Translations
Then Johanan son of Kareah spoke privately to Gedaliah at Mizpah: 'Let me go—quietly—and put Ishmael son of Nethaniah to death. No one needs to know. Why should he be allowed to take your life and scatter everyone who has gathered around you? Why let the remnant of Judah be destroyed?'
Then Yochanan son of Kareach spoke secretly to Gedalyahu at Mitzpah, saying, 'Let me go, I pray you, and strike down Yishmael son of Netanyahu—and no one will know. Why should he take your life, so that all Yehudah who have gathered around you are scattered and the remnant of Yehudah perishes?'
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?
Then Johanan son of Kareah spoke privately to Gedaliah at Mizpah. “Let me go and kill Ishmael son of Nethaniah,” he said. “No one will know it. Why should he take your life and scatter all the people of Judah who have gathered to you, so that the remnant of Judah would perish?”