8And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.


In Context

5 But the Chaldeans' army pursued them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gave judgment upon him.

6 Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah.

7 Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him with chains, to carry him to Babylon.

8 And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.

9 Then Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to him, with the rest of the people that remained.

10 But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, who had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.

Jeremiah 39:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

39:8And the Chaldeans burned the king’s house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

39:8The Babylonians set fire to the royal palace and the houses of the people and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

39:8And the Chaldeans burnt the king's house, and the houses of the people with fire, and they threw down the wall of Jerusalem.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

39:8And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

39:8And the Chaldeans burned the king's house and the houses of the people with fire, and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

39:8And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

39:8The Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

39:8And the house of the king, and the house of the people, have the Chaldeans burnt with fire, and the walls of Jerusalem they have broken down.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

39:8And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.