Verse List for JER 39:16

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OET (OET-RV) Go and tell Eved-Melek the Ethiopian that Yisrael’s god, Commander-in-chief Yahweh says this: Listen, I’m about to fulfill my messages against this city for disaster and not for good, and they’ll all come true right in front of your eyes on that day.

OET-LV Go and_you _will _say to_ˊEⱱed- king[fn] the_Kūshiy/(Cushite) to_say thus YHWH he _says soldiers/messengers the _god _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) HERE_I am_about _to _bring[fn] DOM words/messages _of_my against the_city (the)_this for_harm and_not for_good and_they _will _be to_your_face in _the_day (the)_that.

ULT “Speak to Ebed-Melek the Cushite and say, ‘Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, says this: See, I am about to carry out my words against this city for disaster and not for good. For they will all come true before you on that day.

UST “Say this to Ebed-Melek, the official from Ethiopia: ‘This is what Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, the God whom Israel worships, says: I will do to this city everything that I said that I would do. Everthing I told you would be done, and you will see it with your own eyes.

BSB & MSB “Go and tell Ebed -melech the Cushite that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I am about to fulfill My words against this city for harm and not for good, and on that day they will be fulfilled before your eyes.

OEB No OEB JER book available

WEBBE “Go, and speak to Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, ‘The LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will bring my words on this city for evil, and not for good; and they will be accomplished before you in that day.

WMBB “Go, and speak to Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, ‘The LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will bring my words on this city for evil, and not for good; and they will be accomplished before you in that day.

NET “Go and tell Ebed-Melech the Ethiopian, ‘The Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, “I will carry out against this city what I promised. It will mean disaster and not good fortune for it. When that disaster happens, you will be there to see it.

LSV “Go, and you have spoken to Ebed-Melech the Cushite, saying, Thus said YHWH of Hosts, God of Israel: Behold, I am bringing in My words to this city for calamity, and not for good, and they have been before you in that day.

FBV “Go and tell Ebed-melech the Cushite that this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: I am about to keep my promise I made against this city—to harm it and not to help it—you'll see it for yourself when it happens.

T4T “Say this to Ebed-Melech, the official from Ethiopia: ‘This is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom we Israelis worship, says: “I will do to this city everything that I said that I would do. I will not enable the people to prosper; I will cause them to experience disasters. You will see Jerusalem being destroyed,

LEB “Go and say to Ebed-melech the Cushite, _⌊saying_⌋,[fn] ‘Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel: “Look, I am about to bring my words to pass against this city for evil and not for good. And they will be _⌊before you_⌋[fn] on that day.

BBE Go and say to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: See, my words will come true for this town, for evil and not for good: they will come about before your eyes on that day.

Moff No Moff JER book available

JPS 'Go, and speak to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying: Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring My words upon this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be accomplished before thee in that day.

ASV Go, and speak to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be accomplished before thee in that day.

DRA Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Behold I will bring my words upon this city unto evil, and not unto good: and they shall be accomplished in thy sight in that day.

YLT 'Go, and thou hast spoken to Ebed-Melech the Cushite, saying: Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: Lo, I am bringing in My words unto this city for evil, and not for good, and they have been before thee in that day.

Drby Go and speak to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the [fn]God of Israel: Behold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil, and not for good, and they shall come to pass before thy face in that day.

RV Go, and speak to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be accomplished before thee in that day.
(Go, and speak to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith/says the LORD of hosts/armies, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be accomplished before thee/you in that day.)

SLT Go and say to the king’s servant the Cushite, saying, Thus said Jehovah of armies, God of Israel, Behold me bringing my words to this city for evil and not for good; and they were in that day before thee.

Wbstr Go and speak to Ebed-melech the Cushite, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be accomplished in that day before thee.

KJB-1769 Go and speak to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be accomplished in that day before thee.
(Go and speak to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith/says the LORD of hosts/armies, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be accomplished in that day before thee/you.)

KJB-1611 Goe and speake to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus sayth the LORD of hostes the God of Israel, Behold, I will bring my words vpon this citie for euill, and not for good, and they shall be accomplished in that day before thee.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps Go and tell Abedmelech the Morian, thus saith the Lorde of hoastes the God of Israel: Beholde, the cruell and sharpe plague that I haue deuised for this citie wyll I bring vpon them, that thou shalt see it:
(Go and tell Abedmelech the Morian, thus saith/says the Lord of hosts/armies the God of Israel: Behold, the cruel and sharp plague that I have devised for this city will I bring upon them, that thou/you shalt/shall see it:)

Gnva Go and speake to Ebed-melech the blacke More, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hostes the God of Israel, Beholde, I wil bring my wordes vpon this citie for euill, and not for good, and they shalbe accomplished in that day before thee.
(Go and speak to Ebed-melech the black More, saying, Thus saith/says the Lord of hosts/armies the God of Israel, Behold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil, and not for good, and they shall be accomplished in that day before thee/you.)

Cvdl Go, and tell Abdemelech the Morian: Thus saieth the LORDE off hoostes ye God off Israel: Beholde, the cruell and sharpe plage that I haue deuysed for this cite, will I brynge vpon them, that thou shalt se it:
(Go, and tell Abdemelech the Morian: Thus saith/says the LORD off hosts/armies ye/you_all God off Israel: Behold, the cruel and sharp plague that I have devised for this city, will I bring upon them, that thou/you shalt/shall see it:)

Wycl Go thou, and seie to Abdemelech Ethiopien, and speke thou, The Lord of oostis, God of Israel, seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal brynge my wordis on this citee in to yuel, and not in to good; and tho schulen be in thi siyt in that dai.
(Go thou/you, and say to Abdemelech Ethiopien, and speak thou/you, The Lord of hosts/armies, God of Israel, saith/says these things, Lo! I shall bring my words on this city in to evil, and not in to good; and those should be in thy/your sight in that day.)

Luth Gehe hin und sage Ebed-Melech, dem Mohren: So spricht der HErr Zebaoth, der GOtt Israels: Siehe, ich will meine Worte kommen lassen über diese Stadt zum Unglück und zu keinem Guten, und du sollst es sehen zur selbigen Zeit.
(Go there/therefore and said Ebed-Melech, to_him Mohren: So speaks/says the/of_the LORD Tsevaot_(of_armies), the/of_the God Israel’s: See/Look, I will my words coming let above this/these city for_the accident/misfortune/disaster and to/for none good_(things/ones), and you(sg) should it see to/for same time/period.)

ClVg Vade, et dic Abdemelech Æthiopi, dicens: Hæc dicit Dominus exercituum, Deus Israël: Ecce ego inducam sermones meos super civitatem hanc in malum, et non in bonum, et erunt in conspectu tuo in die illa.
(Go, and say Abdemelech Æthiopi, saying: This he_says Master hosts/soldiers, God Israel: Behold I I_will_introduce conversations mine over the_city this in/into/on evil, and not/no in/into/on good, and they_will_be in/into/on in_sight your in/into/on day that.)

UHB הָל֣וֹךְ וְ⁠אָמַרְתָּ֡ לְ⁠עֶבֶד־מֶ֨לֶךְ הַ⁠כּוּשִׁ֜י לֵ⁠אמֹ֗ר כֹּֽה־אָמַ֞ר יְהוָ֤ה צְבָאוֹת֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הִנְ⁠נִי֩ מבי אֶת־דְּבָרַ֜⁠י אֶל־הָ⁠עִ֥יר הַ⁠זֹּ֛את לְ⁠רָעָ֖ה וְ⁠לֹ֣א לְ⁠טוֹבָ֑ה וְ⁠הָי֥וּ לְ⁠פָנֶ֖י⁠ךָ בַּ⁠יּ֥וֹם הַ⁠הֽוּא׃ ‡

BrLXX Καὶ προσευξάμην πρὸς Κύριον μετὰ τὸ δοῦναί με τὸ βιβλίον τῆς κτήσεως πρὸς Βαροὺχ υἱὸν Νηρίου, λέγων,

BrTr And I prayed to the Lord after I had given the book of the purchase to Baruch the son of Nerias, saying,