1 Samuel 20:34

1 Samuel 20:34 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no meat the second day of the month: for he was grieved for David, because his father had done him shame.
• New International Version (NIV)Jonathan got up from the table in fierce anger; on that second day of the feast he did not eat, because he was grieved at his father’s shameful treatment of David.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Jonathan rose 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 disgraced him.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Jonathan left the table in fierce anger and refused to eat on that second day of the festival, for he was crushed by his father’s shameful behavior toward David.

Context of 1 Samuel 20:34

32And 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. So 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. 35And so it was, in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed with David, and a little lad was with him. 36Then he said to his lad, “Now run, find the arrows which I shoot.” As the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.

1 Samuel 20:34 word by word

וַיָּ֧קָם יְהוֹנָתָ֛ן מֵעִ֥ם הַשֻּׁלְחָ֖ן בָּחֳרִי־אָ֑ף וְלֹא־אָכַ֞ל בְּיוֹם־הַחֹ֤דֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִי֙ לֶ֔חֶם כִּ֤י נֶעְצַב֙ אֶל־דָּוִ֔ד כִּ֥י הִכְלִמ֖וֹ אָבִֽיו׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• So Jonathanיְהוֹנָתָןyehônâthân · JonathanH3083
• aroseקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
• from the tableשֻׁלְחָןshûlchân · tableH7979
• in fierceחֳרִיchŏrîy · burningH2750
• angerאַף'aph · face: angerH639
• and did eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• no meatלֶ֫חֶםlechem · foodH3899
• the secondשֵׁנִיshênîy · secondH8145
• dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of the monthחֹ֫דֶשׁchôdesh · monthH2320
• for he was grievedעָצַב‛âtsab · to hurtH6087
• for Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• because his fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
• had done him shameכָּלַםkâlam · be humiliatedH3637

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 20:34

• Ecclesiastes 7:20For there is not a just man on earth who does good And does not sin.
• Ephesians 4:26“Be angry, and do not sin”: do not let the sun go down on your wrath,
• Mark 3:5And when He had looked around at them with anger, being grieved by the hardness of their hearts, He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored as whole as the other.

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 20:34

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 34Jonathan arose - in fierce anger - We should probably understand this rather of Jonathan's grief than of his anger, the latter clause explaining the former: for he was grieved for David. He was grieved for his father - he was grieved for his friend.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 24-34Verses 24-34 None were more constant than David in attending holy duties; nor had he been absent, but self-preservation obliged him to withdraw. In great peril present opportunities for Divine ordinances may be waved. But it is bad for us, except in case of necessity, to omit any opportunity of statedly attending on them. Jonathan did wisely and well for himself and family, to secure an interest in David, yet for this he is blamed. It is good to take…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 20:34

• Anger
• Arrow
• Jealousy
• Symbols and Similitudes
• Table

In the dictionaries

• David
• Jonathan
• Artillery
• Fast
• Require
• Jesse
• Jonathan (2)
• Samuel, Books of
• dishonor, dishonored, dishonorable
• month, monthly

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