1 Samuel 20:28

In 11 translations

BSB

Jonathan answered, “David urgently requested my permission to go to Bethlehem,

KJV

And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Beth-lehem:

WEB

Jonathan answered Saul, “David earnestly asked permission of me to go to Bethlehem.

ASV

And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Beth-lehem:

LSV

And Jonathan answers Saul, “David has earnestly asked [permission] from me [to go] to Beth-Lehem,

YLT

And Jonathan answereth Saul, 'David hath been earnestly asked of me unto Beth-Lehem,

DBY

And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me [to go] to Bethlehem,

DRC

And Jonathan answered Saul: He asked leave of me earnestly to go to Bethlehem,

GNV

And Ionathan answered vnto Saul, Dauid required of me, that he might goe to Beth-lehem.

JPS

And Jonathan answered Saul: 'David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Beth-lehem;

LXXE

And Jonathan answered Saul, and said to him, David asked leave of me to go as far as Bethleem his city;

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WLC

וַיַּ֥עַן יְהוֹנָתָ֖ן אֶת־שָׁא֑וּל נִשְׁאֹ֨ל נִשְׁאַ֥ל דָּוִ֛ד מֵעִמָּדִ֖י עַד־בֵּ֥ית לָֽחֶם׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἀπεκρίθη Ἰωνάθαν τῷ Σαοὺλ, καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ, παρῄτηται παρʼ ἐμοῦ Δαυὶδ ἕως εἰς Βηθλεὲμ τὴν πόλιν αὐτοῦ πορευθῆναι.

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• 1 Samuel 20:6If your father misses me at all, tell him, ‘David urgently requested my permission to hurry to Bethlehem, his hometown, because there is an annual sacrifice for his whole clan.’

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