Jeremiah 38:26 - The Scriptures 1998

²⁶ then you shall say to them, ‘I presented my petition before the sovereign, not to send me back to the house of Yonathan to die there.’ ”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁶ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁶ Then you shall say to them, I was presenting to the king my humble plea that he would not send me back to Jonathan's house to die there.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁶ 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.

Common English Bible

²⁶ you should say to them, ‘I was begging the king not to send me back to the house of Jonathan to die there.’”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁶ then you shall say to them: 'I presented my supplication before the king, so that he would not order me to be led back to the house of Jonathan, to die there.' "

Jeremiah 38:26 Cross References

Esther 4:8

And he gave him a copy of the written decree to destroy them, which was given at Shushan, to show it to Estĕ

Jeremiah 37:15

And the heads were wroth with Yirmeyahu, and smote him and put him in prison in the house of Yehonathan the scribe. For they had made that for a prison.

Jeremiah 37:20

“But now, please hear, O my master the sovereign. Please, let my petition be accepted before you, and do not make me return to the house of Yehonathan the scribe, lest I die there.”

Jeremiah 38:27

And all the heads came to Yirmeyahu and asked him. And he informed them according to all these words that the sovereign had commanded. And they said no more to him, for the matter was not heard.

Jeremiah 42:2

and said to Yirmeyahu the prophet, “We beg you, let our petition be acceptable to you, and pray for us to יהוה  your Elohim, for all this remnant, for we are few left of many, as your eyes see us.