8Ebed-melech went 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 they took 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 Cushite, one of the eunuchs who 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 Ebed-melech went 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 by hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city.

10 Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Cushite, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he dieth.

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 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,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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