1 Samuel 20:9 — compare English translations
Compare translations1 Samuel 20:9 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
יְהוֹנָתָ֖ן
Yᵉhôwnâthân
H3083
Jonathan
חָלִ֣ילָה
châlîylâh
H2486
God forbid
לָּ֑ךְ
כִּ֣י
kîy
H3588
that
אִם
ʼim
H518
if
יָדֹ֣עַ
yâdaʻ
H3045
to know
אֵדַ֗ע
yâdaʻ
H3045
to know
כִּֽי
kîy
H3588
that
כָלְתָ֨ה
kâlâh
H3615
to finish
הָרָעָ֜ה
raʻ
H7451
evil
מֵעִ֤ם
ʻim
H5973
with
אָבִי֙
ʼâb
H1
father
לָב֣וֹא
bôwʼ
H935
to enter
עָלֶ֔יךָ
ʻal
H5921
upon
וְלֹ֥א
lôʼ
H3808
not
אֹתָ֖הּ
ʼêth
H853
-
אַגִּ֥יד
nâgad
H5046
to make known
לָֽךְ
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World English Bible Public Domain
Jonathan said, Far be it from you; for if I should at all know that evil were determined by my father to come on you, then wouldn't I tell you that?
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King James Version Public Domain
And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee?
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And Jonathan said, “Profane to you! For if knowing, I know that harm has completed from with my father to come upon you, then will I not declare it to you?”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).