Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

and speaketh with him good things and putteth his throne above the throne of the kings who are with him in Babylon,

New American Standard Bible

and he spoke kindly to him and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon.

King James Version

And he spake kindly to 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 over the thrones of the kings who were with him in Babylon.

International Standard Version

He spoke kindly to him and elevated his position above the thrones of the kings with him in Babylon.

A Conservative Version

And he spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that 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

and he spoke kindly to him and set his throne above the throne of the [other] kings [of captive peoples] who were with him in Babylon.

Bible in Basic English

And 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 to 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 above the throne of the kings which were with him in Babel.

King James 2000

And he spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon;

Lexham Expanded Bible

He spoke {kindly} to him, and he gave him a better seat than the seat of the kings who [were] with him in Babylon.

Modern King James verseion

And he 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 kindly to him and set his seat above the seat of all the kings that were with him at 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 he spake with him kind words, - and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon;

Webster

And he 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,

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Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And he spake
דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1142

to him, and set
נתן 
Nathan 
Usage: 2011

כּסּה כּסּא 
Kicce' 
Usage: 135

כּסּה כּסּא 
Kicce' 
Usage: 135

of the kings
מלך 
melek 
Usage: 2521

References

Context Readings

Elderly Jehoiachin Cared For In Babylon

27 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 seventh of the month hath Evil-Merodach king of Babylon lifted up, in the year of his reigning, the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, out of the house of restraint, 28 and speaketh with him good things and putteth his throne above the throne of the kings who are with him in Babylon, 29 and hath changed the garments of his restraint, and he hath eaten bread continually before him all days of his life,

Cross References

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:

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;

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