Jeremiah 39:12 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹² “Take him, look after him well and do him no harm, but deal with him as he tells you.”

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² Take him and look after him well; do him no harm but deal with him as he may ask of you.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee.

Common English Bible

¹² “Find Jeremiah and look after him; don’t harm him but do whatever he asks from you.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² "Take him, and set your eyes on him, and you shall do no harm to him at all. But as he is willing, so shall you do with him."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² Take him and set thy eyes upon him and do him no harm: but as he hath a mind, so do with him.

Jeremiah 39:12 Cross References

Proverbs 16:7

When a man's ways please the Lord, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

Proverbs 21:1

The king's heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord; he turns it wherever he will.

Proverbs 23:5

When your eyes light upon it, it is gone; for suddenly it takes to itself wings, flying like an eagle toward heaven.

Jeremiah 15:11

So let it be, O Lord, if I have not entreated thee for their good, if I have not pleaded with thee on behalf of the enemy in the time of trouble and in the time of distress!

Jeremiah 15:21

“I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked, and redeem you from the grasp of the ruthless.”

Jeremiah 24:6

I will set my eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them back to this land. I will build them up, and not tear them down; I will plant them, and not uproot them.

Jeremiah 39:13

So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, Nebushazban the Rabsaris, Nergal-sharezer the Rabmag, and all the chief officers of the king of Babylon

Jeremiah 40:4

Now, behold, I release you today from the chains on your hands. If it seems good to you to come with me to Babylon, come, and I will look after you well; but if it seems wrong to you to come with me to Babylon, do not come. See, the whole land is before you; go wherever you think it good and right to go.

Amos 9:4

And though they go into captivity before their enemies, there I will command the sword, and it shall slay them; and I will set my eyes upon them for evil and not for good.”

Acts 7:10

and rescued him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him governor over Egypt and over all his household.