Jeremiah 38:24

THE MESSAGE

Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, "Don't let anyone know of this conversation, if you know what's good for you. If the government officials get wind that I've been talking with you, they may come and say, ‘Tell us what went on between you and the king, what you said and what he said. Hold nothing back and we won't kill you.' If this happens, tell them, ‘I presented my case to the king so that he wouldn't send me back to the dungeon of Jonathan to die there.'"

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then Zedekiah warned Jeremiah, “Don’t let anyone know about this conversation or you will die.

Hebrew Names Version
Then said Tzidkiyahu to Yirmeyahu, Let no man know of these words, and you shall not die.

King James Version
Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die.

English Standard Version
Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, "Let no one know of these words, and you shall not die.

New American Standard Bible
Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, "Let no one know about these words, and you will not die.

New Century Version
Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, "Do not tell anyone that I have been talking to you, or you will die.

Amplified Bible
Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, "Let no man know about this conversation and you will not die.

World English Bible
Then said Zedekiah to Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and you shall not die.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then said Zedekiah vnto Ieremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, "Let no man know about these words and you will not die.

Berean Standard Bible
Then Zedekiah warned Jeremiah, "Do not let anyone know about this conversation, or you will die.

Contemporary English Version
Zedekiah said, "Jeremiah, if you tell anyone what we have talked about, you might lose your life.

Complete Jewish Bible
Tzidkiyahu said to Yirmeyahu, "Don't tell anyone what you just said, or you will die.

Darby Translation
And Zedekiah said unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die.

Easy-to-Read Version
Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, "Don't tell anyone that I have been talking to you. If you do, you might die.

George Lamsa Translation
Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words and you shall not die.

Good News Translation
Zedekiah replied, "Don't let anyone know about this conversation, and your life will not be in danger.

Lexham English Bible
And Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, "No man must know about these words so that you will not die.

Literal Translation
And Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, Let not a man know of these words, and you shall not die.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then sayde Sedechias vnto Ieremy: loke yt no body knowe off these wordes, and thou shalt not dye.

American Standard Version
Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die.

Bible in Basic English
Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, Let no man have knowledge of these words, and you will not be put to death.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah: 'Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die.

King James Version (1611)
Then said Zedekiah vnto Ieremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then sayde Zedekia vnto Ieremie: Loke that no body knowe of these wordes, and thou shalt not dye.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And there shall be dwellers in the cities of Juda, and in all his land, together with the husbandman, and the shepherd shall go forth with the flock.

English Revised Version
Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfore Sedechie seide to Jeremye, No man wite these wordis, and thou schalt not die.

Update Bible Version
Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and you shall not die.

Webster's Bible Translation
Then said Zedekiah to Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die.

New English Translation
Then Zedekiah told Jeremiah, "Do not let anyone know about the conversation we have had. If you do, you will die.

New King James Version
Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, "Let no one know of these words, and you shall not die.

New Living Translation
Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, "Don't tell anyone you told me this, or you will die!

New Life Bible
Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, "Let no one know about these words and you will not die.

New Revised Standard
Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, "Do not let anyone else know of this conversation, or you will die.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah - Do not let, any man, know of these words, and thou shalt not die.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then Sedecias said to Jeremias: Let no man know these words, and thou shalt not die.

Revised Standard Version
Then Zedeki'ah said to Jeremiah, "Let no one know of these words and you shall not die.

Young's Literal Translation
And Zedekiah saith unto Jeremiah, `Let no man know of these words, and thou dost not die;

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, "Let no man know about these words and you will not die.

