Jeremiah 39:7

Literal Standard Version

And he has blinded the eyes of Zedekiah, and he binds him with bronze chains to bring him to Babylon.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then he blinded Zedekiah and put him in bronze chains to take him to Babylon.

Hebrew Names Version
Moreover he put out Tzidkiyahu's eyes, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Bavel.

King James Version
Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him with chains, to carry him to Babylon.

English Standard Version
He put out the eyes of Zedekiah and bound him in chains to take him to Babylon.

New American Standard Bible
He then blinded Zedekiah's eyes and bound him in shackles of bronze to bring him to Babylon.

New Century Version
Then he put out Zedekiah's eyes. He put bronze chains on Zedekiah and took him to Babylon.

Amplified Bible
Moreover, he blinded Zedekiah and bound him with bronze shackles to take him to Babylon.

World English Bible
Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Moreouer he put out Zedekiahs eyes, and bound him in chaines, to cary him to Babel.

Legacy Standard Bible
He then blinded Zedekiah's eyes and bound him in fetters of bronze to bring him to Babylon.

Berean Standard Bible
Then he put out Zedekiah's eyes and bound him with bronze chains to take him to Babylon.

Contemporary English Version
His eyes were poked out, and he was put in chains, so he could be dragged off to Babylonia.

Complete Jewish Bible
Then he put out Tzidkiyahu's eyes and bound him in chains to be carried off to Bavel.

Darby Translation
and he put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with chains of brass, to carry him to Babylon.

Easy-to-Read Version
Then Nebuchadnezzar tore out Zedekiah's eyes. He put bronze chains on Zedekiah and took him to Babylon.

George Lamsa Translation
Moreover, he put out Zedekiahs eyes and bound him in chains, to carry him to Babylon.

Good News Translation
After that, he had Zedekiah's eyes put out and had him placed in chains to be taken to Babylonia.

Lexham English Bible
Then he blinded the eyes of Zedekiah and tied him up with bronze fetters to bring him to Babylon.

Literal Translation
And he blinded the eyes of Zedekiah and bound him in bronze fetters, to make him go to Babylon.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And made Sedechias eyes be put out, and boude him with chaynes, and sent him to Babilon.

American Standard Version
Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.

Bible in Basic English
And more than this, he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and had him put in chains to take him away to Babylon.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.

King James Version (1611)
Moreouer he put out Zedekiahs eyes, and bound him with chaines, to cary him to Babylon.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And made Zedekias eyes to be put out, and bounde him with two chaines, and sent hym to Babylon.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Behold, Anameel the son of Salom thy father’s brother is coming to thee, saying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth: for thou hast the right to take it as a purchase.

English Revised Version
Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Also he puttide out the iyen of Sedechie, and boond hym in feteris, that he schulde be led in to Babiloyne.

Update Bible Version
Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.

Webster's Bible Translation
Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him with chains, to carry him to Babylon.

New English Translation
Then he had Zedekiah's eyes put out and had him bound in chains to be led off to Babylon.

New King James Version
Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him with bronze fetters to carry him off to Babylon.

New Living Translation
Then he gouged out Zedekiah's eyes and bound him in bronze chains to lead him away to Babylon.

New Life Bible
Then he put out Zedekiah's eyes and put him in chains of brass to take him to Babylon.

New Revised Standard
He put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him in fetters to take him to Babylon.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and the eyes of Zedekiah, did he put out, and bound him with fetters of bronze to bring him into Babylon.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He also put out the eyes of Sedecias: and bound him with fetters, to be carried to Babylon.

Revised Standard Version
He put out the eyes of Zedeki'ah, and bound him in fetters to take him to Babylon.

Young's Literal Translation
And the eyes of Zedekiah he hath blinded, and he bindeth him with brazen fetters, to bring him in to Babylon.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
He then blinded Zedekiah's eyes and bound him in fetters of bronze to bring him to Babylon.

