Lectionary Calendar
Monday, August 18th, 2025
the Week of Proper 15 / Ordinary 20
Attention!
Take your personal ministry to the Next Level by helping StudyLight build churches and supporting pastors in Uganda.
Click here to join the effort!

Read the Bible

Good News Translation

Jeremiah 26:14

As for me, I am in your power! Do with me whatever you think is fair and right.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Court;   Defense;   Government;   Indictments;   Minister, Christian;   Persecution;   Zeal, Religious;   Thompson Chain Reference - Courts;   Meekness;   Meekness-Retaliation;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Jehoiakim;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Jeremiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Greek Versions of Ot;   Jeremiah;   Micah;   Micah, Book of;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ba'ruch;   Law of Moses;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Meet;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
As for me, here I am in your hands; do to me what you think is good and right.
Hebrew Names Version
But as for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as is good and right in your eyes.
King James Version
As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as seemeth good and meet unto you.
English Standard Version
But as for me, behold, I am in your hands. Do with me as seems good and right to you.
New American Standard Bible
"But as for me, behold, I am in your hands; do with me as is good and right in your sight.
New Century Version
As for me, I am in your power. Do to me what you think is good and right.
Amplified Bible
"As for me, behold, I am in your hands; do with me as seems good and suitable to you.
World English Bible
But as for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as is good and right in your eyes.
Geneva Bible (1587)
As for me, beholde, I am in your hands: do with me as ye thinke good and right.
Legacy Standard Bible
But as for me, behold, I am in your hands; do with me as is good and right in your eyes.
Berean Standard Bible
As for me, here I am in your hands; do to me what you think is good and right.
Contemporary English Version
You must decide what to do with me. Just do whatever you think is right.
Complete Jewish Bible
But as for me, here, I am in your hands; do with me whatever seems good and right to you.
Darby Translation
But as for me, behold, I am in your hand; do unto me as seemeth good and right in your eyes:
Easy-to-Read Version
As for me, I am in your power. Do to me what you think is good and right.
George Lamsa Translation
As for me, behold, I am in your hands; do with me as it seems right and proper to you.
Lexham English Bible
But as for me, look, I am in your hand, do to me what is good and right in your eyes.
Literal Translation
As for me, behold, I am in your hands; do with me as seems good and right to you.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Now as for me: I am in youre hondes, do with me, as ye thinke expediet and good.
American Standard Version
But as for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as is good and right in your eyes.
Bible in Basic English
As for me, here I am in your hands: do with me whatever seems good and right in your opinion.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
But as for me, behold, I am in your hand; do with me as is good and right in your eyes.
King James Version (1611)
As for mee, behold, I am in your hand: doe with mee as seemeth good and meet vnto you.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Nowe as for me I am in your handes, do with me as you thinke expedient and good:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Proclaim it at Magdol, and declare it at Memphis: say ye, Stand up, and prepare; for the sword has devoured thy yew-tree.
English Revised Version
But as for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as is good and right in your eyes.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Lo! forsothe Y am in youre hondis; do ye to me, as it is good and riytful bifore youre iyen.
Update Bible Version
But as for me, look, I am in your hand: do with me as is good and right in your eyes.
Webster's Bible Translation
As for me, behold, I [am] in your hand: do with me as it seemeth good and meet to you.
New English Translation
As to my case, I am in your power. Do to me what you deem fair and proper.
New King James Version
As for me, here I am, in your hand; do with me as seems good and proper to you.
New Living Translation
As for me, I am in your hands—do with me as you think best.
New Life Bible
But as for me, see, I am in your hands. Do with me what is good and right in your eyes.
New Revised Standard
But as for me, here I am in your hands. Do with me as seems good and right to you.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, I, behold me in your hand, - do with me as may be good and right in your eyes;
Douay-Rheims Bible
But as for me, behold I am in your hands: do with me what is good and right in your eyes:
Revised Standard Version
But as for me, behold, I am in your hands. Do with me as seems good and right to you.
Young's Literal Translation
`And I, lo, I [am] in your hand, do to me as is good and as is right in your eyes;
THE MESSAGE
"As for me, I'm at your mercy—do whatever you think is best. But take warning: If you kill me, you're killing an innocent man, and you and the city and the people in it will be liable. I didn't say any of this on my own. God sent me and told me what to say. You've been listening to God speak, not Jeremiah."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"But as for me, behold, I am in your hands; do with me as is good and right in your sight.

