Bible Read Jeremiah 38

Jeremiah 38:5

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Zedekiah the king said, “Behold, he is in your hand; for the king can’t do anything to oppose you.”

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3 The LORD says, ‘This city will surely be given into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon, and he will take it.’”

4 Then the princes said to the king, “Please let this man be put to death, because he weakens the hands of the men of war who remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words to them; for this man doesn’t seek the welfare of this people, but harm.”

5 Zedekiah the king said, “Behold, he is in your hand; for the king can’t do anything to oppose you.”

6 Then they took Jeremiah and threw him into the dungeon of Malchijah the king’s son, that was in the court of the guard. They let down Jeremiah with cords. In the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.

7 Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, a eunuch, who was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon (the king was then sitting in Benjamin’s gate),

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Jeremiah 38:5 in every translation

WEB World English Bible
Zedekiah the king said, “Behold, he is in your hand; for the king can’t do anything to oppose 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.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
“Here he is,” replied King Zedekiah. “He is in your hands, since the king can do nothing to stop 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.