26Thou shalt say to them: I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not command me to be carried back into the house of Jonathan, to die there.


In Context

23 And all thy wives, and thy children shall be brought out to the Chaldeans, and thou shalt not escape their hands, but thou shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and he shall burn this city with fire.

24 Then Sedecias said to Jeremias: Let no man know these words, and thou shalt not die.

25 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:

26 Thou shalt say to them: I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not command me to be carried back into the house of Jonathan, to die there.

27 So all the princes came to Jeremias, and asked him: and he spoke to them according to all the words that the king had commanded him: and they left him: for nothing had been heard.

28 But Jeremias remained in the entry of the prison, until the day that Jerusalem was taken: and it came to pass that Jerusalem was taken.

Jeremiah 38:26 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

38:26Then 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

38:26then tell them, 'I was pleading with the king not to send me back to Jonathan's house to die there.' "

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

38:26then 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

38:26then 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

38:26then 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

38:26Then thou shalt say to them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan's house, to die there.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

38:26then you shall tell them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan's house, to die there.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

38:26then thou hast said unto them, I am causing my supplication to fall before the king, not to cause me to return to the house of Jonathan, to die there.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

38:26Then you shall say to them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan's house, to die there.