King James Version
Jeremiah 38:24 in the King James Version says “Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die.” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 38 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die.”
Jeremiah 38:24 · KJV
And, behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah's house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon's princes, and those women shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and have prevailed against thee: thy feet are sunk in the mire, and they are turned away back. Thy friends: Heb. Men of thy peace
So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans: and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire. thou shalt cause: Heb. thou shalt burn, etc
Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die.
But if the princes hear that I have talked with thee, and they come unto thee, and say unto thee, Declare unto us now what thou hast said unto the king, hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to death; also what the king said unto thee:
Then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan's house, to die there.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Let no man”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
“know”
H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
“of these words”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“and thou shalt not die”
H4191to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
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