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The People Save Jonathan

1 Samuel 14:44

In 11 translations

BSB
And Saul declared, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if you, Jonathan, do not surely die!”
KJV
And Saul answered, God do so and more also: for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan.
WEB
Saul said, “God do so and more also; for you shall surely die, Jonathan.”
ASV
And Saul said, God do so and more also; for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan.
LSV
And Saul says, “Thus God does, and thus does He add, for you certainly die, Jonathan.”
YLT
And Saul saith, 'Thus doth God do, and thus doth He add, for thou dost certainly die, Jonathan.'
DBY
And Saul said, God do so [to me] and more also; thou shalt certainly die, Jonathan.Elohim
DRC
And Saul said: May God do so and so to me, and add still more: for dying thou shalt die, O Jonathan.
GNV
Againe Saul answered, God doe so and more also, vnlesse thou die the death, Ionathan.
JPS
And Saul said: 'God do so and more also; thou shalt surely die, Jonathan.'
LXXE
And Saul said to him, God do so to me, and more also, thou shalt surely die to-day.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שָׁא֔וּל כֹּֽה־יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה אֱלֹהִ֖ים וְכֹ֣ה יוֹסִ֑ף כִּֽי־מ֥וֹת תָּמ֖וּת יוֹנָתָֽן׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Σαοὺλ, τάδε ποιήσαι μοι ὁ Θεὸς καὶ τάδε προσθείη, ὅτι θανάτῳ ἀποθανῇ σήμερον.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Samuel 14:39As surely as the LORD who saves Israel lives, even if it is my son Jonathan, he must die!” But not one of the troops said a word.
  • Ruth 1:17Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me.”
  • 1 Samuel 25:22May God punish David, and ever so severely, if I let one of Nabal’s men survive until morning.”
  • Proverbs 25:16If you find honey, eat just what you need, lest you have too much and vomit it up.
  • 2 Samuel 12:5David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan: “As surely as the LORD lives, the man who did this deserves to die!
  • 2 Samuel 19:13And say to Amasa, ‘Aren’t you my flesh and blood? May God punish me, and ever so severely, if from this time you are not the commander of my army in place of Joab!’”
  • 2 Samuel 12:31David brought out the people who were there and put them to work with saws, iron picks, and axes, and he made them work at the brick kilns. He did the same to all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all his troops…
  • 2 Samuel 3:9May God punish Abner, and ever so severely, if I do not do for David what the LORD has sworn to him:
  • Genesis 38:24About three months later, Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has prostituted herself, and now she is pregnant.” “Bring her out!” Judah replied. “Let her be burned to death!”

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