12"Take him and look after him; don't harm him but do for him whatever he asks."


In Context

9 Nebuzaradan commander of the imperial guard carried into exile to Babylon the people who remained in the city, along with those who had gone over to him, and the rest of the people.

10 But Nebuzaradan the commander of the guard left behind in the land of Judah some of the poor people, who owned nothing; and at that time he gave them vineyards and fields.

11 Now Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had given these orders about Jeremiah through Nebuzaradan commander of the imperial guard:

12 "Take him and look after him; don't harm him but do for him whatever he asks."

13 So Nebuzaradan the commander of the guard, Nebushazban a chief officer, Nergal-Sharezer a high official and all the other officers of the king of Babylon

14 sent and had Jeremiah taken out of the courtyard of the guard. They turned him over to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, to take him back to his home. So he remained among his own people.

Jeremiah 39:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

39:12Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

39:12Take him, and set thy eyes upon him, and do him no harm: but as he hath a mind, so do with him.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

39:12Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

39:12Take him, and keep an eye upon him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

39:12Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

39:12Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do to him even as he shall say to thee.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

39:12Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do to him even as he shall tell you.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

39:12'Take him, and place thine eyes upon him, and do no evil thing to him, but as he speaketh unto thee, so do with him.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

39:12Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do to him even as he shall say to you.