1 Samuel 20:10
“Then said Dauid to Ionathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy father answere thee roughly?”
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1 Samuel 20:10 Context
8Therefore thou shalt deale kindly with thy seruant, for thou hast brought thy seruant into a couenant of the Lord with thee: notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquitie, slay me thy selfe: for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father? 9And Ionathan said, Farre be it from thee: for if I knew certainely that euill were determined by my father to come vpon thee, then would not I tell it thee? 10Then said Dauid to Ionathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy father answere thee roughly? 11¶ And Ionathan said vnto Dauid, Come, and let vs goe out into the field. And they went out both of them into the field. 12And Ionathan said vnto Dauid, O Lord God of Israel, when I haue sounded my father, about to morrow any time, or the third day, and behold, if there be good toward Dauid, and I then send not vnto thee, and shew it thee;
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Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what [if] thy father answer thee roughly?
- King James Version
Then David said to Jonathan, "Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?"
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me if perchance thy father answer thee roughly?
- American Standard Version (1901)
Then David said to Jonathan, Who will give me word if your father gives you a rough answer?
- Basic English Bible
Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy father answer thee roughly?
- Darby Bible
Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy father shall answer thee roughly?
- Webster's Bible
Then David said to Jonathan, "Who shall tell me if perchance your father answers you roughly?"
- World English Bible
And David saith unto Jonathan, `Who doth declare to me? or what [if] thy father doth answer thee sharply?'
- Youngs Literal Bible
Then said David to Jonathan: 'Who shall tell me if perchance thy father answer thee roughly?'
- Jewish Publication Society Bible