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New King James Version

Jeremiah 38:24

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - King;   Prisoners;   Zedekiah;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Zedekiah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - King;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Prophecy, Prophets;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Greek Versions of Ot;   Zedekiah,;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Zedekiah (2);  

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 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;
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.'"
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 Then Zedekiah the king sent and had Jeremiah the prophet brought to him at the third entrance of the house of the LORD. And the king said to Jeremiah, "I will ask you something. Hide nothing from me." 15 Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, "If I declare it to you, will you not surely put me to death? And if I give you advice, you will not listen to me." 16 So Zedekiah the king swore secretly to Jeremiah, saying, "As the LORD lives, who made our very souls, I will not put you to death, nor will I give you into the hand of these men who seek your life." 17 Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, "Thus says the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: "If you surely surrender to the king of Babylon's princes, then your soul shall live; this city shall not be burned with fire, and you and your house shall live. 18 But if you do not surrender to the king of Babylon's princes, then this city shall be given into the hand of the Chaldeans; they shall burn it with fire, and you shall not escape from their hand."' 19 And Zedekiah the king said to Jeremiah, "I am afraid of the Jews who have defected to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they abuse me." 20 But Jeremiah said, "They shall not deliver you. Please, obey the voice of the LORD which I speak to you. So it shall be well with you, and your soul shall live. 21 But if you refuse to surrender, this is the word that the LORD has shown me: 22 "Now behold, all the women who are left in the king of Judah's house shall be surrendered to the king of Babylon's princes, and those women shall say: "Your close friends have set upon you And prevailed against you; Your feet have sunk in the mire, And they have turned away again." 23 "So they shall surrender all your wives and children to the Chaldeans. You shall not escape from their hand, but shall be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon. And you shall cause this city to be burned with fire."'

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 37:17 - asked

Cross-References

Genesis 20:3
But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, "Indeed you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken, for she is a man's wife."
Genesis 20:7
Now therefore, restore the man's wife; for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you shall live. But if you do not restore her, know that you shall surely die, you and all who are yours."
Genesis 20:9
And Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, "What have you done to us? How have I offended you, that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done deeds to me that ought not to be done."
Genesis 34:31
But they said, "Should he treat our sister like a harlot?"
Genesis 38:1
It came to pass at that time that Judah departed from his brothers, and visited a certain Adullamite whose name was Hirah.
Genesis 38:2
And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua, and he married her and went in to her.
Genesis 38:5
And she conceived yet again and bore a son, and called his name Shelah. He was at Chezib when she bore him.
Genesis 38:21
Then he asked the men of that place, saying, "Where is the harlot who was openly by the roadside?" And they said, "There was no harlot in this place."
Genesis 38:22
So he returned to Judah and said, "I cannot find her. Also, the men of the place said there was no harlot in this place."
Genesis 38:23
Then Judah said, "Let her take them for herself, lest we be shamed; for I sent this young goat and you have not found her."

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.


 
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