Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
and speaketh with him good things, and setteth his throne above the throne of the kings who are with him in Babylon,
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And spake kindly unto him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon,
Holman Bible
He spoke kindly to him and set his throne above the thrones of the kings who were with him in Babylon.
International Standard Version
He spoke kindly to him and gave him a seat above the seats of the other kings who were in Babylon with him.
A Conservative Version
And he spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon,
American Standard Version
and he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon,
Amplified
He spoke kindly to him and gave him a throne above the thrones of the kings who were [captives] with him in Babylon.
Bible in Basic English
And he said kind words to him and put his seat higher than the seats of the other kings who were with him in Babylon.
Darby Translation
and he spoke kindly unto him, and set his seat above the seat of the kings that were with him in Babylon.
Julia Smith Translation
And he will speak with him good things, and he will give his throne from above to the throne of the kings which were with him in Babel,
King James 2000
And spoke kindly unto him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon,
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then he spoke with him kindly and gave his seat above the seats of the kings who [were] with him in Babylon.
Modern King James verseion
and spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and spake lovingly to him. And set his throne above the thrones of the other kings that were with him in Babylon.
NET Bible
He spoke kindly to him and gave him a more prestigious position than the other kings who were with him in Babylon.
New Heart English Bible
and he spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon,
The Emphasized Bible
and spake with him comfortable words, - and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon;
Webster
And spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon,
World English Bible
and he spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon,
Themes
Evil-merodach » Released jehoiachin from prison
Interlinear
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Nathan
References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 52:32
Verse Info
Context Readings
An Allowance For Jehoiachin
31 And it cometh to pass, in the thirty and seventh year of the removal of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the twenty and fifth of the month, hath Evil-Merodach king of Babylon lifted up, in the year of his reign, the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and bringeth him out from the house of restraint, 32 and speaketh with him good things, and setteth his throne above the throne of the kings who are with him in Babylon, 33 and he hath changed his prison garments, and he hath eaten bread before him continually, all the days of his life.
Cross References
Proverbs 12:25
Sorrow in the heart of a man boweth down, And a good word maketh him glad.
Jeremiah 27:6-11
And now, I -- I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, My servant, and also the beast of the field I have given to him to serve him;
Daniel 2:37
'Thou, O king, art a king of kings, for the God of the heavens a kingdom, strength, and might, and glory, hath given to thee;
Daniel 5:18-19
thou, O king, God Most High, a kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and honour, gave to Nebuchadnezzar thy father: