1 Samuel 20:10

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

Then David said to Jonathan, “Who will tell me if your father answers you roughly?”

ASV

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

LSV

And David says to Jonathan, “Who declares [it] to me? Or what [if] your father answers you sharply?”

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

And David answered Jonathan: Who shall bring me word, if thy father should answer thee harshly concerning me?

GNV

Then said Dauid to Ionathan, Who shall tell me? how shall I knowe, if thy father answere thee cruelly?

JPS

Then said David to Jonathan: 'Who shall tell me if perchance thy father answer thee roughly?'

LXXE

And David said to Jonathan, Who can tell me if thy father should answer roughly?

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WLC

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר דָּוִד֙ אֶל־יְה֣וֹנָתָ֔ן מִ֖י יַגִּ֣יד לִ֑י א֛וֹ מַה־יַּעַנְךָ֥ אָבִ֖יךָ קָשָֽׁה׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ εἶπε Δαυὶδ πρὸς Ἰωνάθαν, τίς ἀπαγγείλῃ μοι, ἐὰν ἀποκριθῇ ὁ πατήρ σου σκληρῶς;

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• 1 Samuel 20:30–34Then Saul’s anger burned against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the disgrace of the mother who…
• Genesis 42:30“The man who is lord of the land spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying on the country.
• 1 Kings 12:13And the king answered the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the elders
• Genesis 42:7And when Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he treated them as strangers and spoke harshly to them. “Where have you come from?” he asked. “From the land of Canaan,” they replied. “We are here to buy food.”
• Proverbs 18:23The poor man pleads for mercy, but the rich man answers harshly.
• 1 Samuel 25:14Meanwhile, one of Nabal’s young men informed Nabal’s wife Abigail, “Look, David sent messengers from the wilderness to greet our master, but he scolded them.
• 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!”

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