NASB
"then you are to say to them, 'I was presenting my petition before the king, not to make me return to the house of Jonathan to die there.'""
— Jeremiah 38:26, NASB
“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.”
“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. ”
“then 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.”
“If they do this, tell them,‘I was pleading with the king not to send me back to die in the dungeon of Jonathan’s house.’””
“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.”
“Then you are to say to them, I made my request to the king, that he would not send me back to my death in Jonathan's house.”
“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.”
'They will also bring out all your wives and your sons to the Chaldeans, and you yourself will not escape from their hand, but will be seized by the hand of the king of Babylon, and this city will be burned with fire.'"
Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, "Let no man know about these words and you will not die.
"But if the officials hear that I have talked with you and come to you and say to you, 'Tell us now what you said to the king and what the king said to you; do not hide it from us and we will not put you to death,'
then you are to say to them, 'I was presenting my petition before the king, not to make me return to the house of Jonathan to die there.'"
Then all the officials came to Jeremiah and questioned him. So he reported to them in accordance with all these words which the king had commanded; and they ceased speaking with him, since the conversation had not been overheard.
So Jeremiah stayed in the court of the guardhouse until the day that Jerusalem was captured.