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Jeremiah 38:10

Jeremiah 38:10 is verse 10 of Jeremiah chapter 38, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

So the king commanded Ebed-melech the Cushite, “Take thirty men from here with you and pull Jeremiah the prophet out of the cistern before he dies.”

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King James Version

Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die.

World English Bible

Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, “Take from here thirty men with you, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he dies.”

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Jeremiah 38:8–12 · Berean Standard Bible

8 Ebed-melech went out from the king’s palace and said to the king,

9 “My lord the king, these men have acted wickedly in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet. They have dropped him into the cistern, where he will starve to death, for there is no more bread in the city.”

10 So the king commanded Ebed-melech the Cushite, “Take thirty men from here with you and pull Jeremiah the prophet out of the cistern before he dies.”

11 Then Ebed-melech took the men with him and went to the king’s palace, to a place below the storehouse. From there he took old rags and worn-out clothes and lowered them with ropes to Jeremiah in the cistern.

12 Ebed-melech the Cushite cried out to Jeremiah, “Put these worn-out rags and clothes under your arms to pad the ropes.” Jeremiah did so,

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Hebrew words

וַיְצַוֶּ֣הand he commanded הַמֶּ֔לֶךְthe king אֵ֛ת<obj.>עֶֽבֶדמֶ֥לֶךְMelech הַכּוּשִׁ֖יthe Cushite לֵאמֹ֑ר<to> saying קַ֣חtake בְּיָדְךָ֤in hand your מִזֶּה֙from here שְׁלֹשִׁ֣יםthirty אֲנָשִׁ֔יםmen וְֽהַעֲלִ֜יתָand you will bring up אֶֽת<obj.>יִרְמְיָ֧הוּJeremiah הַנָּבִ֛יאthe prophet מִןfrom הַבּ֖וֹרthe cistern בְּטֶ֥רֶם<in> before יָמֽוּתhe will die

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Esther 5:2
As soon as the king saw Queen Esther standing in the court, she found favor in his sight. The king extended the gold scepter in his hand toward Esther, and she approached and touched the tip of the scepter.

Esther 8:7
So King Xerxes said to Esther the Queen and Mordecai the Jew, “Behold, I have given Haman’s estate to Esther, and he was hanged on the gallows because he attacked the Jews.

Psalms 75:10
“All the horns of the wicked I will cut off, but the horns of the righteous will be exalted.”

Proverbs 21:1
The king’s heart is a waterway in the hand of the LORD; He directs it where He pleases.

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