1 Samuel 20:10

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

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

Latin

Responditque David ad Jonathan: Quis renuntiabit mihi, si quid forte responderit tibi pater tuus dure de me?

Hebrew

English

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

Theme notes and profiles

1 Kings 12:13
And the king answered the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the elders
1 Samuel 25:10
But Nabal asked them, “Who is David? Who is this son of Jesse? Many servants these days are breaking away from their masters.
1 Samuel 25:14
Meanwhile, one of Nabal’s young men informed Nabal’s wife Abigail, “Look, David sent messengers from the wilderness to greet our master, but he screamed at them.
Genesis 42:7
And 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.”
1 Samuel 20:30–34
Then 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 shame of the mother who bore you?
Proverbs 18:23
The poor man pleads for mercy, but the rich man answers harshly.
1 Samuel 25:17
Now 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!”
Genesis 42:30
“The man who is lord of the land spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying on the country.

David: Anointed king of Israel, ancestor of Jesus Christ Jonathan: Eldest son of King Saul and friend of David