Jeremiah 38:16 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

¹⁶ 4 Then Sedecias said to Jeremias: Let no man know these words, and thou shalt not die.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ So Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, As the LORD liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ So Zedekiah the king swore secretly to Jeremiah, As the Lord lives, Who made our lives, I will not put you to death or give you into the hands of these men who seek your life.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ So Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, As Jehovah liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ So King Zedekiah swore to Jeremiah behind closed doors, “As the LORD lives, who has given us this life, I won’t put you to death and I won’t hand you over to those who seek to kill you.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ Then king Zedekiah swore to Jeremiah, secretly, saying: "As the Lord lives, who made this soul for us, I will not kill you, nor will I deliver you into the hands of those men who are seeking your life."

Jeremiah 38:16 Cross References

Ecclesiastes 12:7

4 And all things that are done, God will bring into judgment for every error, whether it be good or evil.

Isaiah 42:5

3 The Lord shall go forth as a mighty man, as a man of war shall he stir up zeal: he shall shout and cry: he shall prevail against his enemies.

Isaiah 57:16

Why have we fasted, and thou hast not regarded: have we humbled our souls, and thou hast not taken notice? Behold in the day of your fast your own will is found, and you exact of all your debtors.

Jeremiah 34:20

And they answered : We will not drink wine: because Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying: You shall drink no wine, neither you, nor your children, for ever:

Jeremiah 37:17

And the princes said to the king: We beseech thee that this man may be put to death: for on purpose he weakeneth the hands of the men of war, that remain in this city, and the hands of the people, speaking to them according to these words: for this man seeketh not peace to this people, but evil.

Zechariah 12:1

And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

Numbers 16:22

7 And when they were departed from their tents round about, Dathan and Abiron coming out stood in the entry of their pavilions with their wives and children, and all the people.

Numbers 27:16

1 If any thing be to be done, Eleazar the priest shall consult the Lord for him. He and all the children of Israel with him, and the rest of the multitude shall go out and go in at his word.

John 3:2

0 Jesus answered, and said to him: Art thou a master in Israel, and knowest not these things?

Acts 17:25

3 So Paul went out from among them.

Acts 17:28

And finding a certain Jew, named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with Priscilla his wife, (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome,) he came to them.

Hebrews 12:9

8 For you are not come to a mountain that might be touched, and a burning fire, and a whirlwind, and darkness, and storm,