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Jeremiah Cast into the Cistern

Jeremiah 38:8

In 11 translations

BSB
Ebed-melech went out from the king’s palace and said to the king,
KJV
Ebed-melech went forth out of the king’s house, and spake to the king, saying,
WEB
Ebedmelech went out of the king’s house, and spoke to the king, saying,
ASV
Ebed-melech went forth out of the king’s house, and spake to the king, saying,
LSV
and Ebed-Melech goes forth from the king’s house, and speaks to the king, saying,
YLT
and Ebed-Melech goeth forth from the king's house, and speaketh unto the king, saying,
DBY
— and Ebed-melech went forth out of the king's house, and spoke to the king, saying,
DRC
And Abdemelech went out of the king’s house, and spoke to the king, saying:
GNV
And Ebed-melech went out of the Kings house, and spake to the King, saying,
JPS
Ebed-melech went forth out of the king's house, and spoke to the king, saying:
LXXE45:8
Behold, I bring them from the north, and will gather them from the end of the earth to the feast of the passover: and the people shall beget a great multitude, and they shall return hither. and he went forth to him, and spoke to the king and said,

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיֵּצֵ֥א עֶֽבֶד־מֶ֖לֶךְ מִבֵּ֣ית הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר אֶל־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ לֵאמֹֽר׃
LXX-Br45:8
Ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἄγω αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ Βοῤῥᾶ, καὶ συνάξω αὐτοὺς ἀπʼ ἐσχάτου τῆς γῆς ἐν ἑορτῇ φασέκ· καὶ τεκνοποιήσει ὄχλον πολὺν, καὶ ἀποστρέψουσιν ὧδε. καὶ ἐξῆλθε πρὸς αὐτὸν, καὶ ἐλάλησε πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα, καὶ εἶπεν,

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  • 45:8 in some Bibles
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  • 38:8 in most Bibles

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