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.'


In Context

23 'And all thy wives, and thy sons, are brought forth unto the Chaldeans, and thou dost not escape from their hand, for by the hand of the king of Babylon thou art caught, and this city is burnt with fire.'

24 And Zedekiah saith unto Jeremiah, 'Let no man know of these words, and thou dost not die;

25 and when the heads hear that I have spoken with thee, and they have come in unto thee, and have said unto thee, Declare to us, we pray thee, what thou didst speak unto the king, do not hide it from us, and we do not put thee to death, and what the king spake unto thee,

26 then 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.'

27 And all the heads come in unto Jeremiah, and ask him, and he declareth to them according to all these words that the king commanded, and they keep silent from him, for the matter was not heard;

28 and Jeremiah dwelleth in the court of the prison till the day that Jerusalem hath been captured, and he was there when Jerusalem was captured.

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

38:26Thou 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.

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 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.