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Jeremiah 38:5

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

KJV

Et dixit rex Sedecias : Ecce ipse in manibus vestris est : nec enim fas est regem vobis quidquam negare.

Vulgate

ὅτι ἐφυτεύσατε ἀμπελῶνας ἐν ὄρεσιν Σαμαρείας, φυτεύσατε καὶ αἰνέσατε,

LXX

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

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ הַ/מֶּ֣לֶךְ צִדְקִיָּ֔הוּ הִנֵּה ה֖וּא בְּ/יֶדְ/כֶ֑ם כִּֽי אֵ֣ין הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ יוּכַ֥ל אֶתְ/כֶ֖ם דָּבָֽר

Hebrew

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In this verse

People Zedekiah

In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֥ין
'yn
noun · 787×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
דְבַר
dbr
noun · 1449×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
הִנֵּ֥ה
hnh
pronoun · 838×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
יוּכַ֣ל
yvkl
verb · 193×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
צִדְקִיָּ֖הוּ
tsdqyhv
proper_noun · 63×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Dan 6:16 — Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee.
  • Exod 23:2 — Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
  • Gen 16:6 — But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.
  • Jer 26:14 — As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as seemeth good and meet unto you.
  • Jer 37:17 — Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from the LORD? And Jeremiah said, There is: for, said he, thou shalt be deliver
  • John 19:12 — And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar’s friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.