Jeremiah 37:20 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

²⁰ So now please listen, my lord the king. May my petition come before you.  Don’t send me back to the house of Jonathan the scribe, or I will die there.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ Therefore hear now, I pray you, O my lord the king. Let my supplication, I pray you, come before you and be acceptable, that you do not cause me to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ And now hear, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be presented before thee, that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.

Common English Bible

²⁰ Now, my master and king, I beg you, don’t send me back to the house of Jonathan the scribe, or I’ll die there.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ Then king Zedekiah instructed that Jeremiah be confined to the vestibule of the prison, and that they should give him a twist of bread daily, along with stew, until all the bread in the city had been consumed. And Jeremiah remained at the entrance of the prison.

Jeremiah 37:20 Cross References

Jeremiah 26:15

But know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood  on yourselves, on this city, and on its residents, for it is certain that the Lord has sent me to speak all these things directly to you.’

Jeremiah 36:7

Perhaps their petition will come before the Lord,  and each one will turn from his evil way, for the anger and fury that the Lord has pronounced against this people are intense.’

Jeremiah 38:26

If they do, tell them, “I was bringing before the king my petition that he not return me to the house of Jonathan to die there.” ’

Jeremiah 38:28

Jeremiah remained in the guard’s courtyard until the day Jerusalem was captured, and he was there when it happened.

Jeremiah 42:2

the prophet Jeremiah and said, ‘May our petition come before you;  pray to the Lord your God on our behalf,  on behalf of this entire remnant (for few of us remain out of the many,  as you can see with your own eyes),