Jeremiah 39:7

New Century Version

Then he put out Zedekiah's eyes. He put bronze chains on Zedekiah and took 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.

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

¹ This is how Jerusalem was captured: Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his whole army and surrounded the city to attack it. This was during the tenth month of the ninth year Zedekiah was king of Judah. ² This lasted until the ninth day of the fourth month in Zedekiah's eleventh year. Then the city wall was broken through. ³ And all these officers of the king of Babylon came into Jerusalem and sat down at the Middle Gate: Nergal-Sharezer of the district of Samgar; Nebo-Sarsekim, a chief officer; Nergal-Sharezer, an important leader; and all the other important officers. ⁴ When Zedekiah king of Judah and all his soldiers saw them, they ran away. They left Jerusalem at night and went out from the king's garden. They went through the gate that was between the two walls and then headed toward the Jordan Valley. ⁵ But the Babylonian army chased them and caught up with Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. They captured him and took him to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who was at the town of Riblah in the land of Hamath. There Nebuchadnezzar passed his sentence on Zedekiah. ⁶ At Riblah the king of Babylon killed Zedekiah's sons and all the important officers of Judah as Zedekiah watched. ⁷ Then he put out Zedekiah's eyes. He put bronze chains on Zedekiah and took him to Babylon. ⁸ The Babylonians set fire to the palace and to the houses of the people, and they broke down the walls around Jerusalem. ⁹ Nebuzaradan, commander of the king's special guards, took the people left in Jerusalem, those captives who had surrendered to him earlier, and the rest of the people of Jerusalem, and he took them all away to Babylon. ¹⁰ But Nebuzaradan, commander of the guard, left some of the poorest people of Judah behind. They owned nothing, but that day he gave them vineyards and fields.

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
When the sons of God saw that these girls were beautiful, they married any of them they chose.

Genesis 39:5
When Joseph was put in charge of the house and everything Potiphar owned, the Lord blessed the people in Potiphar's house because of Joseph. And the Lord blessed everything that belonged to Potiphar, both in the house and in the field.

Genesis 39:6
So Potiphar left Joseph in charge of everything he owned and was not concerned about anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well built and handsome.

Genesis 39:12
His master's wife grabbed his coat and said to him, "Come and have sexual relations with me." But Joseph left his coat in her hand and ran out of the house.

Genesis 39:15
My scream scared him and he ran away, but he left his coat with me."

Genesis 39:16
She kept his coat until her husband came home,

Genesis 39:18
When he came near me, I screamed. He ran away, but he left his coat."

2 Samuel 13:11
She went to him so he could eat from her hands, but Amnon grabbed her. He said, "Sister, come and have sexual relations with me."

Job 31:1
"But I made an agreement with my eyes not to look with desire at a girl.

Psalms 119:37
Keep me from looking at worthless things. Let me live by your word.

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.