Jeremiah 38:9 
Context| NET © | “Your royal Majesty, those men have been very wicked in all that they have done to the prophet Jeremiah. They have thrown him into a cistern and he is sure to die of starvation there because there is no food left in the city. 1 |
| NIV © | "My lord the king, these men have acted wickedly in all they have done to Jeremiah the prophet. They have thrown him into a cistern, where he will starve to death when there is no longer any bread in the city." |
| NASB © | "My lord the king, these men have acted wickedly in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet whom they have cast into the cistern; and he will die right where he is because of the famine, for there is no more bread in the city." |
| NLT © | "My lord the king," he said, "these men have done a very evil thing in putting Jeremiah the prophet into the cistern. He will soon die of hunger, for almost all the bread in the city is gone." |
| MSG © | "My master, O king--these men are committing a great crime in what they're doing, throwing Jeremiah the prophet into the cistern and leaving him there to starve. He's as good as dead. There isn't a scrap of bread left in the city." |
| BBE © | My lord the king, these men have done evil in all they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have put into the water-hole; and he will come to his death in the place where he is through need of food: for there is no more bread in the town. |
| NRSV © | "My lord king, these men have acted wickedly in all they did to the prophet Jeremiah by throwing him into the cistern to die there of hunger, for there is no bread left in the city." |
| NKJV © | "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 from hunger in the place where he is. For there is no more bread in the city." |
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| NASB © | "My lord <0113> the king <04428> , these <0428> men <0376> have acted <07489> wickedly <07489> in all <03605> that they have done <06213> to Jeremiah <03414> the prophet <05030> whom <0834> they have cast <07993> into the cistern <0953> ; and he will die <04191> right <08478> where <08478> he is because <04480> , for there <0369> is no <0369> more <05750> bread <03899> in the city ."<05892> |
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| NET © [draft] ITL | “Your royal <04428> Majesty <0113> , those <0428> men <0376> have been very wicked <07489> in all <03605> that <0834> they have <0834> done <06213> to the prophet <05030> Jeremiah <03414> . They have <0834> thrown <07993> him into <0413> a cistern <0953> and he is sure to die <04191> of starvation <07458> there because <03588> there is no <0369> food <03899> left <05750> in the city .<05892> |
| NET © | “Your royal Majesty, those men have been very wicked in all that they have done to the prophet Jeremiah. They have thrown him into a cistern and he is sure to die of starvation there because there is no food left in the city. 1 |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “Those men have made evil all they have done to the prophet Jeremiah in that they have thrown him into the cistern and he will die of starvation in the place where he is because there is no more food in the city.” The particle אֵת (’et) before “they have thrown” (אֵת אֲשֶׁר הִשְׁלִיכוּ, ’et ’asher hishlikhu) is explanatory or further definition of “all they have done to” (i.e., the particle is repeated for apposition). The verb form “and he is sure to die” is an unusual use of the vav (ו) consecutive + imperfect that the grammars see as giving a logical consequence without a past nuance (cf. GKC 328 §111.l and IBHS 557-58 §33.3.1f). sn “Because there isn’t any food left in the city” is rhetorical exaggeration; the food did not run out until just before the city fell. Perhaps the intent is to refer to the fact that there was no food in the city for people so confined (i.e., in solitary confinement). |
