1 Samuel 20:2 - New International Version (Anglicised)

² ‘Never!’ Jonathan replied. ‘You are not going to die! Look, my father doesn’t do anything, great or small, without letting me know. Why should he hide this from me? It isn’t so!’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² And he said unto him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing either great or small, but that he will shew it me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² Jonathan said, God forbid! You shall not die. My father does nothing great or small but what he tells me. And why should [he] hide this thing from me? It is not so.

American Standard Version (1901)

² And he said unto him, Far from it; thou shalt not die: behold, my father doeth nothing either great or small, but that he discloseth it unto me; and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so.

Common English Bible

² Jonathan said to him, “No! You are not going to die! Listen: My father doesn’t do anything big or small without telling me first. Why would my father hide this from me? It isn’t true!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

² And he said to him: "May this not be! You shall not die. For my father will not do anything, great or small, without first revealing it to me. Therefore, has my father concealed this word solely from me? By no means shall this be!"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² And he said to him: God forbid, thou shalt not die: for my father will do nothing great or little, without first telling me. Hath then my father hid this word only from me? No: this shall not be.

1 Samuel 20:2 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 44:7

But they said to him, ‘Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants to do anything like that!

Psalm 40:6

Sacrifice and offering you did not desire – but my ears you have opened – burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not require.

Proverbs 29:24

The accomplices of thieves are their own enemies; they are put under oath and dare not testify.

Isaiah 50:5

The Sovereign Lord has opened my ears; I have not been rebellious, I have not turned away.

Luke 20:16

He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others.’ When the people heard this, they said, ‘God forbid!’

John 15:15

I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.

John 17:8

For I gave them the words you gave me and they accepted them. They knew with certainty that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me.

Joshua 22:29

‘Far be it from us to rebel against the Lord and turn away from him today by building an altar for burnt offerings, grain offerings and sacrifices, other than the altar of the Lord our God that stands before his tabernacle.’

Joshua 24:16

Then the people answered, ‘Far be it from us to forsake the Lord to serve other gods!

1 Samuel 14:45

But the men said to Saul, ‘Should Jonathan die – he who has brought about this great deliverance in Israel? Never! As surely as the Lord lives, not a hair of his head shall fall to the ground, for he did this today with God’s help.’ So the men rescued Jonathan, and he was not put to death.

1 Samuel 20:1

Then David fled from Naioth at Ramah and went to Jonathan and asked, ‘What have I done? What is my crime? How have I wronged your father, that he is trying to kill me?’

1 Samuel 20:12

Then Jonathan said to David, ‘I swear by the Lord, the God of Israel, that I will surely sound out my father by this time the day after tomorrow! If he is favourably disposed towards you, will I not send you word and let you know?

1 Samuel 20:3

But David took an oath and said, ‘Your father knows very well that I have found favour in your eyes, and he has said to himself, “Jonathan must not know this or he will be grieved.” Yet as surely as the Lord lives and as you live, there is only a step between me and death.’

1 Samuel 9:15

Now the day before Saul came, the Lord had revealed this to Samuel: