1 Samuel 20:10

And David saith unto Jonathan, 'Who doth declare to me? or what [if] thy father doth answer thee sharply?'

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

9And Jonathan saith, 'Far be it from thee! for I certainly do not know that the evil hath been determined by my father to come upon thee, and I do not declare it to thee.'

11And Jonathan saith unto David, 'Come, and we go out into the field;' and they go out both of them into the field.

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Cross References

Genesis 42:30'The man, the lord of the land, hath spoken with us sharp things, and maketh us as spies of the land;

1 Samuel 25:10And Nabal answereth the servants of David and saith, 'Who [is] David, and who the son of Jesse? to-day have servants been multiplied who are breaking away each from his master;

1 Samuel 25:17'And, now, know and consider what thou dost; for evil hath been determined against our lord, and against all his house, and he [is] too much a son of worthlessness to be spoken to.'

Proverbs 18:23[With] supplications doth the poor speak, And the rich answereth fierce things.

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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