In order to rescue him from their hand and to return him to his father, Reuben said to them, “Don’t shed blood! Throw him into this pit here in the wilderness, but don’t lay a hand on him!”
Jeremiah 36:25 - Tree of Life Version Moreover Elnatan, Delaiah and Gemariah entreated the king not to burn the megillah , but he would not listen to them. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
In order to rescue him from their hand and to return him to his father, Reuben said to them, “Don’t shed blood! Throw him into this pit here in the wilderness, but don’t lay a hand on him!”
A wicked man puts on a bold face, but the upright man considers his ways.
Then said the princes and all the people to the kohanim and to the prophets: “No death sentence for this man! For he has spoken to us in the Name of Adonai our God.”
So King Jehoiakim sent men to Egypt—Elnathan son of Achbor and some others with him—
Then Baruch read from the scroll the words of Jeremiah in the House of Adonai, in the chamber of Gemariah son of the scribe Shaphan, in the upper court at the entry of the New Gate of the House of Adonai, in the ears of all the people.
he went down to the scribe’s chamber of the king’s palace. All the officials sat there—the scribe Elishama, Delaiah son of Shemaiah, Elnathan son of Achbor, Gemariah son of Shaphan, Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the officials.
saying, “I’ve sinned, betraying innocent blood!” But they said, “What’s that to us? You see to it yourself!”