• Jeremiah 40:15
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures

    • 15 Then Jo·haʹnan the son of Ka·reʹah secretly told Ged·a·liʹah in Mizʹpah: “I want to go and strike down Ishʹma·el the son of Neth·a·niʹah, and no one will know. Why should he kill you,* and why should all the people of Judah who have gathered to you be scattered and the remnant of Judah perish?”

  • Jeremiah 40:15
    The Bible in Living English

    • 15 And Johanan the son of Kareah said privately to Gedaliah at Mispah “Let me go and kill Ishmaʽel the son of Nethaniah, and nobody will know about it; why should he assassinate you and all Judah be scattered, that have gathered to you, and the remnant of Judah perish?”

  • Jeremiah 40:15
    American Standard Version

    • 15 Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: wherefore should he take thy life, that all the Jews that are gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the remnant of Judah perish?

  • Jeremiah 40:15
    The Emphasized Bible

    • 15 Then Johanan son of Kareah spake unto Gedaliah secretly in Mizpah saying,—Let me go, I pray thee, and smite Ishmael son of Nethaniah, and not a man shall know it,—wherefore should he smite thee to death and all Judah who have gathered themselves unto thee be dispersed, and the remnant of Judah perish?

  • Jeremiah 40:15
    King James Version

    • 15 Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: wherefore should he slay thee, that all the Jews which are gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the remnant in Judah perish?