Jeremiah 39:12
Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee.
KJV
Tolle illum, et pone super eum oculos tuos, nihilque ei mali facias : sed ut voluerit, sic facias ei.
Vulgate
καὶ ἔδωκα αὐτὸ τῷ Βαροὺχ υἱῷ Νηρίου υἱῷ Μαασαίου κατ’ ὀφθαλμοὺς Ἁναμεὴλ υἱοῦ ἀδελφοῦ πατρός μου καὶ κατ’ ὀφθαλμοὺς τῶν ἀνδρῶν τῶν παρεστηκότων καὶ γραφόντων ἐν τῷ βιβλίῳ τῆς κτήσεως καὶ κατ’ ὀφθαλμοὺς τῶν Ἰουδαίων τῶν ἐν τῇ αὐλῇ τῆς φυλακῆς.
LXX
Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee.
ASV
קָחֶ֗/נּוּ וְ/עֵינֶ֨י/ךָ֙ שִׂ֣ים עָלָ֔י/ו וְ/אַל תַּ֥עַשׂ ל֖/וֹ מְא֣וּמָה רָּ֑ע כִּ֗י אם כַּֽ/אֲשֶׁר֙ יְדַבֵּ֣ר אֵלֶ֔י/ךָ כֵּ֖ן עֲשֵׂ֥ה עִמּֽ/וֹ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Jer 40:4 — And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come; and I will look well unto thee: but if it seem ill unto
- Prov 16:7 — When a man’s ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
- Prov 21:1 — The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
- Ps 105:14 — He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;