‘The man who is the lord of the country spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying on the country.
1 Samuel 20:10 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised So David asked Jonathan, ‘Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly? ’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy father answer thee roughly? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then said David to Jonathan, Who will tell me if your father answers you roughly? American Standard Version (1901) Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me if perchance thy father answer thee roughly? Common English Bible “Who will tell me if your father responds harshly?” David asked Jonathan. Catholic Public Domain Version And David responded to Jonathan, "Who will repeat it to me, if your father may perhaps answer you harshly about me?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And David answered Jonathan: Who shall bring me word, if thy father should answer thee harshly concerning me? |
‘The man who is the lord of the country spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying on the country.
When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognised them, but he treated them like strangers and spoke harshly to them. ‘Where do you come from? ’ he asked. ‘From the land of Canaan to buy food,’ they replied.
Then the king answered the people harshly. He rejected the advice the elders had given him
He answered David, ‘Come on, let’s go out to the countryside.’ So both of them went out to the countryside.
‘No! ’ Jonathan responded. ‘If I ever find out my father has evil intentions against you, wouldn’t I tell you about it? ’
Nabal asked them, ‘Who is David? Who is Jesse’s son? Many slaves these days are running away from their masters.
One of Nabal’s young men informed Abigail, Nabal’s wife, ‘Look, David sent messengers from the wilderness to greet our master, but he screamed at them.
Now consider carefully what you should do, because there is certain to be trouble for our master and his entire family. He is such a worthless fool nobody can talk to him! ’