New Revised Standard Version
Then the woman said, “Please let your servant speak a word to my lord the king.” He said, “Speak.”

Contemporary English Version
Then she asked, "Your Majesty, may I say something?" "Yes," he answered.

New American Bible
But the woman continued, “Please let your servant say still another word to my lord the king.” He replied, “Speak.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
The woman said: Let thy hand maid speak one word to my lord the king. And he said: Speak.

The woman said: Let thy hand maid speak one word to my lord the king. And he said: Speak.

Let thine

1 Samuel 25:24 And she fell at his feet, and said: Upon me let this iniquity be, my lord: let thy handmaid speak, I beseech thee, in thy ears, and hear the words of thy servant.

speak one word

Genesis 18:27,32 And Abraham answered, and said: Seeing I have once begun, I will speak to my Lord, whereas I am dust and ashes. . . .

Genesis 44:18 Then Juda coming nearer, said boldly: I beseech thee, my lord, let thy servant speak a word in thy ears, and be not angry with thy servant: for after Pharao thou art.

Jeremiah 12:1 Thou indeed, O Lord, art just, if I plead with thee, but yet I will speak what is just to thee: Why doth the way of the wicked prosper: why is it well with all them that transgress, and do wickedly?

Say on

Acts 26:1 Then Agrippa said to Paul: Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul, stretching forth his hand, began to make his answer.