When the king saw Ester the queen standing in the court, she obtained favor in his sight; and the king held out to Ester the golden scepter that was in his hand. So Ester came near, and touched the top of the scepter.
Jeremiah 38:10 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Then the king commanded `Eved-Melekh the Kushite, saying, Take from hence thirty men with you, and take up Yirmeyahu the prophet out of the dungeon, before he dies. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from here thirty men with you and raise Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon or cistern pit before he dies. American Standard Version (1901) Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die. Common English Bible Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Cushite, “Take thirty men from here and take Jeremiah the prophet out of the cistern before he dies.” Catholic Public Domain Version And so the king instructed Ebedmelech, the Ethiopian, saying: "Take with you thirty men from here, and lift Jeremiah the prophet from the pit, before he dies." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Then the king commanded Abdemelech the Ethiopian, saying: Take from hence thirty men with thee and draw up Jeremias the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die. |
When the king saw Ester the queen standing in the court, she obtained favor in his sight; and the king held out to Ester the golden scepter that was in his hand. So Ester came near, and touched the top of the scepter.
Then King Achashverosh said to Ester the queen and to Mordekhai the Jew, *See, I have given Ester the house of Haman, and him they have hanged on the gallows, because he laid his hand on the Jews.
I will cut off all the horns of the wicked, but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.
The king's heart is in the LORD's hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires.
So `Eved-Melekh took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took there rags and worn-out garments, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Yirmeyahu.
Now when `Eved-Melekh the Kushite, a eunuch, who was in the king's house, heard that they had put Yirmeyahu in the dungeon (the king then sitting in the gate of Binyamin),
My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Yirmeyahu the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is likely to die in the place where he is, because of the famine; for there is no more bread in the city.