Then the woman said, “Please let your servant speak a word to my lord the king.” He said, “Say on.”
Parallel translations
- KJV Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak one word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on.
- BSB Then the woman said, “Please, may your servant speak a word to my lord the king?” “Speak,” he replied.
- NKJV Therefore the woman said, “Please, let your maidservant speak another word to my lord the king.” And he said, “Say on.”
- NASB Then the woman said, “Please let your servant speak a word to my lord the king.” And he said, “Speak.”
- NLT “Please allow me to ask one more thing of my lord the king,” she said. “Go ahead and speak,” he responded.
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Cross-references · 6
- Gen 18:32He said, “Oh don’t let the Lord be angry, and I will speak just once more. What if ten are found there?” He said, “I will not destroy it for the ten’s sake.”
- 1 Sam 25:24She fell at his feet, and said, “On me, my lord, on me be the blame! Please let your servant speak in your ears. Hear the words of your servant.
- Jer 12:1You are righteous, Yahweh, when I contend with you; yet I would reason the cause with you: why does the way of the wicked prosper? why are all they at ease who deal very treacherously?
- Acts 26:1Agrippa said to Paul, “You may speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand, and made his defense.
- Gen 44:18Then Judah came near to him, and said, “Oh, my lord, please let your servant speak a word in my lord’s ears, and don’t let your anger burn against your servant; for you are even as Pharaoh.
- Gen 18:27Abraham answered, “See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord, although I am dust and ashes.
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