Jeremiah 38:21

King James Version (1611 Edition)

But if thou refuse to goe foorth, this is the word that the Lord hath shewed 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:

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:

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:

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 Zedekiah the king sent, and tooke Ieremiah the Prophet vnto him into the third entrie that is in the house of the Lord, and the king said vnto Ieremiah, I will aske thee a thing: hide nothing from me. ¹⁵ Then Ieremiah said vnto Zedekiah, If I declare it vnto thee, wilt thou not surely put me to death? and if I giue thee counsell, wilt thou not hearken vnto me? ¹⁶ So the king sware secretly vnto Ieremiah, saying, As the Lord liueth that made vs this soule, I wil not put thee to death, neither will I giue thee into the hand of these men that seeke thy life. ¹⁷ Then said Ieremiah vnto Zedekiah, Thus saith the Lord the God of hostes, the God of Israel, If thou wilt assuredly goe foorth vnto the king of Babylons Princes, then thy soule shall liue, and this Citie shall not be burnt with fire, and thou shalt liue, and thine house. ¹⁸ But if thou wilt not goe foorth to the king of Babylons Princes, then shall this City be giuen into the hand of the Caldeans, and they shall burne it with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand. ¹⁹ And Zedekiah the king said vnto Ieremiah, I am afraid of the Iewes that are fallen to the Caldeans, lest they deliuer mee into their hand, and they mocke me. ²⁰ But Ieremiah said, They shall not deliuer thee: obey, I beseech thee, the voyce of the Lord, which I speake vnto thee: so it shall be well vnto thee, and thy soule shall liue. ²¹ But if thou refuse to goe foorth, this is the word that the Lord hath shewed me. ²² And behold, all the women that are left in the king of Iudahs house, shalbe brought forth to the king of Babylons Princes, and those women shall say, Thy friends haue set thee on, and haue preuailed against thee: thy feet are sunke in the mire, and they are turned away backe. ²³ So they shall bring out all thy wiues, and thy children to the Caldeans, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the King of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this citie to be burnt with fire.

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.