Jeremiah 38:21

Myles Coverdale Bible

But yf thou wilt not go forth, the LORDE hath tolde me this planely:

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:

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 The Sedechias the kynge sent and caused Ieremy the prophet be called vnto him, in to the thirde entrie, that was by the house off the LORDE. And the kynge sayde vnto Ieremy: I wil axe the somwhat, but hyde nothinge fro me. ¹⁵ The Ieremy answerde Sedechias: Yf I be playne vnto the, thou wilt cause me suffre death: yf I geue the coucell, thou wilt not folowe me. ¹⁶ So the kynge swore an ooth secretly vnto Ieremy, sayenge: As truly as the LORDE lyueth, that made vs these soules, I will not slaye the, ner geue the in to the hodes of them, that seke after thy life. ¹⁷ Then sayde Ieremy vnto Sedechias: Thus saieth ye LORDE off hoostes the God of Israel: Yf case be, that thou wilt go forth vnto the kynge off Babilons prynces, thou shalt saue thy life, and this cite shall not be bret, yee both thou and thy housholde shall escape with youre lyues. ¹⁸ But yff thou wilt not go forth to the kynge off Babilons prynces, then shal this cite be delyuered in to the hondes of the Caldees which shal set fyre vpon it, and thou shalt be able to escape them. ¹⁹ And Sedechias sayde vnto Ieremy: I am afrayde for the Iewes, that are fled vnto the Caldees, lest I come in their hodes, and so they to haue me in derision. ²⁰ But Ieremy answerde: No, they shal not betraye the: O herken vnto the voyce off the LORDE (I beseke ye) which I speake vnto the, so shalt thou be well, and saue thy life. ²¹ But yf thou wilt not go forth, the LORDE hath tolde me this planely: ²² Beholde, all the women that are left in the kynge of Iudaes house, shal go out to the kynge of Babilons prynces. For they thynke, yt thou art disceaued: and that ye men in whom thou didest put thy trust, haue gotten the vnder, and set thy fete fast in the myre, and gone their waye from the. ²³ Therfore all thy wyues with their children shall fle vnto the Caldees, and thou shalt not escape their hondes, but shalt be ye kynge of Babilons presoner, & this cite shall be brent.

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.