Christian Standard Bible
1 Samuel 20:10
10So David asked Jonathan, “Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?”
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
8Deal kindly with your servant, for you have brought me into a covenant with you before the Lord. If I have done anything wrong, then kill me yourself; why take me to your father?” 9“No!” Jonathan responded. “If I ever find out my father has evil intentions against you, wouldn’t I tell you about it?” So David asked Jonathan, “Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?” 11He answered David, “Come on, let’s go out to the countryside.” So both of them went out to the countryside. 12“By the Lord, the God of Israel, I will sound out my father by this time tomorrow or the next day. If I find out that he is favorable toward you, will I not send for you and tell you?
Read all of 1 Samuel 201 Samuel 20:10 word by word
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר דָּוִד֙ אֶל־יְה֣וֹנָתָ֔ן מִ֖י יַגִּ֣יד לִ֑י א֛וֹ מַה־יַּעַנְךָ֥ אָבִ֖יךָ קָשָֽׁה׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for 1 Samuel 20:10
- 1 Samuel 20:30Then Saul became angry with Jonathan and shouted, “You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Don’t I know that you are siding with Jesse’s son to your own shame and to the disgrace of your mother?
- 1 Samuel 25:10Nabal asked them, “Who is David? Who is Jesse’s son? Many slaves these days are running away from their masters.
- Genesis 42:7When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he treated them like strangers and spoke harshly to them. “Where do you come from?” he asked. “From the land of Canaan to buy food,” they replied.
- 1 Kings 12:13Then the king answered the people harshly. He rejected the advice the elders had given him
- Proverbs 18:23The poor person pleads, but the rich one answers roughly.
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
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