New King James Version
1 Samuel 20:32
32And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said to him, “Why should he be killed? What has he done?”
1 Samuel 20:32 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he done?
- New International Version (NIV)“Why should he be put to death? What has he done?” Jonathan asked his father.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Then Jonathan answered Saul his father, "Why should he be put to death? What has he done?"
- New Living Translation (NLT)“But why should he be put to death?” Jonathan asked his father. “What has he done?”
Context of 1 Samuel 20:32
30Then Saul’s anger was aroused against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse, rebellious woman! Do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of your mother’s nakedness? 31For as long as the son of Jesse lives on the earth, you shall not be established, nor your kingdom. Now therefore, send and bring him to me, for he shall surely die.” And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said to him, “Why should he be killed? What has he done?” 33Then Saul cast a spear at him to kill him, by which Jonathan knew that it was determined by his father to kill David. 34So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and ate no food the second day of the month, for he was grieved for David, because his father had treated him shamefully.
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וַיַּ֙עַן֙ יְה֣וֹנָתָ֔ן אֶת־שָׁא֖וּל אָבִ֑יו וַיֹּ֧אמֶר אֵלָ֛יו לָ֥מָּה יוּמַ֖ת מֶ֥ה עָשָֽׂה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 1 Samuel 20:32
- 1 Samuel 19:5For he took his life in his hands and killed the Philistine, and the Lord brought about a great deliverance for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced. Why then will you sin against innocent blood, to kill David without a cause?”
- Proverbs 24:11Deliver those who are drawn toward death, And hold back those stumbling to the slaughter.
- Proverbs 31:8Open your mouth for the speechless, In the cause of all who are appointed to die.
- John 7:51“Does our law judge a man before it hears him and knows what he is doing?”
- Matthew 27:23Then the governor said, “Why, what evil has He done?” But they cried out all the more, saying, “Let Him be crucified!”
- Luke 23:22Then he said to them the third time, “Why, what evil has He done? I have found no reason for death in Him. I will therefore chastise Him and let Him go.”
- 1 Samuel 18:11And Saul cast the spear, for he said, “I will pin David to the wall!” But David escaped his presence twice.
- 1 Samuel 19:10Then Saul sought to pin David to the wall with the spear, but he slipped away from Saul’s presence; and he drove the spear into the wall. So David fled and escaped that night.
- Proverbs 22:24Make no friendship with an angry man, And with a furious man do not go,
- Ecclesiastes 9:3This is an evil in all that is done under the sun: that one thing happens to all. Truly the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil; madness is in their hearts while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
- Jeremiah 17:9“The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it?
- 1 Samuel 20:7If he says thus: ‘It is well,’ your servant will be safe. But if he is very angry, be sure that evil is determined by him.
- Ecclesiastes 7:9Do not hasten in your spirit to be angry, For anger rests in the bosom of fools.
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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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