Jeremiah 32:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

And Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape from the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him face to face, and his eyes shall see his eyes;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְצִדְקִיָּ֙הוּ֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֔ה לֹ֥א יִמָּלֵ֖ט מִיַּ֣ד הַכַּשְׂדִּ֑ים כִּ֣י הִנָּתֹ֤ן יִנָּתֵן֙ בְּיַ֣ד מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֔ל וְדִבֶּר־פִּ֣יו עִם־פִּ֔יו וְעֵינָ֖יו אֶת־עֵינָ֥יו תִּרְאֶֽינָה׃

Transliteration

And ṣidqîyāhû meleḵ yĕhûdāh not yimmālēṭ from yad the kaśdîm because being given yinnātēn in yad meleḵ-bābel and will speak pîw with pîw and 'ênāw 'et 'ênāw tir'eynāh.

Grammar Details

• *ṣidqîyāhû*: proper noun, masculine - Zedekiah
• *meleḵ*: noun, masculine, singular construct - king of
• *yĕhûdāh*: proper noun - Judah
• *yimmālēṭ*: verb, niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - will escape
• *yad*: noun, feminine, singular construct - hand of
• *kaśdîm*: proper noun, masculine plural - Chaldeans
• *hinnātōn yinnātēn*: verb, niphal infinitive absolute + niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - surely be given [emphatic construction]
• *bābel*: proper noun - Babylon
• *pîw*: noun, masculine, singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his mouth
• *'ênāw*: noun, feminine, dual with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his eyes
• *tir'eynāh*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd feminine plural - they will see

Word Meanings

• *yimmālēṭ*: will escape/will be delivered/will save himself
• *kaśdîm*: Chaldeans/Babylonians
• *hinnātōn yinnātēn*: surely be given/certainly be delivered [emphatic construction]
• *pîw 'im-pîw*: his mouth with his mouth [idiom for direct speech]
• *'ênāw 'et-'ênāw tir'eynāh*: his eyes will see his eyes [idiom for face-to-face meeting]

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Zedekiah, king of Judah, will not escape from the hands of the Chaldeans. He will certainly be handed over to the king of Babylon; they will speak face to face and see each other directly.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall behold his eyes;

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  and Zedekiah{H6667} king{H4428} of Judah{H3063} shall not escape{H4422} out of the hand{H3027} of the Chaldeans,{H3778} but shall surely{H5414} be delivered{H5414} into the hand{H3027} of the king{H4428} of Babylon,{H894} and shall speak{H1696} with him mouth{H6310} to mouth,{H6310} and his eyes{H5869} shall behold{H7200} his eyes;{H5869}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And Zedekiah{H6667} king{H4428} of Judah{H3063} shall not escape{H4422}{(H8735)} out of the hand{H3027} of the Chaldeans{H3778}, but shall surely{H5414}{(H8736)} be delivered{H5414}{(H8735)} into the hand{H3027} of the king{H4428} of Babylon{H894}, and shall speak{H1696}{(H8765)} with him mouth{H6310} to mouth{H6310}, and his eyes{H5869} shall behold{H7200}{(H8799)} his eyes{H5869};

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  As for Sedechias the kinge of Iuda, he shal not be able to escape the Caldees, but surely he shall come in to the hondes of the kinge of Babilon: which shall speake with him mouth to mouth, and one of them shall loke another in the face.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And Zedekiah the King of Iudah shall not escape out of the hande of the Caldeans, but shall surely be deliuered into the handes of the King of Babel, and shal speake with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall beholde his face,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  As for Zedekias the kyng of Iuda, he shall not be able to escape the Chaldees: but surely he shall come into the handes of the king of Babylon, whiche shall speake with him mouth to mouth, and one of them shall looke another in the face.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall behold his eyes;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  and Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall see his eyes;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Zedekiah king of Judah doth not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but is certainly given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and his mouth hath spoken with his mouth, and his eyes see his eyes,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall behold his eyes;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall behold his eyes;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And Zedekiah, king of Judah, will not get away from the hands of the Chaldaeans, but will certainly be given up into the hands of the king of Babylon, and will have talk with him, mouth to mouth, and see him, eye to eye.

• World English Bible (2000)

  and Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall see his eyes;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  King Zedekiah of Judah will not escape from the Babylonians. He will certainly be handed over to the king of Babylon. He must answer personally to the king of Babylon and confront him face to face.

Referenced Verses

• Jer 38:18 : 18 But if you will not go forth to the king of Babylon's princes, then this city shall be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and you shall not escape out of their hand.
• Jer 38:23 : 23 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.
• Jer 39:4-7 : 4 And it happened that when Zedekiah, the king of Judah, saw them and all the men of war, they fled and went out of the city by night, by the way of the king’s garden, by the gate between the two walls; and he went out the way of the plain. 5 But the Chaldeans' army pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gave judgment upon him. 6 Then the king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes; also the king of Babylon killed all the nobles of Judah. 7 Moreover, he blinded Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him with chains to carry him to Babylon.
• 2 Kgs 25:4-7 : 4 And the city was broken into, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king's garden: (now the Chaldeans were against the city all around:) and the king went the way toward the plain. 5 And the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army scattered from him. 6 So they took the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah; and they pronounced judgment on him. 7 And they killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.
• Jer 37:17 : 17 Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out; and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, 'Is there any word from the LORD?' And Jeremiah said, 'There is, for, said he, you shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.'
• Jer 52:8-9 : 8 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him. 9 Then they captured the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment upon him. 10 And the king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes; he also killed all the princes of Judah in Riblah. 11 Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and the king of Babylon bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison until the day of his death.
• Ezek 12:12-13 : 12 And the prince who is among them shall bear upon his shoulder in the twilight, and shall go forth: they shall dig through the wall to carry out through it: he shall cover his face, that he may not see the ground with his eyes. 13 My net also I will spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare: and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet he shall not see it, though he shall die there.
• Ezek 17:13-21 : 13 And has taken of the king's seed and made a covenant with him, and has taken an oath from him: he has also taken the mighty of the land: 14 That the kingdom might be lowly, that it might not lift itself up, but by keeping his covenant it might stand. 15 But he rebelled against him by sending his ambassadors to Egypt, that they might give him horses and many people. Shall he prosper? Shall he escape who does such things? Or shall he break the covenant and be delivered? 16 As I live, says the Lord GOD, surely in the place where the king dwells who made him king, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die. 17 Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company help him in the war, by casting up mounds and building forts to cut off many persons: 18 Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand and has done all these things, he shall not escape. 19 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; As I live, surely my oath that he has despised and my covenant that he has broken, I will recompense on his own head. 20 And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will contend with him there for his trespass which he has trespassed against me. 21 And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the sword, and those who remain shall be scattered toward all winds: and you shall know that I the LORD have spoken it.
• Ezek 21:25-26 : 25 And you, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end, 26 Thus says the Lord GOD; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high.