Jeremiah 39:12

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

Jeremiah 39:12 in Other Translations

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

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

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

12 "Look out for him. Make sure nothing bad happens to him. Give him anything he wants."

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

12 "Take him, and look after him. Don't harm him in any way, but do for him whatever he asks."

12 "Take him, look after him, and don't let any harm come to him; do for him whatever he says."

12 "Take him. Look after him. Don't harm him. Do for him anything he asks."

Jeremiah 39:12 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 39:12

Take him, and look well to him
Take him out of prison; take him under your immediate care; receive him kindly, and use him humanely; provide everything necessary for him, and let him not want for anything: or, "set thine eyes upon him" ^F13 look pleasantly at him, and let him be always under your view and inspection; treat him not with neglect and contempt, but see to it that nothing is wanting to him: and do him no harm;
no injury to his person by beating, imprisoning, or starving him; nor suffer any to be done to him by the common soldiers, or by his own people: but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee:
let him have whatever he asks for: this was great favour from a Heathen prince indeed, and more than he met with from his own countrymen.

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FOOTNOTES:

F13 (wyle Myv Kynyew) "et oculos tuos pone super eum", V. L. Vatablus, Pagninus, Montanus, Schmidt.

Jeremiah 39:12 In-Context

10 But Nebuzaradan the commander of the guard left behind in the land of Judah some of the poor people, who owned nothing; and at that time he gave them vineyards and fields.

11 Now Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had given these orders about Jeremiah through Nebuzaradan commander of the imperial guard:

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

13 So Nebuzaradan the commander of the guard, Nebushazban a chief officer, Nergal-Sharezer a high official and all the other officers of the king of Babylon

14 sent and had Jeremiah taken out of the courtyard of the guard. They turned him over to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, to take him back to his home. So he remained among his own people.

Cross References

• 1. S Proverbs 16:7; Jeremiah 15:20-21; 1 Peter 3:13