Jeremiah 38:20
ContextNET © | Then Jeremiah answered, “You will not be handed over to them. Please obey the Lord by doing what I have been telling you. 1 Then all will go well with you and your life will be spared. 2 |
NIV © | "They will not hand you over," Jeremiah replied. "Obey the LORD by doing what I tell you. Then it will go well with you, and your life will be spared. |
NASB © | But Jeremiah said, "They will not give you over. Please obey the LORD in what I am saying to you, that it may go well with you and you may live. |
NLT © | Jeremiah replied, "You won’t be handed over to them if you choose to obey the LORD. Your life will be spared, and all will go well for you. |
MSG © | Jeremiah assured him, "They won't get hold of you. Listen, please. Listen to GOD's voice. I'm telling you this for your own good so that you'll live. |
BBE © | But Jeremiah said, They will not give you up: be guided now by the word of the Lord as I have given it to you, and it will be well for you, and you will keep your life. |
NRSV © | Jeremiah said, "That will not happen. Just obey the voice of the LORD in what I say to you, and it shall go well with you, and your life shall be spared. |
NKJV © | But Jeremiah said, "They shall not deliver you . Please, obey the voice of the LORD which I speak to you. So it shall be well with you, and your soul shall live. |
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NET © | Then Jeremiah answered, “You will not be handed over to them. Please obey the Lord by doing what I have been telling you. 1 Then all will go well with you and your life will be spared. 2 |
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1 tn Heb “Please listen to the voice of the 2 tn Heb “your life [or you yourself] will live.” Compare v. 17 and the translator’s note there for the idiom. |