Jeremiah 40:4

And now, behold, I have loosed you today from the chains that [are] on your hand; if [it is] good in your eyes to come with me [to] Babylon, come, and I keep my eye on you: and if [it is] evil in your eyes to come with me to Babylon, refrain; see, all the land [is] before you, to where [it is] good, and to where [it is] right in your eyes to go—go.”

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come; and I will look well unto thee: but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is before thee: whither it seemeth good and convenient for thee to go, thither go.

In Context

3and YHWH brings [it] in, and does as He spoke, because you have sinned against YHWH, and have not listened to His voice, even this thing has been to you.

5And while he does not reply—“Or turn back to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has appointed over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him in the midst of the people, or wherever it is right in your eyes to go—go.” And the chief of the executioners gives a ration and gift to him, and sends him away,

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Cross References

Genesis 20:15and Abimelech says, “Behold, my land [is] before you, where it is good in your eyes, dwell”;

Esther 3:11and the king says to Haman, “The silver is given to you, and the people, to do with it as [it is] good in your eyes.”

Jeremiah 39:12“Take him, and place your eyes on him, and do no evil thing to him, but as he speaks to you, so do with him.”

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 40:2-7

The Preservation of Jeremiah; Jeremiah's Adherence to Gedaliah. ( b. c. 588.) 1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord , after that Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him being bound in chains among all that were carried away captive of Jerusalem and Judah, which were carried away captive unto Babylon. 2 And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, The Lord thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place. 3 Now the Lord hath brought it, and… Read the whole commentary →

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