Jeremiah 39:12
Good News Translation
"Go and find Jeremiah and take good care of him. Do not harm him, but do for him whatever he wants."

New Revised Standard Version
“Take him, look after him well and do him no harm, but deal with him as he may ask you.”

Contemporary English Version
"Find Jeremiah and keep him safe. Take good care of him and do whatever he asks."

New American Bible
“Take him and look after him; do not let anything happen to him. Whatever he may ask, you must do for him.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
Take him, and set thy eyes upon him, and do him no harm: but as he hath a mind, so do with him.

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Take him, and set thy eyes upon him, and do him no harm: but as he hath a mind, so do with him.

look well to him.

Jeremiah 24:6 And I will set my eyes upon them to be pacified, and I will bring them again into this land: and I will build them up, and not pull them down: and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.

Jeremiah 40:4 Now then behold I have loosed thee this day from the chains which were upon thy hands: if it please thee to come with me to Babylon, come: and I will set my eyes upon thee: but if it do not please thee to come with me to Babylon, stay here: behold all the land is before thee, as thou shalt choose, and whither it shall please thee to go, thither go.

Proverbs 23:5 Lift not up thy eyes to riches which thou canst not have: because they shall make themselves wings like those of an eagle, and shall fly towards heaven.

Amos 9:4 And though they be hid in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them away from thence: and though they hide themselves from my eyes in the depth of the sea, there will I command the serpent and he shall bite them.

1 Peter 3:12 Because the eyes of the Lord are upon the just, and his ears unto their prayers but the countenance of the Lord upon them that do evil things.

do him.

Psalm 105:14,15 He suffered no man to hurt them: and he reproved kings for their sakes. . . .

Proverbs 16:7 When the ways of man shall please the Lord, he will convert even his enemies to peace.

Proverbs 21:1 As the divisions of waters, so the heart of the king is in the hand of the Lord: whithersoever he will, he shall turn it.

Acts 7:10 And delivered him out of all his tribulations: and he gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharao, the king of Egypt. And he appointed him governor over Egypt and over all his house.

1 Peter 3:13 And who is he that can hurt you, if you be zealous of good?

Context
Jeremiah Delivered
11Now Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon had given charge to Nabuzardan the general concerning Jeremiah, saying: 12Take him, and set thy eyes upon him, and do him no harm: but as he hath a mind, so do with him.13Therefore Nabuzardan the general sent, and Nabuzardan, and Rabsares, and Neregel, and Sereser, and Rebmag, and all the nobles of the king of Babylon,…
Cross References
1 Peter 3:13
And who is he that can hurt you, if you be zealous of good?

Psalm 105:14
He suffered no man to hurt them: and he reproved kings for their sakes.

Psalm 105:15
Touch ye not my anointed: and do no evil to my prophets.

Proverbs 16:7
When the ways of man shall please the Lord, he will convert even his enemies to peace.

Proverbs 21:1
As the divisions of waters, so the heart of the king is in the hand of the Lord: whithersoever he will, he shall turn it.

Jeremiah 15:21
And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the mighty.

Jeremiah 39:13
Therefore Nabuzardan the general sent, and Nabuzardan, and Rabsares, and Neregel, and Sereser, and Rebmag, and all the nobles of the king of Babylon,

Jeremiah 40:4
Now then behold I have loosed thee this day from the chains which were upon thy hands: if it please thee to come with me to Babylon, come: and I will set my eyes upon thee: but if it do not please thee to come with me to Babylon, stay here: behold all the land is before thee, as thou shalt choose, and whither it shall please thee to go, thither go.

Jeremiah 39:11
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