Jeremiah 38:9 — compare English translations
Compare translationsJeremiah 38:9 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
אֲדֹנִ֣י
ʼâdôwn
H113
lord
הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ
melek
H4428
king
הֵרֵ֜עוּ
râʻaʻ
H7489
to do evil
הָאֲנָשִׁ֤ים
ʼîysh
H376
man
הָאֵ֨לֶּה֙
ʼêl-leh
H428
these
אֵ֣ת
ʼêth
H853
-
כָּל
kôl
H3605
all
אֲשֶׁ֤ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
עָשׂוּ֙
ʻâsâh
H6213
to do
לְיִרְמְיָ֣הוּ
Yirmᵉyâh
H3414
Jeremiah
הַנָּבִ֔יא
nâbîyʼ
H5030
prophet
אֵ֥ת
ʼêth
H853
-
אֲשֶׁר
ʼăsher
H834
which
הִשְׁלִ֖יכוּ
shâlak
H7993
to throw
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
הַבּ֑וֹר
bôwr
H953
pit
וַיָּ֤מָת
mûwth
H4191
to die
תַּחְתָּיו֙
tachath
H8478
under
מִפְּנֵ֣י
pânîym
H6440
face
הָֽרָעָ֔ב
râʻâb
H7458
famine
כִּ֣י
kîy
H3588
that
אֵ֥ין
ʼayin
H369
nothing
הַלֶּ֛חֶם
lechem
H3899
bread
ע֖וֹד
ʻôwd
H5750
still
בָּעִֽיר
ʻîyr
H5892
city
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World English Bible Public Domain
My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah 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.
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King James Version Public Domain
My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
“My master the king, these men have done evil with the way they have treated Jeremiah the prophet. They threw him into a cistern for him to die in it from hunger, since there is no more food in the city.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).