1 Samuel 20:10

Then David asked Jonathan, “Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?”

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy father answer thee roughly?

In Context

9“Never!” Jonathan replied. “If I ever found out that my father had evil intentions against you, would I not tell you?”

11“Come,” he replied, “let us go out to the field.” So the two of them went out into the field,

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Cross References

Genesis 42:30“The man who is lord of the land spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying on the country.

1 Samuel 25:10But Nabal asked them, “Who is David? Who is this son of Jesse? Many servants these days are breaking away from their masters.

1 Samuel 25:17Now consider carefully what you must do, because disaster looms over our master and all his household. For he is such a scoundrel that nobody can speak to him!”

Proverbs 18:23The poor man pleads for mercy, but the rich man answers harshly.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 20:10-24

Jonathan's Covenant with David. ( b. c. 1058.) 9 And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee? 10 Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy father answer thee roughly? 11 And Jonathan said unto David, Come, and let us go out into the field. And they went out both of them into the field. 12 And Jonathan said unto David, O Lord God of Israel, when I have sounded my father about to morrow… Read the whole commentary →

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