Jeremiah 38:5
Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you.In other versions
And Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand; for the king is not he that can do anything against you.
ASV
Then Zedekiah the king said, See, he is in your hands: for the king was not able to do anything against them.
BBE
And king Zedekiah said, Behold, he is in your hand; for the king is not he that can do a thing against you.
DBY
Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand; for the king is not he who can do anything against you.
WEB
And the king Zedekiah saith, `Lo, he `is' in your hand: for the king is not able for you `in' anything.'
YLT
Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you.
ENG
Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you.
WBT
“Here he is,” replied King Zedekiah. “He is in your hands, since the king can do nothing to stop you.”
BSB
In context
3Thus saith the LORD, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which shall take it.
4Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.
5Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you.
6Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.
7Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin;
Cross-references
People in this verse
- Zedekiah