Then the king answered the woman, “Do not withhold from me anything I ask you.” The woman said, “Let my lord the king speak.”
Jeremiah 38:25 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 If the officials should hear that I have spoken with you and come and say to you, ‘Just tell us what you said to the king; do not conceal it from us, or we will put you to death. What did the king say to you?’ More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But if the princes hear that I have talked with thee, and they come unto thee, and say unto thee, Declare unto us now what thou hast said unto the king, hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to death; also what the king said unto thee: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But if the princes hear that I have talked with you, and they come to you and say, Tell us what you said to the king and what he said to you; hide it not from us and we will not put you to death, American Standard Version (1901) But if the princes hear that I have talked with thee, and they come unto thee, and say unto thee, Declare unto us now what thou hast said unto the king; hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to death; also what the king said unto thee: Common English Bible If the officials find out that we met, and they come and say to you, ‘Tell us what you said to the king. Don’t hide anything from us; otherwise, we’ll kill you. So what did the king say to you?’ Catholic Public Domain Version But if the leaders hear that I have spoken with you, and if they come to you, and say to you: 'Tell us what you said to the king. Do not conceal it from us, and we will not put you to death. And tell us what the king said to you,' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But if the princes shall hear that I have spoken with thee, and shall come to thee and say to thee: Tell us what thou hast said to the king. Hide it not from us, and we will not kill thee. And also what the king said to thee: |
Then the king answered the woman, “Do not withhold from me anything I ask you.” The woman said, “Let my lord the king speak.”
Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “Do not let anyone else know of this conversation, or you will die.
All the officials did come to Jeremiah and questioned him, and he answered them in the very words the king had commanded. So they stopped questioning him, for the conversation had not been overheard.