Jeremiah 38 · Verse 21

Jeremiah 38:21

But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the Lord hath shewed me:
Jeremiah 38:21, King James Version

Jeremiah 38:21 in other translations

BSBBut if you refuse to surrender, this is the word that the LORD has shown me:
WEBBut if you refuse to go out, this is the word that the LORD has shown me:
ASVBut if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that Jehovah hath showed me:
YLT‘And if thou art refusing to go forth, this is the thing that Jehovah hath shewn me:
DARBYBut if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word which Jehovah hath shewn me:
BBEBut if you do not go out, this is what the Lord has made clear to me:
WebsterBut if thou shalt refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD hath shown me:

What does Jeremiah 38:21 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 38:14-28

Jeremiah was not forward to repeat the warnings, which seemed only to endanger his own life, and to add to the king's guilt, but asked whether he feared to do the will of God. The less men fear God, the more they fear men; often they dare not act according to their own judgments and consciences.

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Jeremiah 38:21 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְאִם\־ve.'im-and ifH518
מָאֵ֥ןma.'En[are] refusingH3986
אַתָּ֖ה'a.TahyouH859
לָצֵ֑אתla.Tzetto go outH3318
זֶ֣הzehthisH2088
הַדָּבָ֔רha.da.Var[is] the thingH1697
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834
הִרְאַ֖נִיhir.'A.nihe has shown meH7200
יְהוָֽה\׃Yah.wehYahwehH3068

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 38:21

  • Ezekiel 2:4-5

    For they are impudent children and stiffhearted. I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God. And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for they are a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there hath been a prophet among them.

  • Ezekiel 2:7

    And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they are most rebellious.

  • Exodus 10:3-4

    And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me. Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast:

  • Jeremiah 5:3

    O Lord, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.

  • Acts 20:26-27

    Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.

  • 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.

  • Hebrews 12:25

    See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:

  • Ezekiel 3:17-19

    Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me. When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.

  • Job 23:13

    But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.

  • Job 34:33

    Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.

  • Exodus 16:28

    And the Lord said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?

  • Proverbs 1:24-31

    Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
if thou.
5:3; Ex 10:3,4; 16:28; Job 34:33; Pr 1:24-31; Isa 1:19,20
Heb 12:25
this is.
15:19-21; 26:15; Nu 23:19,20; 24:13; Job 23:13; Eze 2:4,5,7
Eze 3:17-19; Ac 18:6; 20:26,27

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Context

  • Jeremiah 38:20

    But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of the Lord, which I speak unto thee: so it shall be well unto thee, and thy soul shall live.

  • Jeremiah 38:21

    But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the Lord hath shewed me:

  • Jeremiah 38:22

    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.

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Jeremiah 38:21 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Mas si no quisieres salir, esta es la palabra que me ha mostrado Jehová:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Mais si tu refuses de sortir, voici la parole que l’ Éternel m’a fait voir:
German
Elberfelder 1871
Wenn du dich aber weigerst hinauszugehen, so ist dies das Wort, welches Jehova mich hat sehen lassen:
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Quod si nolueris egredi, iste est sermo quem ostendit mihi Dominus: