About three months later Judah was told, ‘Your daughter-in-law, Tamar, has been acting like a prostitute, and now she is pregnant.’ ‘Bring her out,’ Judah said, ‘and let her be burned to death! ’
1 Samuel 14:44 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Saul declared to him, ‘May God punish me and do so severely if you do not die, Jonathan! ’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Saul answered, God do so and more also: for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Saul answered, May God do so, and more also, for you shall surely die, Jonathan. American Standard Version (1901) And Saul said, God do so and more also; for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan. Common English Bible “May God deal harshly with me and worse still if you don’t die today!” Saul swore. Catholic Public Domain Version And Saul said, "May God do these things to me, and may he add these other things, for you shall surely die, Jonathan!" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Saul said: May God do so and so to me, and add still more: for dying thou shalt die, O Jonathan. |
About three months later Judah was told, ‘Your daughter-in-law, Tamar, has been acting like a prostitute, and now she is pregnant.’ ‘Bring her out,’ Judah said, ‘and let her be burned to death! ’
He removed the people who were in the city and put them to work with saws, iron picks, and iron axes, and to labour at brickmaking. He did the same to all the Ammonite cities. Then he and all his troops returned to Jerusalem.
David was infuriated with the man and said to Nathan, ‘As the Lord lives, the man who did this deserves to die!
And tell Amasa, “Aren’t you my flesh and blood? May God punish me and do so severely if you don’t become commander of my army from now on instead of Joab! ” ’
May God punish Abner and do so severely if I don’t do for David what the Lord swore to him:
If you find honey, eat only what you need; otherwise, you’ll get sick from it and vomit.
When he saw her, he tore his clothes and said, ‘No! Not my daughter! You have devastated me! You have brought great misery on me. I have given my word to the Lord and cannot take it back.’
Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord punish me, and do so severely, if anything but death separates you and me.
As surely as the Lord lives who saves Israel, even if it is because of my son Jonathan, he must die! ’ Not one of the troops answered him.
May God punish me and do so severely if I let any of his males survive until morning.’
‘What was the message he gave you? ’ Eli asked. ‘Don’t hide it from me. May God punish you and do so severely if you hide anything from me that he told you.’