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 officials took Jeremiah and put him in the cistern of Malkijah, one of the royal princes, that was in the courtyard of the guardhouse. There was no water in the cistern, only mud. So when they lowered Jeremiah into the cistern with ropes he sank in the mud. 7An Ethiopian, Ebed Melech, a court official in the royal palace, heard that Jeremiah had been put in the cistern. While the king was holding court at the Benjamin Gate, Ebed Melech departed the palace and went to speak to the king. He said to him, 9“Your royal Majesty, those men have been very wicked in all that they have done to the prophet Jeremiah. They have thrown him into a cistern and he is sure to die of starvation there because there is no food left in the city. 10Then the king gave Ebed Melech the Ethiopian the following order: “Take thirty men with you from here and go pull the prophet Jeremiah out of 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