1 Samuel 20:10

1 Samuel 20:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy father answer thee roughly?
• New International Version (NIV)David asked, “Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then David said to Jonathan, "Who will tell me if your father answers you roughly?"
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then David said to Jonathan, “Who will tell me, or what if your father answers you roughly?”

Context of 1 Samuel 20:10

8Therefore show kindness to your servant, for you have brought me into a covenant with you before the LORD. If there is iniquity in me, then kill me yourself; why should you bring me to your father?” 9“Never!” Jonathan replied. “If I ever found out that my father had evil intentions against you, would I not tell you?” Then David asked Jonathan, “Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?” 11“Come,” he replied, “let us go out to the field.” So the two of them went out into the field, 12and Jonathan said, “By the LORD, the God of Israel, I will sound out my father by this time tomorrow or the next day. If he is favorable toward you, will I not send for you and tell you?

1 Samuel 20:10 word by word

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר דָּוִד֙ אֶל־יְה֣וֹנָתָ֔ן מִ֖י יַגִּ֣יד לִ֑י א֛וֹ מַה־יַּעַנְךָ֥ אָבִ֖יךָ קָשָֽׁה׃ סRead the interlinear

• Then Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• Then Davidאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• askedאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Jonathanיְהוֹנָתָןyehônâthân · JonathanH3083
• Whoמִיmîy · who?H4310
• will tellנָגַדnâgad · to tellH5046
• ifאוֹ'ô 'av · orH176
• ifמָהmâh mah mâ ma meh · what?H4100
• your fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
• answersעָנָה‛ânâh · to answerH6030
• you harshlyקָשֶׁהqâsheh · severeH7186

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 20:10

• 1 Samuel 20:30Then Saul’s anger burned against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of the mother who bore you?
• 1 Samuel 25:10But Nabal asked them, “Who is David? Who is this son of Jesse? Many servants these days are breaking away from their masters.
• Genesis 42:7And when Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he treated them as strangers and spoke harshly to them. “Where have you come from?” he asked. “From the land of Canaan,” they replied. “We are here to buy food.”
• 1 Kings 12:13And the king answered the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the elders
• Proverbs 18:23The poor man pleads for mercy, but the rich man answers harshly.

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 20:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Who shall tell me? - Who shall give me the necessary information? What means wilt thou use to convey this intelligence to me?Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-101Sa 20:1-10. David Consults with Jonathan for His Safety. 1-3. David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan--He could not remain in Naioth, for he had strong reason to fear that when the religious fit, if we may so call it, was over, Saul would relapse into his usual fell and sanguinary temper. It may be thought that David acted imprudently in directing his flight to Gibeah. But he was evidently prompted to go thither by the most…Read the comment

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Commentaries on 1 Samuel 20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary