Parallel Strong's Berean Study Biblethen tell them, ‘I was presenting to the king my petition that he not return me to the house of Jonathan to die there.’ ” Young's Literal Translation 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.’ King James Bible 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. Hebrew then tell them,וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ (wə·’ā·mar·tā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say ‘I אֲנִ֥י (’ă·nî) Pronoun - first person common singular Strong's 589: I was presenting מַפִּיל־ (map·pîl-) Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 5307: To fall, lie to לִפְנֵ֣י (lip̄·nê) Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct Strong's 6440: The face the king הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4428: A king my petition תְחִנָּתִ֖י (ṯə·ḥin·nā·ṯî) Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 8467: Favor, supplication for favor that he not לְבִלְתִּ֧י (lə·ḇil·tî) Preposition-l Strong's 1115: A failure of, not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until return הֲשִׁיבֵ֛נִי (hă·šî·ḇê·nî) Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | first person common singular Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again me to the house בֵּ֥ית (bêṯ) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1004: A house of Jonathan יְהוֹנָתָ֖ן (yə·hō·w·nā·ṯān) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3083: Jonathan -- 'the LORD has given', the name of a number of Israelites to die לָמ֥וּת (lā·mūṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 4191: To die, to kill there.’” שָֽׁם׃ (šām) Adverb Strong's 8033: There, then, thither |