Jeremiah 38:20

NETBible

Then Jeremiah answered, “You will not be handed over to them. Please obey the Lord by doing what I have been telling you. 1  Then all will go well with you and your life will be spared. 2 

NIV ©

"They will not hand you over," Jeremiah replied. "Obey the LORD by doing what I tell you. Then it will go well with you, and your life will be spared.

NASB ©

But Jeremiah said, "They will not give you over. Please obey the LORD in what I am saying to you, that it may go well with you and you may live.

NLT ©

Jeremiah replied, "You won’t be handed over to them if you choose to obey the LORD. Your life will be spared, and all will go well for you.

MSG ©

Jeremiah assured him, "They won't get hold of you. Listen, please. Listen to GOD's voice. I'm telling you this for your own good so that you'll live.

BBE ©

But Jeremiah said, They will not give you up: be guided now by the word of the Lord as I have given it to you, and it will be well for you, and you will keep your life.

NRSV ©

Jeremiah said, "That will not happen. Just obey the voice of the LORD in what I say to you, and it shall go well with you, and your life shall be spared.

NKJV ©

But Jeremiah said, "They shall not deliver you . Please, obey the voice of the LORD which I speak to you. So it shall be well with you, and your soul shall live.

KJV
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NASB ©
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NET [draft] ITL
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NETBible

Then Jeremiah answered, “You will not be handed over to them. Please obey the Lord by doing what I have been telling you. 1  Then all will go well with you and your life will be spared. 2 

NET Notes

1 tn Heb “Please listen to the voice of the Lord with regard to what I have been telling you.” For the idiom “listen to the voice” = “obey” see BDB 1034 s.v. שָׁמַע 1.m. Obedience here is expressed by following the advice in the qualifying clause, i.e., what I have been telling you.

2 tn Heb “your life [or you yourself] will live.” Compare v. 17 and the translator’s note there for the idiom.