JER 38:7 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Ὅτι οὕτως εἶπε Κύριος τῷ Ἰακὼβ, εὐφράνθητε, καὶ χρεμετίσατε ἐπὶ κεφαλὴν ἐθνῶν· ἀκουστὰ ποιήσατε, καὶ αἰνέσατε· εἴπατε, ἔσωσε Κύριος τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ, τὸ κατάλοιπον τοῦ Ἰσραήλ.
(Hoti houtōs eipe Kurios tōi Yakōb, eufranthaʸte, kai ⱪremetisate epi kefalaʸn ethnōn; akousta poiaʸsate, kai ainesate; eipate, esōse Kurios ton laon autou, to kataloipon tou Israaʸl. )

BrTr For thus saith the Lord to Jacob; Rejoice ye, and exult over the head of the nations: make proclamation, and praise ye: say, The Lord has delivered his people, the remnant of Israel.

ULT Now Ebed-Melek the Cushite was one of the eunuchs in the king’s house. He heard that they had placed Jeremiah in the cistern. Now the king was sitting at the Benjamin Gate.

UST But Ebed-Melek, a palace official from Ethiopia, heard someone say that Jeremiah was in the well. At that time the king was deciding people’s cases at the Benjamin Gate.

BSB Now Ebed-melech the Cushite,[fn] a court official [fn] in the royal palace, heard that Jeremiah had been put into the cistern. While the king was sitting at the Gate of Benjamin,

38:7 Probably from the upper Nile region

38:7 Or eunuch

OEB Now it came to the ears of Ebedmelech, an Ethiopian eunuch attached to the palace, that they had put Jeremiah in the cistern.

WEBBE Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, a eunuch, who was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon (the king was then sitting in Benjamin’s gate),

WMBB (Same as above)

NET An Ethiopian, Ebed Melech, a court official in the royal palace, heard that Jeremiah had been put in the cistern. While the king was holding court at the Benjamin Gate,

LSV And Ebed-Melech the Cushite, a eunuch who [is] in the king’s house, hears that they have put Jeremiah into the pit; and the king is sitting at the Gate of Benjamin,

FBV Ebed-melech the Cushite,[fn] a royal official in the king's palace, found out that they had put Jeremiah in the cistern. The king was sitting at the Benjamin Gate,[fn]

38:7 “Cush” is usually thought to refer to upper Egypt. “Ebed-melech” means “servant of the king.”

38:7 This probably means that the king was deciding legal cases.

T4T But Ebed-Melech, a palace official from Ethiopia, heard someone say that I was in the well. At that time the king was deciding/judging people’s cases at the Benjamin Gate.

LEB When Ebed-melech the Cushite, a eunuch[fn] who was in the house of the king, heard that they had put Jeremiah into the pit[fn]—now the king was sitting at the Gate of Benjamin—

38:7 Literally “a man of a eunuch”

38:7 Or “cistern”

BBE Now it came to the ears of Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, an unsexed servant in the king's house, that they had put Jeremiah into the water-hole; the king at that time being seated in the doorway of Benjamin:

Moff No Moff JER book available

JPS Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, an officer, who was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the pit; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin;

ASV Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, a eunuch, who was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon (the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin),

DRA Now Abdemelech the Ethiopian, an eunuch that was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremias in the dungeon: but the king was sitting in the gate of Benjamin.

YLT And Ebed-Melech the Cushite, a eunuch who [is] in the king's house, heareth that they have put Jeremiah into the pit; and the king is sitting at the gate of Benjamin,

Drby And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, a eunuch who was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon — now the king was sitting in the gate of Benjamin,

RV Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, an eunuch, which was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin;

Wbstr Now when Ebed-melech the Cushite, one of the eunuchs who was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin;

KJB-1769 ¶ Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin;

KJB-1611 ¶ Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, one of y^e eunuches which was in the kings house, heard that they had put Ieremiah in the dungeon (the king then sitting in the gate of Beniamin)
(¶ Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuches which was in the kings house, heard that they had put Yeremiah in the dungeon (the king then sitting in the gate of Benyamin))

Bshps Nowe when Abedmelech the Morian beyng a chaumberlayne in the kynges court, vnderstoode that they had cast Ieremie into the dungeon,
(Now when Abedmelech the Morian being a chamber/roomlayne in the kings court, understood that they had cast Yeremie into the dungeon,)

Gnva Now when Ebed-melech ye blacke More one of ye Eunuches, which was in the kings house, heard that they had put Ieremiah in the dungeon (then the King sate in the gate of Beniamin)
(Now when Ebed-melech ye/you_all blacke More one of ye/you_all Eunuches, which was in the kings house, heard that they had put Yeremiah in the dungeon (then the King sat in the gate of Benyamin) )

Cvdl So Ieremy stack fast in the myre. Now when Abdemelech the Morian beynge a chamberlayne in the kynges courte, vnderstode, that they had cast Ieremy in to the dongeon:
(So Yeremy stack fast in the myre. Now when Abdemelech the Morian being a chamber/roomlayne in the kings courte, understood, that they had cast Yeremy in to the dongeon:)

Wycl Forsothe Abdemalech Ethiopien, a chast man and oneste, herde, that was in the kyngis hous, that thei hadden sent Jeremye in to the lake; sotheli the king sat in the yate of Beniamyn.
(Forsothe Abdemalech Ethiopien, a chast man and oneste, heard, that was in the kings house, that they had sent Yeremye in to the lake; truly the king sat in the gate of Benyamin.)

Luth Als aber Ebed-Melech, der Mohr, ein Kämmerer in des Königs Hause, hörete, daß man Jeremia hatte in die Grube geworfen, und der König eben saß im Tor Benjamin,
(Als but Ebed-Melech, the/of_the Mohr, a Kämmerer in the kings house, heard, that man Yeremia had in the Grube geworfen, and the/of_the king eben sat in_the goal/doorway Benyamin,)

ClVg Audivit autem Abdemelech Æthiops, vir eunuchus, qui erat in domo regis, quod misissent Jeremiam in lacum. Porro rex sedebat in porta Benjamin:[fn]
(Audivit however Abdemelech Æthiops, man eunuchus, who was in domo king, that misissent Yeremiam in lacum. Further king sedebat in porta Benyamin: )

38.7 Audivit autem Abdemelech. Sicut illi principes, qui prophetam miserunt, etc., usque ad quanto nos districtius reos tenemus.

38.7 Audivit however Abdemelech. Sicut illi principes, who prophetam miserunt, etc., until to quanto we districtius reos tenemus.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

(Occurrence 0) Now Ebed-Melek

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_listened עֶֽבֶד king the,Cushite (a)_man eunuch and=he in=house_of the=king that/for/because/then/when put DOM Yirmə^yāh/(Jeremiah) to/towards the,cistern and,the,king sitting in/on/at/with,gate Binyāmīn )

The word “now” is used here to mark a break in the main story line. Here the narrator starts to tell a new part of the story.

Note 1 topic: translate-names

(Occurrence 0) Ebed-Melek the Cushite

This is the name of a man from Cush.

Note 2 topic: writing-background

(Occurrence 0) Now the king

Here the word “now” marks a break in the main story line where the narrator tells background information about what the king was doing.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

(Occurrence 0) sitting at the Benjamin Gate

King Zedekiah was probably hearing and judging legal cases.

(Occurrence 0) Benjamin Gate

This is an entrance into the city of Jerusalem that people named after Benjamin, Jacob’s son.

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