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Jeremiah 39:12

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39:12“Find Jeremiah20 and look out for him.21 Do not do anything to harm him,22 but do with him whatever he tells you.”

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  1. 20 Heb “Get [or fetch] him.” The referent is supplied for clarity.
  2. 21 Or “take care of him”; Heb “set your eyes on him.” For the meaning of this idiom see 963 שִׂים 2.c and compare 24:6 where the phrase “for good” is added.
  3. 22 Heb “Don’t do anything evil [= harmful] to him.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“Take him, look after him well, and do him no harm, but deal with him as he tells you.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Take him and look after him; don’t harm him but do for him whatever he asks.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“Take him and look after him. Don’t do him any harm, but do for him whatever he says.”

NLTNew Living Translation

“See that he isn’t hurt,” he said. “Look after him well, and give him anything he wants.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“Take him and set your eyes on him. And you must not do something bad to him, but only that which he speaks to you, so do with him.”

KJV 1900King James Version

Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee.