible
But if thou wilt not go forth, this is the word which the Lord hath shewn me:

Revised Standard Version
But if you refuse to surrender, this is the vision which the LORD has shown to me:

Young's Literal Translation
`And if thou art refusing to go forth, this [is] the thing that Jehovah hath shewn me:

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"But if you keep refusing to go out, this is the word which the LORD has shown me:

Contextual Overview

¹⁴ Then King Zedekiah sent someone to get Jeremiah the prophet. He had Jeremiah brought to the third entrance to the Temple of the Lord . Then the king said, "Jeremiah, I am going to ask you something. Don't hide anything from me, but tell me everything honestly." ¹⁵ Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, "If I give you an answer, you will probably kill me. And even if I give you advice, you will not listen to me." ¹⁶ But King Zedekiah secretly swore an oath to Jeremiah. Zedekiah said, "As surely as the Lord lives, who gives us breath and life, I will not kill you, Jeremiah. And I promise not to give you to the officials who want to kill you." ¹⁷ Then Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, "The Lord God All-Powerful is the God of Israel. This is what he says, ‘If you surrender to the officials of the king of Babylon, your life will be saved, and Jerusalem will not be burned down. And you and your family will live. ¹⁸ But if you refuse to surrender, Jerusalem will be given to the Babylonian army. They will burn Jerusalem down, and you will not escape from them.'" ¹⁹ But King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, "But I am afraid of the men of Judah who have already gone over to the side of the Babylonian army. I am afraid that the soldiers will give me to those men, and they will treat me badly and hurt me." ²⁰ But Jeremiah answered, "The soldiers will not give you to the men of Judah. King Zedekiah, obey the Lord by doing what I tell you. Then things will go well for you, and your life will be saved. ²¹ But if you refuse to surrender to the army of Babylon, the Lord has shown me what will happen. This is what he has told me: ²² All the women who are left in the house of the king of Judah will be brought out. They will be brought to the important officials of the king of Babylon. Your women will make fun of you with a song. This is what they will say: ‘Your friends were stronger than you, and they led you the wrong way. You trusted them, but now your feet are stuck in the mud, and your friends have left you.' ²³ "All your wives and children will be brought out. They will be given to the Babylonian army. You yourself will not escape from the army of Babylon. You will be captured by the king of Babylon, and Jerusalem will be burned down."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

if thou: Jeremiah 5:3, Exodus 10:3, Exodus 10:4, Exodus 16:28, Job 34:33, Proverbs 1:24-31, Isaiah 1:19, Isaiah 1:20, Hebrews 12:25

this is: Jeremiah 15:19-21, Jeremiah 26:15, Numbers 23:19, Numbers 23:20, Numbers 24:13, Job 23:13, Ezekiel 2:4, Ezekiel 2:5, Ezekiel 2:7, Ezekiel 3:17-19, Acts 18:6, Acts 20:26, Acts 20:27

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 8:10 - the Lord Jeremiah 17:27 - then Jeremiah 21:7 - I will Jeremiah 42:19 - know

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But if thou refuse to go forth,.... Out of Jerusalem, to the Chaldean army, and submit to them:

this [is] the word that the Lord hath showed me, or the thing which should certainly come to pass; the word of prophecy the Lord had showed to the prophet, and which he now declares to the king; who asked of him a word, was desirous to know whether there was a word from the Lord, and what it was; and this it is which follows, in case he continued impenitent, obstinate, and disobedient.