Jeremiah 38:20
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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.“They will not hand you over,” Jeremiah replied. “Obey the voice of the LORD in what I am telling you, that it may go well with you and you may live.
In other translations
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.“They will not hand you over,” Jeremiah replied. “Obey the voice of the LORD in what I am telling you, that it may go well with you and you may live.
Hebrew words
וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559יִרְמְיָהוּyirmeyahuJeremiahH3414לֹאlo'notH3808יִתֵּנוּyitenuthey will giveH5414שְׁמַע־shema'-listenH8085נָא׀na'pleaseH4994בְּקוֹלbekolto [the] voice ofH6963יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068לַאֲשֶׁרla'asherto [that] whichH834אֲנִי'aniIH589דֹּבֵרdover[am] speakingH1696אֵלֶיךָ'eleikhato youH413וְיִיטַבveyitavso it may go wellH3190לְךָlekhafor <the> youוּתְחִיutechiso it may liveH2421נַפְשֶׁךָ׃nafshekhaself yourH5315
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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