Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood; throw him into this pit here in the wilderness, but lay no hand on him”—that he might rescue him out of their hand and restore him to his father.
Jeremiah 36:25 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Even when Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah urged the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Even though Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah tried to persuade the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them. American Standard Version (1901) Moreover Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll; but he would not hear them. Common English Bible Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah begged the king not to burn the scroll, but he wouldn’t listen to them. Catholic Public Domain Version Yet truly, Elnathan, and Delaiah, and Gemariah contradicted the king, so that he might not burn the book. But he did not listen to them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But yet Elnathan and Dalaias and Gamarias spoke to the king, not to burn the book: and he heard them not. |
Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood; throw him into this pit here in the wilderness, but lay no hand on him”—that he might rescue him out of their hand and restore him to his father.
Then the officials and all the people said to the priests and the prophets, “This man does not deserve the sentence of death, for he has spoken to us in the name of the Lord our God.”
Then, in the hearing of all the people, Baruch read the words of Jeremiah from the scroll, in the house of the Lord, in the chamber of Gemariah son of Shaphan the secretary, which was in the upper court, at the entry of the New Gate of the Lord’s house.
he went down to the king’s house, into the secretary’s chamber, and all the officials were sitting there: Elishama the secretary, Delaiah son of Shemaiah, Elnathan son of Achbor, Gemariah son of Shaphan, Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the officials.
He said, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.” But they said, “What is that to us? See to it yourself.”