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.
KJV
Hebrew original
וְ/עַתָּ֕ה שְֽׁמַֽע נָ֖א אֲדֹנִ֣/י הַ/מֶּ֑לֶךְ תִּפָּל נָ֤א תְחִנָּתִ/י֙ לְ/פָנֶ֔י/ךָ וְ/אַל תְּשִׁבֵ֗/נִי בֵּ֚ית יְהוֹנָתָ֣ן הַ/סֹּפֵ֔ר וְ/לֹ֥א אָמ֖וּת שָֽׁם
Louis Segond 1910
Maintenant, écoute, je te prie, ô roi, mon seigneur, et que mes supplications soient favorablement reçues devant toi! Ne me renvoie pas dans la maison de Jonathan, le secrétaire, de peur que je n'y meure!
KJV
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.
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