Jeremiah 38:8

Jeremiah 38:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Ebed–melech went forth out of the king’s house, and spake to the king, saying,
• New International Version (NIV)Ebed-Melek went out of the palace and said to him,
• English Standard Version (ESV)Ebed-melech went from the king's house and said to the king,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Ebed-Melech went out of the king’s house and spoke to the king, saying:

Context of Jeremiah 38:8

6So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah the king’s son, which was in the guard’s courtyard, lowering Jeremiah with ropes. There was no water in the cistern, only mud, and Jeremiah sank in the mud. 7But Ebed-melech, a Cushite court official in the king’s palace, heard Jeremiah had been put into the cistern. While the king was sitting at the Benjamin Gate, Ebed-melech went from the king’s palace and spoke to the king: 9“My lord the king, these men have been evil in all they have done to the prophet Jeremiah. They have dropped him into the cistern where he will die from hunger, because there is no more bread in the city.” 10So the king commanded Ebed-melech, the Cushite, “Take from here thirty men under your authority and pull the prophet Jeremiah up from the cistern before he dies.”

Jeremiah 38:8 word by word

וַיֵּצֵ֥א עֶֽבֶד־מֶ֖לֶךְ מִבֵּ֣ית הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר אֶל־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ לֵאמֹֽר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Ebed–melechעֶ֫בֶד מֶ֫לֶךְ‛ebed melek · Ebed-melechH5663
• went forthיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• out of the king’sמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: palaceH1004
• and spakeדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• sayingאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559

Commentaries on Jeremiah 38:8

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-8The Ethiopian (compare Luke 17:18; Acts 28:28): Jeremiah’s rescuer was not from Judah. He was a foreigner who bravely opposed the other officials. He ran to the Benjamin Gate, where they first arrested Jeremiah (Jeremiah 37:11–13), and entered the king’s presence without ceremony.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. went forth ... and spake--not privately, but in public; a proof of fearless magnanimity.Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 38:8

• Ebed-Melech
• Ethiopia
• Eunuch
• Intercession
• Jeremiah
• Minister, Christian
• Prisoners
• Zedekiah

In the dictionaries

• Ebed-Melech
• Ebedmelech
• Jeremiah (2)
• Pashhur, Pashur
• Zedekiah (2)
• Zedekiah

Commentaries on Jeremiah 38

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings