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


In Context

2 Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a prey, and shall live.

3 Thus saith the LORD, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon’s army, which shall take it.

4 Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.

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 Ebed-melech 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;

Jeremiah 38:5 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

38:5"He is in your hands," King Zedekiah answered. "The king can do nothing to oppose you."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

38:5And king Sedecias said: Behold he is in your hands: for it is not lawful for the king to deny you any thing.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

38:5And Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand; for the king is not he that can do anything against you.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

38:5And king Zedekiah said, Behold, he is in your hand; for the king is not he that can do a thing against you.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

38:5And Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

38:5Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

38:5Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand; for the king is not he who can do anything against you.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

38:5And the king Zedekiah saith, 'Lo, he is in your hand: for the king is not able for you in anything.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

38:5Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you.