1 Samuel 20:4

1 Samuel 20:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I will even do it for thee.
• New International Version (NIV)Jonathan said to David, “Whatever you want me to do, I’ll do for you.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then Jonathan said to David, "Whatever you say, I will do for you."
• New King James Version (NKJV)So Jonathan said to David, “Whatever you yourself desire, I will do it for you.”

Context of 1 Samuel 20:4

2Jonathan said to him, “No, you won’t die. Listen, my father doesn’t do anything, great or small, without telling me. So why would he hide this matter from me? This can’t be true.” 3But David said, “Your father certainly knows that I have found favor with you. He has said, ‘Jonathan must not know of this, or else he will be grieved.’” David also swore, “As surely as the Lord lives and as you yourself live, there is but a step between me and death.” Jonathan said to David, “Whatever you say, I will do for you.” 5So David told him, “Look, tomorrow is the New Moon, and I’m supposed to sit down and eat with the king. Instead, let me go, and I’ll hide in the countryside for the next two nights. 6If your father misses me at all, say, ‘David urgently requested my permission to go quickly to his hometown, Bethlehem, for an annual sacrifice there involving the whole clan.’

1 Samuel 20:4 word by word

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר יְהוֹנָתָ֖ן אֶל־דָּוִ֑ד מַה־תֹּאמַ֥ר נַפְשְׁךָ֖ וְאֶֽעֱשֶׂה־לָּֽךְ׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Jonathanיְהוֹנָתָןyehônâthân · JonathanH3083
• unto Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• Whatsoever thy soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: myselfH5315
• I will even doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 20:4

• 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