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1 Samuel 20:10
10Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy father answer thee roughly?
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 then with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of Jehovah with thee; but if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father? 9And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee; for, if I knew with certainty that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, would I not tell it thee? Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy father answer thee roughly? 11And Jonathan said to David, Come and let us go out into the field. And they went out both of them into the field. 12And Jonathan said to David, Jehovah, God of Israel, when I sound my father about this time to-morrow, [or] the next day, and behold, there be good toward David, and I then send not to thee, and apprise thee of it,
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
Cross-references for 1 Samuel 20:10
- 1 Samuel 20:30And Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said to him, Son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own shame and to the shame of thy mother's nakedness?
- 1 Samuel 25:10And Nabal answered David's servants and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there are many servants now-a-days that break away every man from his master.
- Genesis 42:7And Joseph saw his brethren, and knew them; but he made himself strange to them, and spoke roughly to them, and said to them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan, to buy food.
- 1 Kings 12:13And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the advice of the old men which they had given him;
- Proverbs 18:23He that is poor speaketh with supplications, but the rich answereth 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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