Jeremiah 40:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

But Gedaliah son of Ahikam said to Johanan son of Kareah, “Do not do such a thing, for you are telling a lie about Ishmael.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said unto Johanan the son of Kareah, Thou shalt not do this thing: for thou speakest falsely of Ishmael.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

But Gedaliah son of Ahikam said to Johanan son of Kareah, You shall not do this thing, for you speak falsely of Ishmael.

American Standard Version (1901)

But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said unto Johanan the son of Kareah, Thou shalt not do this thing; for thou speakest falsely of Ishmael.

Common English Bible

But Gedaliah son of Ahikam told Johanan, Kareah’s son, “Don’t do such a thing, for what you are saying about Ishmael is wrong.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

And Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, said to Johanan, the son of Kareah: "Do not do this word. For what you have said about Ishmael is false."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And Godolias the son of Ahicam said to Johanan the son of Caree: Do not this thing: for what thou sayst of Ismahel is false.

Jeremiah 40:16 Cross References

Jeremiah 41:2

Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the ten men with him got up and struck down Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan with the sword and killed him, whom the king of Babylon had appointed governor in the land.

Romans 3:8

And why not say (as some people slander us by saying that we say), “Let us do evil so that good may come”? Their judgment is deserved!

1 Corinthians 13:5

or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable; it keeps no record of wrongs;