Verse 9
1 Samuel 20:9
Young's Literal Translation
9
And Jonathan saith, 'Far be it from thee! for I certainly do not know that the evil hath been determined by my father to come upon thee, and I do not declare it to thee.'
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר יְהוֹנָתָ֖ן חָלִ֣ילָ/ה לָּ֑/ךְ כִּ֣י אִם יָדֹ֣עַ אֵדַ֗ע כִּֽי כָלְתָ֨ה הָ/רָעָ֜ה מֵ/עִ֤ם אָבִ/י֙ לָ/ב֣וֹא עָלֶ֔י/ךָ וְ/לֹ֥א אֹתָ֖/הּ אַגִּ֥יד לָֽ/ךְ
English Translation
And Jonathan said, "Far be it from you, for if I know that evil has been determined by my father to come upon you, I will not tell you."
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Chapter 20 Context
1
And David fleeth from Naioth in Ramah, and cometh, and saith before Jonathan, 'What have I done? wha...
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And he saith to him, 'Far be it! thou dost not die; lo, my father doth not do anything great or smal...
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And David sweareth again, and saith, 'Thy father hath certainly known that I have found grace in thi...
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And Jonathan saith to David, 'What doth thy soul say? -- and I do it for thee.'
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And David saith unto Jonathan, 'Lo, the new moon [is] to-morrow; and I do certainly sit with the kin...
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if thy father at all look after me, and thou hast said, David asked earnestly of me to run to Beth-L...
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If thus he say: Good; peace [is] for thy servant; and if it be very displeasing to him -- know that...
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and thou hast done kindness, to thy servant, for into a covenant of Jehovah thou hast brought thy se...
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And Jonathan saith, 'Far be it from thee! for I certainly do not know that the evil hath been determ...
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And David saith unto Jonathan, 'Who doth declare to me? or what [if] thy father doth answer thee sha...
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11
And Jonathan saith unto David, 'Come, and we go out into the field;' and they go out both of them in...
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12
And Jonathan saith unto David, 'Jehovah, God (Elohim) of Israel -- when I search my father, about [t...
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13
thus doth Jehovah do to Jonathan, and thus doth He add; when the evil concerning thee is good to my...
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14
and not only while I am alive dost thou do with me the kindness of Jehovah, and I die not,
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but thou dost not cut off thy kindness from my house unto the age, nor in Jehovah's cutting off the...
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And Jonathan covenanteth with the house of David, and Jehovah hath sought [it] from the hand of the...
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and Jonathan addeth to cause David to swear, because he loveth him, for with the love of his own sou...
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And Jonathan saith to him, 'To-morrow [is] new moon, and thou hast been looked after, for thy seat i...
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and on the third day thou dost certainly come down, and hast come in unto the place where thou wast...
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20
'And I shoot three of the arrows at the side, sending out for myself at a mark;
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and lo, I send the youth: Go, find the arrows. If I at all say to the youth, Lo, the arrows [are] on...
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And if thus I say to the young man, Lo, the arrows [are] beyond thee, -- go, for Jehovah hath sent t...
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as to the thing which we have spoken, I and thou, lo, Jehovah [is] between me and thee -- unto the a...
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24
And David is hidden in the field, and it is the new moon, and the king sitteth down by the food to e...
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and the king sitteth on his seat, as time by time, on a seat by the wall, and Jonathan riseth, and A...
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26
And Saul hath not spoken anything on that day, for he said, 'It [is] an accident; he is not clean --...
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27
And it cometh to pass on the second morrow of the new moon, that David's place is looked after, and...
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And Jonathan answereth Saul, 'David hath been earnestly asked of me unto Beth-Lehem,
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and he saith, Send me away, I pray thee, for a family sacrifice we have in the city, and my brother...
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30
And the anger of Saul burneth against Jonathan, and he saith to him, 'Son of a perverse rebellious w...
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for all the days that the son of Jesse liveth on the ground thou art not established, thou and thy k...
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32
And Jonathan answereth Saul his father, and saith unto him, 'Why is he put to death? what hath he do...
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33
And Saul casteth the javelin at him to smite him, and Jonathan knoweth that it hath been determined...
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And Jonathan riseth from the table in the heat of anger, and hath not eaten food on the second day o...
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And it cometh to pass in the morning, that Jonathan goeth out into the field for the appointment wit...
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And he saith to his youth, 'Run, find, I pray thee, the arrows which I am shooting;' the youth is ru...
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And the youth cometh unto the place of the arrow which Jonathan hath shot, and Jonathan calleth afte...
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and Jonathan calleth after the youth, 'Speed, haste, stand not;' and Jonathan's youth gathereth the...
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39
And the youth hath not known anything, only Jonathan and David knew the word.
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40
And Jonathan giveth his weapons unto the youth whom he hath, and saith to him, 'Go, carry into the c...
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The youth hath gone, and David hath risen from Ezel, at the south, and falleth on his face to the ea...
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and Jonathan saith to David, 'Go in peace, in that we have sworn -- we two -- in the name of Jehovah...
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