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 the officers took hold of Jeremiah. They put him in a deep hole in the palace yard where the guards were. Prince Malkijah had made the hole to store water. There was no water in the hole, but only mud. They tied ropes around Jeremiah and they slowly dropped him into the hole. Jeremiah fell deep into the mud. 7There was an officer who served the king in his palace. His name was Ebed-Melech. He came from the country of Ethiopia. He heard the news that some officers had put Jeremiah into the deep hole in the palace yard. At that time the king was sitting as judge at the Benjamin Gate of the city. So Ebed-Melech quickly left the palace. He went to speak to the king. He said to him, 9‘My master, the king, those men have done very wicked things to the prophet Jeremiah. They have put him in a deep hole. He will soon die there because there is no food in the city.’ 10Then the king gave this command to Ebed-Melech. He said, ‘Take 30 men with you from here. Go and lift Jeremiah out of the deep hole 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