Jeremiah 38:26 - Compare All Versions

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Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “Don’t let anyone know of this conversation, if you know what’s good for you. If the government officials get wind that I’ve been talking with you, they may come and say, ‘Tell us what went on between you and the king, what you said and what he said. Hold nothing back and we won’t kill you.’ If this happens, tell them, ‘I presented my case to the king so that he wouldn’t send me back to the dungeon of Jonathan to die there.’”

then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan's house, to die there.

then you are to say to them, ‘I was presenting my petition before the king, not to make me return to the house of Jonathan to die there.’ ”

If they ask you, tell them, ‘I was begging the king not to send me back to Jonathan’s house to die.’ ”

then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan’s house, to die there.

then tell them, ‘I was pleading with the king not to send me back to Jonathan’s house to die there.’ ”

then you shall say to them, ‘I presented my request before the king, that he would not make me return to Jonathan’s house to die there.’ ”

then you are to say to them, ‘I was presenting my [humble] petition and plea to the king so that he would not send me back to Jonathan’s house to die there.’ ”

If this happens, just tell them you begged me not to send you back to Jonathan’s dungeon, for fear you would die there.”

then you must reply, ‘I humbly begged the king not to send me back to the prison at Jonathan’s house to die there.’ ”

then you shall say to them, ‘I made a humble plea to the king that he would not send me back to the house of Jonathan to die there.’”