1 Samuel 20:9
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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?“Never!” Jonathan replied. “If I ever found out that my father had evil intentions against you, would I not tell you?”
In other translations
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?“Never!” Jonathan replied. “If I ever found out that my father had evil intentions against you, would I not tell you?”
Hebrew words
וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559יְהוֹנָתָןyehonatanJonathanH3083חָלִילָהchalilahfar be itH2486לָּךְlakhto <the> youכִּי׀kithatH3588אִם־'im-ifH518יָדֹעַyadoa'ever <to know>H3045אֵדַע'eda'I will knowH3045כִּי־ki-thatH3588כָלְתָהkhaltahit has been determinedH3615הָרָעָהhara'ah<the> harmH7451מֵעִםme'imfrom withH5973אָבִי'avifather myH1לָבוֹאlavo'to comeH935עָלֶיךָ'aleikhaon youH5921וְלֹאvelo'and notH3808אֹתָהּ'otah<obj.> itH853אַגִּיד'agidwill I tellH5046לָךְ׃ סlakhto <the> you[?]
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- 1 Samuel 20:42And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the Lord, saying, The Lord be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.And Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, for the two of us have sworn in the name of the LORD, saying, ‘May the LORD be a witness between you and me, and between your descendants and mine forever.’” Then David got up and departed, and Jonathan went back into the city.
- 1 Samuel 19:2But Jonathan Saul’s son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself:so he warned David, saying, “My father Saul intends to kill you. Be on your guard in the morning; find a secret place and hide there.
- 1 Samuel 20:38And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan’s lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.Then Jonathan cried out, “Hurry! Make haste! Do not delay!” So the boy picked up the arrow and returned to his master.
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