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Jeremiah 38:26

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.

KJV

dices ad eos : Prostravi ego preces meas coram rege, ne me reduci juberet in domum Jonathan, et ibi morerer.

Vulgate

διὰ τοῦτο ἐξηγέρθην καὶ ἴδον, καὶ ὁ ὕπνος μου ἡδύς μοι ἐγενήθη.

LXX

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.

ASV

וְ/אָמַרְתָּ֣ אֲלֵי/הֶ֔ם מַפִּיל אֲנִ֥י תְחִנָּתִ֖/י לִ/פְנֵ֣י הַ/מֶּ֑לֶךְ לְ/בִלְתִּ֧י הֲשִׁיבֵ֛/נִי בֵּ֥ית יְהוֹנָתָ֖ן לָ/מ֥וּת שָֽׁם

Hebrew

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In this verse

People Jonathan

In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲנִ֥י
'ny
pronoun · 862×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
בִלְתִּ֖י
blty
preposition · 112×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
ה
h
adverb · 827×
הוּ
hv
verb · 834×
י
y
noun · 25×
יְה֣וֹנָתָ֔ן
yhvntn
proper_noun · 80×
יִּפֹּ֥ל
ypl
verb · 434×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Acts 16:24 — Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.
  • Esth 7:3 — Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:
  • Jer 37:15 — Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.
  • Jer 37:15 — Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.
  • Jer 37:20 — Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.