1 Samuel 20:1 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

¹ David fled from Naioth in Ramah. He came before Jonathan and said, “What have I done? What is my guilt? And what is my sin against your father that he is trying to take my life?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ DAVID FLED from Naioth in Ramah and came and said to Jonathan, What have I done? Of what am I guilty? What is my sin before your father, that he seeks my life?

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life?

Common English Bible

¹ David fled from the camps at Ramah. He came to Jonathan and asked, “What have I done? What is my crime? How have I wronged your father that he wants me dead?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ Then David fled from Naioth, which is in Ramah, and he went and said before Jonathan: "What have I done? What is my iniquity, or what is my sin, against your father, so that he would seek my life?"

1 Samuel 20:1 Cross References

Psalm 54:3

For the insolent have risen against me, the ruthless seek my life; they do not set God before them. Selah

2 Corinthians 1:12

Indeed, this is our boast, the testimony of our conscience: we have behaved in the world with frankness and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God—and all the more toward you.

2 Peter 2:9

then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trial, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment

1 John 3:21

Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have boldness before God;

1 Samuel 12:3

Here I am; testify against me before the Lord and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Or whose donkey have I taken? Or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Or from whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes with it? Testify against me and I will restore it to you.”

1 Samuel 19:1

Saul spoke with his son Jonathan and with all his servants about killing David. But Saul's son Jonathan took great delight in David.

1 Samuel 19:18

Now David fled and escaped; he came to Samuel at Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. He and Samuel went and settled at Naioth.

1 Samuel 20:2

He said to him, “Far from it! You shall not die. My father does nothing either great or small without disclosing it to me; and why should my father hide this from me? Never!”

1 Samuel 20:32

Then Jonathan answered his father Saul, “Why should he be put to death? What has he done?”

1 Samuel 24:11

See, my father, see the corner of your cloak in my hand; for by the fact that I cut off the corner of your cloak, and did not kill you, you may know for certain that there is no wrong or treason in my hands. I have not sinned against you, though you are hunting me to take my life.

1 Samuel 24:12

May the Lord judge between me and you! May the Lord avenge me on you; but my hand shall not be against you.

1 Samuel 24:17

He said to David, “You are more righteous than I; for you have repaid me good, whereas I have repaid you evil.

1 Samuel 24:9

David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of those who say, ‘David seeks to do you harm’?

1 Samuel 26:18

And he added, “Why does my lord pursue his servant? For what have I done? What guilt is on my hands?