Jeremiah 39:7
What does Jeremiah 39:7 mean?
A plain-English look at Jeremiah 39:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Moreover he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Moreover he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, and bound him with chains, to carry him to Babylon.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Moreover he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And more than this, he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and had him put in chains to take him away to Babylon.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And the eyes of Zedekiah he hath blinded, and he bindeth him with brazen fetters, to bring him in to Babylon.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752He also put out the eyes of Sedecias: and bound him with fetters, to be carried to Babylon.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890and he put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with chains of brass, to carry him to Babylon.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 32:4
and Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall behold his eyes;
- Psalms 107:10
Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, Being bound in affliction and iron,
- Jeremiah 52:11
And he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in fetters, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.
- Judges 16:21
And the Philistines laid hold on him, and put out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison-house.
- Ezekiel 12:13
My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare; and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there.
- Psalms 119:8
I will observe thy statutes: Oh forsake me not utterly. ב BETH.
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