Contextual Overview

¹⁴ Later, King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah the prophet and had him brought to the third entrance of the Temple of God . The king said to Jeremiah, "I'm going to ask you something. Don't hold anything back from me." ¹⁵ Jeremiah said, "If I told you the whole truth, you'd kill me. And no matter what I said, you wouldn't pay any attention anyway." ¹⁶ Zedekiah swore to Jeremiah right there, but in secret, "As sure as God lives, who gives us life, I won't kill you, nor will I turn you over to the men who are trying to kill you." ¹⁷So Jeremiah told Zedekiah, "This is the Message from God, God -of-the-Angel-Armies, the God of Israel: ‘If you will turn yourself over to the generals of the king of Babylon, you will live, this city won't be burned down, and your family will live. But if you don't turn yourself over to the generals of the king of Babylon, this city will go into the hands of the Chaldeans and they'll burn it down. And don't for a minute think there's any escape for you.'" ¹⁹ King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, "But I'm afraid of the Judeans who have already deserted to the Chaldeans. If they get hold of me, they'll rough me up good." ²⁰Jeremiah assured him, "They won't get hold of you. Listen, please. Listen to God 's voice. I'm telling you this for your own good so that you'll live. But if you refuse to turn yourself over, this is what God has shown me will happen: Picture this in your mind—all the women still left in the palace of the king of Judah, led out to the officers of the king of Babylon, and as they're led out they are saying: "‘They lied to you and did you in, those so-called friends of yours; And now you're stuck, about knee-deep in mud, and your "friends," where are they now?' ²³ "They'll take all your wives and children and give them to the Chaldeans. And you, don't think you'll get out of this—the king of Babylon will seize you and then burn this city to the ground." ²⁴Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, "Don't let anyone know of this conversation, if you know what's good for you. If the government officials get wind that I've been talking with you, they may come and say, ‘Tell us what went on between you and the king, what you said and what he said. Hold nothing back and we won't kill you.' If this happens, tell them, ‘I presented my case to the king so that he wouldn't send me back to the dungeon of Jonathan to die there.'" ²⁷ And sure enough, all the officials came to Jeremiah and asked him. He responded as the king had instructed. So they quit asking. No one had overheard the conversation. ²⁸ Jeremiah lived in the courtyard of the palace guards until the day that Jerusalem was captured.

Bible Verse Review
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Reciprocal: Jeremiah 37:17 - asked

Cross-References

Genesis 20:3
Abraham traveled from there south to the Negev and settled down between Kadesh and Shur. While he was camping in Gerar, Abraham said of his wife Sarah, "She's my sister." So Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent for Sarah and took her. But God came to Abimelech in a dream that night and told him, "You're as good as dead—that woman you took, she's a married woman."

Genesis 34:31
They said, "Nobody is going to treat our sister like a whore and get by with it."

Genesis 38:1
About that time, Judah separated from his brothers and hooked up with a man in Adullam named Hirah. While there, Judah met the daughter of a Canaanite named Shua. He married her, they went to bed, she became pregnant and had a son named Er. She got pregnant again and had a son named Onan. She had still another son; she named this one Shelah. They were living at Kezib when she had him.

Genesis 38:22
He went back to Judah and said, "I couldn't find her. The men there said there never has been a prostitute there."

Genesis 38:23
Judah said, "Let her have it then. If we keep looking, everyone will be poking fun at us. I kept my part of the bargain—I sent the kid goat but you couldn't find her."

Genesis 38:27
When her time came to give birth, it turned out that there were twins in her womb. As she was giving birth, one put his hand out; the midwife tied a red thread on his hand, saying, "This one came first." But then he pulled it back and his brother came out. She said, "Oh! A breakout!" So she named him Perez (Breakout). Then his brother came out with the red thread on his hand. They named him Zerah (Bright).

Leviticus 20:10
"If a man commits adultery with another man's wife—the wife, say, of his neighbor—both the man and the woman, the adulterer and adulteress, must be put to death.

Leviticus 21:9
"If a priest's daughter defiles herself in prostitution, she disgraces her father. She must be burned at the stake.

Deuteronomy 24:16
Parents shall not be put to death for their children, nor children for their parents. Each person shall be put to death for his own sin.

2 Samuel 12:5
David exploded in anger. "As surely as God lives," he said to Nathan, "the man who did this ought to be lynched! He must repay for the lamb four times over for his crime and his stinginess!"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then said Zedekiah to Jeremiah,.... Not a word signifying his approbation of the counsel given him, or that he intended to take it; his silence showed the reverse:

let no man know of these words: that had passed between them; of the conference and conversation they had had together, at least not the particulars of it; the thing itself was known, as appears by what follows, that the king and prophet had been discoursing together; but what they talked of, he desires might be concealed, pretending the prophet's good, though it was his own honour and safety he sought:

and thou shall not die; as he had promised he should not, and had sworn to it; but suggests by this, that if he disclosed the conversation, he should took upon himself free from his word and oath; so that this carried something menacing in it: or it may be rendered "that thou die not" c; intimating, that if the princes should come to the knowledge of what he had said, of the advice he had given, they would surely put him to death; and therefore, for his own safety, he desires the whole may be kept a secret.

c ולא תמות "ne moriaris", Gataker, Schmidt; "ut non moriaris", Piscator.