8Ebedmelech went forth out of the king's house, and spoke to the king saying,


In Context

5 Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you.

6 Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.

7 Now when Ebedmelech 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;

8 Ebedmelech went forth out of the king's house, and spoke to the king saying,

9 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.

10 Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with you, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die.

Jeremiah 38:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

38:8Ebed-melech went forth out of the king’s house, and spake to the king, saying,

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

38:8Ebed-Melech went out of the palace and said to him,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

38:8And Abdemelech went out of the king's house, and spoke to the king, saying:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

38:8Ebed-melech went forth out of the king's house, and spake to the king, saying,

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

38:8and Ebed-melech went forth out of the king's house, and spoke to the king, saying,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

38:8Ebed-melech went forth out of the king's house, and spake to the king, saying,

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

38:8Ebed-melech went out of the king's house, and spoke to the king, saying,

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

38:8Ebedmelech went forth out of the king's house, and spoke to the king, saying,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

38:8and Ebed-Melech goeth forth from the king's house, and speaketh unto the king, saying,