KJV King James Version
Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what [if] thy father answer thee roughly?
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1 Samuel 20:10
Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what [if] thy father answer thee roughly?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then David asked Jonathan, “Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?”
WEB World English Bible
Then David said to Jonathan, “Who shall tell me if perchance your father answers you roughly?”
ASV American Standard Version
Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me if perchance thy father answer thee roughly?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And David saith unto Jonathan, ‘Who doth declare to me? or what if thy father doth answer thee sharply?’
Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 20
7 If he say thus, [It is] well; thy servant shall have peace: but if he be very wroth, [then] be sure that evil is determined by him.
8 Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the LORD with thee: notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?
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 any time, [or] the third [day], and, behold, [if there be] good toward David, and I then send not unto thee, and shew it thee;
13 The LORD do so and much more to Jonathan: but if it please my father [to do] thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace: and the LORD be with thee, as he hath been with my father.
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1 Samuel 20:30-34Then Saul’s anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious [woman], do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother’s nakedness?1 Samuel 25:10And Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, Who [is] David? and who [is] the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master.1 Kings 12:13And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men’s counsel that they gave him;Genesis 42:30The man, [who is] the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.1 Samuel 25:17Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he [is such] a son of Belial, that [a man] cannot speak to him.Genesis 42:7And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.Proverbs 18:23The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.1 Samuel 25:14But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed on them.
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