Jeremiah 38:5

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

“Here he is,” replied King Zedekiah. “He is in your hands, since the king can do nothing to stop you.”

In context

3 This is what the LORD says: This city will surely be delivered into the hands of the army of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it.”

4 Then the officials said to the king, “This man ought to die, for he is discouraging the warriors who remain in this city, as well as all the people, by speaking such words to them; this man is not seeking the well-being of these people, but their ruin.”

5 “Here he is,” replied King Zedekiah. “He is in your hands, since the king can do nothing to stop you.”

6 So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.

7 Now Ebed-melech the Cushite, a court official in the royal palace, heard that Jeremiah had been put into the cistern. While the king was sitting at the Gate of Benjamin,

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Jeremiah 38:5 in every translation

BSB Berean Standard Bible: “Here he is,” replied King Zedekiah. “He is in your hands, since the king can do nothing to stop you.”
KJV King James Version: Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you.
WEB World English Bible: Zedekiah the king said, “Behold, he is in your hand; for the king can’t do anything to oppose you.”
ASV American Standard Version: And Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand; for the king is not he that can do anything against you.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: And the king Zedekiah saith, 'Lo, he [is] in your hand: for the king is not able for you [in] anything.'
DBY Darby Translation: And king Zedekiah said, Behold, he is in your hand; for the king is not he that can do a thing against you.
WBS Webster Bible: Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you.