Contextual Overview

7 The priests, the prophets, and all the people heard me saying these things in the Temple, 8 and as soon as I had finished all that the Lord had commanded me to speak, they grabbed me and shouted, "You ought to be killed for this! 9 Why have you said in the Lord 's name that this Temple will become like Shiloh and that this city will be destroyed and no one will live in it?" Then the people crowded around me. 10 When the leaders of Judah heard what had happened, they hurried from the royal palace to the Temple and took their places at the New Gate. 11 Then the priests and the prophets said to the leaders and to the people, "This man deserves to be sentenced to death because he has spoken against our city. You heard him with your own ears." 12 Then I said, "The Lord sent me to proclaim everything that you heard me say against this Temple and against this city. 13 You must change the way you are living and the things you are doing, and must obey the Lord your God. If you do, he will change his mind about the destruction that he said he would bring on you. 14 As for me, I am in your power! Do with me whatever you think is fair and right. 15 But be sure of this: if you kill me, you and the people of this city will be guilty of killing an innocent man, because it is the Lord who sent me to give you this warning."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

As for: Jeremiah 38:5, Joshua 9:25, Daniel 3:16

as seemeth good and meet unto you: Heb. as it is good and right in your eyes, 2 Samuel 15:26

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 24:22 - The Lord Esther 3:11 - to do Daniel 6:16 - the king Luke 12:4 - Be

Cross-References

Genesis 12:16
Because of her the king treated Abram well and gave him flocks of sheep and goats, cattle, donkeys, slaves, and camels.
Genesis 13:2
Abram was a very rich man, with sheep, goats, and cattle, as well as silver and gold.
Genesis 26:13
He continued to prosper and became a very rich man.
Genesis 26:14
Because he had many herds of sheep and cattle and many servants, the Philistines were jealous of him.
Genesis 37:11
Joseph's brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept thinking about the whole matter.
1 Samuel 18:9
And so he was jealous and suspicious of David from that day on.
Job 1:3
and owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, one thousand head of cattle, and five hundred donkeys. He also had a large number of servants and was the richest man in the East.
Job 5:2
To worry yourself to death with resentment would be a foolish, senseless thing to do.
Job 42:12
The Lord blessed the last part of Job's life even more than he had blessed the first. Job owned fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, two thousand head of cattle, and one thousand donkeys.
Psalms 112:3
His family will be wealthy and rich, and he will be prosperous forever.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

As for me, behold, I [am] in your hand,.... In their power, as they were the chief court of judicature; and to whom it belonged to judge of prophets, and to acquit or condemn them, as they saw fit; wherefore he submits to their authority:

do with me as seemeth good and meet unto you; he was not careful about it; he readily submitted to their pleasure, and should patiently endure what they thought fit to inflict upon him; it gave him no great concern whether his life was taken from him or not; he was satisfied he had done what he ought to do, and should do the same, was it to do again; and therefore they might proceed just as they pleased against him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The answer of Jeremiah is simple and straightforward. Yahweh, he affirmed, had truly sent him, but the sole object of his prophesying had been to avert the evil by leading them to repentance. If they would amend their ways God would deliver them from the threatened doom. As for himself he was in their hands, but if they put him to death they would bring the guilt of shedding innocent blood upon themselves and upon the city.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 26:14. As for me, behold, I am in your hand — I am the messenger of God; you may do with me what you please; but if you slay me, you will bring innocent blood upon yourselves.


 
adsfree-icon
Ads FreeProfile