But David replied, “Your father knows well that I have found favor in your eyes; and he thinks, ‘Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved.’ But truly, as the Lord lives and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death.”
1 Samuel 20:4 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) Then said Jonathan to David, “Whatever you say, I will do for you.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I will even do it for thee. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then Jonathan said to David, Whatever you desire, I will do for you. American Standard Version (1901) Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I will even do it for thee. Common English Bible “What do you want me to do?” Jonathan said to David. “I’ll do it.” Catholic Public Domain Version And Jonathan said to David, "Whatever your soul will tell me, I will do for you." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Jonathan said to David: Whatsoever thy soul shall say to me, I will do for thee. |
But David replied, “Your father knows well that I have found favor in your eyes; and he thinks, ‘Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved.’ But truly, as the Lord lives and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death.”
David said to Jonathan, “Behold, tomorrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit at table with the king; but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field till the third day at evening.