1 Samuel 20:10
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then David asked Jonathan, “Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?””
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“Then David asked Jonathan, “Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy father answer thee roughly?”
King James Version · Public Domain“Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me if perchance thy father answer thee roughly?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And David saith unto Jonathan, `Who doth declare to me? or what <FI>if<Fi> thy father doth answer thee sharply?'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Samuel 20:10 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.”
- Genesis 42:30“The man who is lord of the land spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying on the country.
- 1 Samuel 20:30Then 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 bore you?
- 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 25:14Meanwhile, 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 25:17Now 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!”
- 1 Kings 12:13And the king answered the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the elders
- Proverbs 18:23The poor man pleads for mercy, but the rich man answers harshly.
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