Contextual Overview

¹In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his force have come to Jerusalem, and they lay siege against it; ²in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, on the ninth of the month, the city has been broken up; ³and all the heads of the king of Babylon come in, and they sit at the middle gate, Nergal-Sharezer, Samgar-Nebo, Sarsechim, Rab-Saris, Nergal-Sharezer, chief magus, and all the rest of the heads of the king of Babylon. ⁴And it comes to pass, when Zedekiah king of Judah and all the men of war have seen them, that they flee and go forth by night from the city, the way of the king's garden, through the gate between the two walls, and he goes forth the way of the plain. ⁵And the forces of the Chaldeans pursue after them, and overtake Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho, and they take him, and bring him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, to Riblah, in the land of Hamath, and he speaks with him—judgments. ⁶And the king of Babylon slaughters the sons of Zedekiah, in Riblah, before his eyes, indeed, the king of Babylon has slaughtered all the nobles of Judah. ⁷And he has blinded the eyes of Zedekiah, and he binds him with bronze chains to bring him to Babylon.⁸And the house of the king, and the house of the people, the Chaldeans have burned with fire, and they have broken down the walls of Jerusalem. ⁹And the remnant of the people who are left in the city, and those defecting who have defected to him, and the remnant of the people who are left, Nebuzar-Adan, chief of the executioners, has removed [to] Babylon. ¹⁰And Nebuzar-Adan, chief of the executioners, has left in the land of Judah the poor people who have nothing, and he gives vineyards and fields to them in that day.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

he put: Jeremiah 32:4, Jeremiah 32:5, Jeremiah 52:11, 2 Kings 25:7, Ezekiel 12:13

chains: Heb. two brasen chains, or fetters, Judges 16:21, Psalms 107:10, Psalms 107:11, Psalms 119:8

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 11:2 - thrust Isaiah 28:22 - lest Isaiah 39:7 - of thy sons Jeremiah 20:4 - thine Jeremiah 34:3 - and thine Jeremiah 37:17 - thou shalt Jeremiah 52:10 - slew Lamentations 5:12 - General Ezekiel 17:16 - even Ezekiel 21:26 - Remove Zephaniah 1:8 - the princes

Cross-References

Genesis 6:2
and the sons of God see that they, the daughters of men, [are] beautiful, and they take women for themselves of all whom they have chosen.

Genesis 39:5
And it comes to pass from the time that he has appointed him over his house, and over all that he has, that YHWH blesses the house of the Egyptian for Joseph's sake, and the blessing of YHWH is on all that he has, in the house, and in the field;

Genesis 39:6
and he leaves all that he has in the hand of Joseph, and he has not known anything that he has, except the bread which he is eating. And Joseph is of a handsome form, and of a handsome appearance.

Genesis 39:12
and she catches him by his garment, saying, "Lie with me"; and he leaves his garment in her hand, and flees, and goes outside.

Genesis 39:15
and it comes to pass, when he hears that I have lifted up my voice and call, that he leaves his garment near me, and flees, and goes outside."

Genesis 39:16
And she places his garment near her, until the coming in of his lord to his house.

Genesis 39:18
and it comes to pass, when I lift my voice and call, that he leaves his garment near me, and flees outside."

2 Samuel 13:11
and she brings [them] near to him to eat, and he lays hold on her, and says to her, "Come, lie with me, my sister."

Job 31:1
"I made a covenant for my eyes, || And how do I attend to a virgin?

Psalms 119:37
Remove my eyes from seeing vanity, || Quicken me in Your way.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes,.... By what means is not certain; however, hereby the prophecy of Jeremiah was fulfilled, that his eyes should see the king of Babylon, as they did, before they were put out, and that he should not die by the sword, Jeremiah 34:3; and also the prophecy of Ezekiel, Ezekiel 12:13; that he should be brought to Babylon, and yet should not see it; for his eyes were put out before he was carried there: a full proof this of the prescience of God; of his foreknowledge of future and contingent events; of the truth and certainty of prophecy, and of the authority of divine revelation:

and bound him with chains, to carry him to Babylon; with two brass or iron chains, or fetters, for both his legs; and thus bound he was carried to Babylon, where he remained to the day of his death.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Compare the marginal reference. The differences between the two accounts are slight.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 39:7. Bound him with chains — Margin: "Two brazen chains;" one for his hands, and the other for his feet.