KJV ORIGINAL
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.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
So please, my king, just listen to me for a second. I'm literally begging you — please don't send me back to that scribe Jonathan's house. If you do, I'm going to die in there.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Sometimes you have to be real with people in power about what will actually destroy you.
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