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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 38:16 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 38:16 |
Strong Concordance |
So Zedekiah [06667] the king [04428] sware [07650] secretly [05643] unto Jeremiah [03414], saying [0559], As the LORD [03068] liveth [02416], that made [06213] us this soul [05315], I will not put thee to death [04191], neither will I give [05414] thee into the hand [03027] of these men [0582] that seek [01245] thy life [05315]. |
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King James |
So Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, As the LORD liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| Lord . . . made us this soul-- (Isa 57:16). Implying, "may my life (soul) be forfeited if I deceive thee" [CALVIN]. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| That made us this soul - This very unusual addition to the formula of an oath Sa1 20:3 was intended to strengthen it. By acknowledging that his soul was God's workmanship Zedekiah also implied his belief in God's power over it. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| As the Lord liveth, that made us this soul - He is the living God, and he is the Author of that life which each of us possesses; and as sure as he lives, and we live by him, I will not put thee to death, nor give thee into the hands of those men who seek thy life. A very solemn oath; and the first instance on record of the profane custom of swearing by the soul. |
16 For I will not contend [07378] for ever [05769], neither will I be always [05331] wroth [07107]: for the spirit [07307] should fail [05848] before [06440] me, and the souls [05397] which I have made [06213].
3 And David [01732] sware [07650] moreover, and said [0559], Thy father [01] certainly [03045] knoweth [03045] that I have found [04672] grace [02580] in thine eyes [05869]; and he saith [0559], Let not Jonathan [03083] know [03045] this, lest he be grieved [06087]: but truly [0199] as the LORD [03068] liveth [02416], and as thy soul [05315] liveth [02416], there is but a step [06587] between me and death [04194].