Jeremiah 38:23

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

They will also bring out all your wives and your children to the Babylonians. You yourself will not escape from their hands but will be captured by the king of Babylon, and this city will be burned down."

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאֶת־כָּל־נָשֶׁ֣יךָ וְאֶת־בָּנֶ֗יךָ מֽוֹצִאִים֙ אֶל־הַכַּשְׂדִּ֔ים וְאַתָּ֖ה לֹא־תִמָּלֵ֣ט מִיָּדָ֑ם כִּ֣י בְיַ֤ד מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶל֙ תִּתָּפֵ֔שׂ וְאֶת־הָעִ֥יר הַזֹּ֖את תִּשְׂרֹ֥ף בָּאֵֽשׁ׃ פ

Transliteration

And-ʾet-all-nāšeykā and-ʾet-bāneykā môṣîʾîm to-the-kaśdîm; and-you not-timmālēṭ from-yādām; for by-yad melek-bābel tittāpēś, and-ʾet-the-ʿîr the-zōʾt tiśrōp in-the-ʾēš.

Grammar Details

• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *nāšeykā*: feminine plural noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your wives
• *bāneykā*: masculine plural noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your sons
• *môṣîʾîm*: Hiphil participle, masculine plural - bringing out
• *kaśdîm*: proper name with article and preposition *ʾel* - to the Chaldeans
• *timmālēṭ*: Niphal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular with negative *lōʾ* - you will not escape
• *yādām*: feminine singular noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix and preposition *min* - from their hand
• *yad*: feminine singular construct with preposition *bĕ* - by the hand of
• *melek*: masculine singular construct - king of
• *bābel*: proper name - Babylon
• *tittāpēś*: Niphal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you will be caught
• *ʿîr*: feminine singular noun with article - the city
• *zōʾt*: feminine singular demonstrative - this
• *tiśrōp*: Qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - she will burn
• *ʾēš*: feminine singular noun with preposition *bĕ* - with fire

Word Meanings

• *nāšeykā*: your wives/your women
• *bāneykā*: your sons/your children
• *môṣîʾîm*: bringing out/leading out/taking out
• *kaśdîm*: Chaldeans/Babylonians
• *timmālēṭ*: escape/be delivered/save yourself
• *yādām*: their hand/their power/their control
• *yad*: hand/power/control
• *bābel*: Babylon (proper name)
• *tittāpēś*: be caught/be seized/be captured
• *ʿîr*: city/town
• *tiśrōp*: will burn/will set on fire
• *ʾēš*: fire/flame

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans: and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  So they shall bring out all your wives and your children to the Chaldeans; and you shall not escape from their hand, but shall be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon; and you shall cause this city to be burned with fire.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans: and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And they shall bring out{H3318} all thy wives{H802} and thy children{H1121} to the Chaldeans;{H3778} and thou shalt not escape out{H4422} of their hand,{H3027} but shalt be taken{H8610} by the hand{H3027} of the king{H4428} of Babylon:{H894} and thou shalt cause this city{H5892} to be burned{H8313} with fire.{H784}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  So they shall bring out{H3318}{(H8688)} all thy wives{H802} and thy children{H1121} to the Chaldeans{H3778}: and thou shalt not escape out{H4422}{(H8735)} of their hand{H3027}, but shalt be taken{H8610}{(H8735)} by the hand{H3027} of the king{H4428} of Babylon{H894}: and thou shalt cause this city{H5892} to be burned{H8313}{(H8799)} with fire{H784}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Therfore all thy wyues with their children shall fle vnto the Caldees, and thou shalt not escape their hondes, but shalt be ye kynge of Babilons presoner, & this cite shall be brent.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  So they shall bring out all thy wiues, & thy children to the Caldeans, and thou shalt not escape out of their hands, but shalt be taken by the hand of the King of Babel: and this citie shalt thou cause to be burnt with fire.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Therfore all thy wyues with thy children shall they leade foorth vnto the Chaldees, and thou shalt not escape their handes: but shalt be the kyng of Babylons prisoner, and this citie shalt thou cause to be burnt.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans: and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  They shall bring out all your wives and your children to the Chaldeans; and you shall not escape out of their hand, but shall be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and you shall cause this city to be burned with fire.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `And all thy wives, and thy sons, are brought forth unto the Chaldeans, and thou dost not escape from their hand, for by the hand of the king of Babylon thou art caught, and this city is burnt with fire.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans; and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans; and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And they will take all your wives and your children out to the Chaldaeans: and you will not get away out of their hands, but will be taken by the hands of the king of Babylon: and this town will be burned with fire.

• World English Bible (2000)

  They shall bring out all your wives and your children to the Chaldeans; and you shall not escape out of their hand, but shall be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and you shall cause this city to be burned with fire.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “All your wives and your children will be turned over to the Babylonians. You yourself will not escape from them but will be captured by the king of Babylon. This city will be burned down.”

Referenced Verses

• Jer 41:10 : 10 Ishmael took captive all the remaining people in Mizpah, including the daughters of the king and everyone left there whom Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, had put under the care of Gedaliah son of Ahikam. Ishmael led them away, intending to cross over to the Ammonites.
• Jer 38:18 : 18 But if you will not surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, this city will be given into the hands of the Babylonians, and they will burn it down; you yourself will not escape from their hands.’"
• Jer 39:6 : 6 The king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah at Riblah, before his very eyes, and also killed all the nobles of Judah.
• 2 Kgs 25:7 : 7 The sons of Zedekiah were slaughtered before his eyes, and then his eyes were blinded. They bound him with bronze shackles and took him to Babylon.
• 2 Chr 36:20-21 : 20 He exiled to Babylon the remnant who survived the sword, and they became servants to him and his sons until the kingdom of Persia came to power. 21 This happened to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken by Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed its sabbaths. All the time of its desolation it rested, to fulfill seventy years.
• Jer 27:12-13 : 12 I spoke to Zedekiah king of Judah with the same message, saying, "Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon; serve him and his people, and you will live. 13 Why should you and your people die by the sword, famine, and plague, as the LORD has spoken regarding any nation that does not serve the king of Babylon?
• Jer 52:8-9 : 8 The Chaldean army pursued King Zedekiah and overtook him in the plains of Jericho. His entire army scattered and abandoned him. 9 They seized the king and brought him to the king of Babylon at Riblah, in the land of Hamath. There, he pronounced judgment on him. 10 The king of Babylon killed Zedekiah’s sons before his eyes, and he also executed all the officials of Judah at Riblah. 11 Then he blinded Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him in bronze shackles. The king of Babylon took him to Babylon and kept him in prison until the day he died. 12 In the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month, in the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard who served the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. 13 He set fire to the house of the LORD, the royal palace, all the houses of Jerusalem, and every significant building in the city.
• Ezek 14:9 : 9 And if the prophet is deceived into giving a message, it is I, the LORD, who have deceived that prophet. I will stretch out my hand against him and destroy him from among my people Israel.
• Ezek 43:3 : 3 The vision I saw was like the vision I had seen when I came to destroy the city, and like the vision I had seen by the River Chebar. I fell on my face.