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1 Samuel 20:10

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8 Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the LORD with thee: notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?

9 And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee?

Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy father answer thee roughly?

11 And Jonathan said unto David, Come, and let us go out into the field. And they went out both of them into the field.

12 And Jonathan said unto David, O LORD God of Israel, when I have sounded my father about to morrow any time, or the third day, and, behold, if there be good toward David, and I then send not unto thee, and shew it thee;

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Then David asked Jonathan, “Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?”
KJV
Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy father answer thee roughly?
WEB
Then David said to Jonathan, “Who will tell me if your father answers you roughly?”
ASV
Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me if perchance thy father answer thee roughly?
DARBY
Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy father answer thee roughly?
BLB
And David said to Jonathan, “Who will tell me? Or what [if] your father answers you roughly?”
ÅB
Da sa David til Jonatan: Hvem skal varsle meg om det eller si meg om din far svarer deg ublidt?
OTB
Da spurte David Jonatan: "Hvordan skal jeg vite om din far svarer deg hardt?"
B1930
Da sa David til Jonatan: Hvem skal varsle mig om det eller si mig om din far svarer dig ublidt?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Samuel 20:30–34

    Then Saul’s anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother’s nakedness?

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  • Proverbs 18:23

    The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.

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  • Genesis 42:30

    The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.

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  • 1 Kings 12:13

    And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men’s counsel that they gave him;

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  • 1 Samuel 25:17

    Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he is such a son of Belial, that a man cannot speak to him.

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  • 1 Samuel 25:14

    But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed on them.

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  • 1 Samuel 25:10

    And Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master.

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  • Genesis 42:7

    And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.

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