Jeremiah 26:14
As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as seemeth good and meet unto you.
Jeremiah 26:14 in other translations
| BSB | As for me, here I am in your hands; do to me what you think is good and right. |
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| WEB | But as for me, behold, I am in your hand. Do with me what is good and right in your eyes. |
| ASV | But as for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as is good and right in your eyes. |
| YLT | ‘And I, lo, I am in your hand, do to me as is good and as is right in your eyes; |
| DARBY | But as for me, behold, I am in your hand; do unto me as seemeth good and right in your eyes: |
| BBE | As for me, here I am in your hands: do with me whatever seems good and right in your opinion. |
| Webster | As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as it seemeth good and meet to you. |
What does Jeremiah 26:14 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 26:7-15
The priests and prophets charged Jeremiah as deserving death, and bore false witness against him. The elders of Israel came to inquire into this matter. Jeremiah declares that the Lord sent him to prophesy thus. As long as ministers keep close to the word they have from God, they need not fear. And those are very unjust who complain of ministers for preaching of hell and damnation; for it is from a desire to bring…
Jeremiah 26:14 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Jeremiah 26:14
- Joshua 9:25
And now, behold, we are in thine hand: as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do.
- 2 Samuel 15:26
But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.
- 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.
- Daniel 3:16
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter.
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Context
- Jeremiah 26:13
Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the Lord your God; and the Lord will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you.
- Jeremiah 26:14
As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as seemeth good and meet unto you.
- Jeremiah 26:15
But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the Lord hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears.
Jeremiah 26:14 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | En lo que á mí toca, he aquí estoy en vuestras manos: haced de mí como mejor y más recto os pareciere. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Pour moi, me voici entre vos mains; faites-moi comme il est bon et droit à vos yeux. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Ich aber, siehe, ich bin in eurer Hand; tut mir, wie es gut und wie es recht ist in euren Augen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Ego autem ecce in manibus vestris sum: facite mihi quod bonum et rectum est in oculis vestris. |