Then Jonathan said to David, “Whatever your soul desires, I will even do it for you.”
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Then Jonathan said to David, “Whatever your soul desires, I will even do it for you.”
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Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I will even do it for thee.
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Then said Jonathan unto David: 'What doth thy soul desire, that I should do it for thee?'
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Hebrew, saith.
Hebrew, saith.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Sa 20:4 Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy…
1Sa 20:4 Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I will even do [it] for thee.
Ver. 4. Whatsoever thy soul desireth.] True love is easily persuadable to anything possible and lawful. The heathen promised his friend to stick to him usque ad aras; so far as stood with piety and honesty. The Hebrew here is, Quid dicit anima tua, et faciam tibi.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain To wit, for the discovery of the truth, and…
To wit, for the discovery of the truth, and for the preservation of thy life.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Then said Jonathan unto David,.... Now giving credit to…
Then said Jonathan unto David,.... Now giving credit to what he had said, and in order to comfort and support him under the apprehensions he had of danger:
whatsoever thy soul desireth, I will even do it for thee; for the preservation of his life, by speaking to his father on his behalf, endeavouring to dissuade him from his evil intentions, or by hiding and concealing him in some obscure place, that he might not execute his evil designs upon him, or by any method he could point out to him.
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 1Sa 20:4-5. Whatsoever thou desirest — He does not…
1Sa 20:4-5. Whatsoever thou desirest — He does not say, that shall be lawful and honest; for he knew David too well to think he would ask anything that was otherwise. I will do it for thee — This is true friendship. Thus Christ testifies his love to us; Whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do. And we must testify ours to him by keeping his commandments. Behold, to-morrow is the new-moon — There were solemn sacrifices every new-moon, and then a feast upon them. And David being one of the king’s family, by marrying his daughter, used to eat with them at these festival times. That I may hide myself in the field till the third day — That is, unto the next day but one after the new-moon. His meaning is not, that he would hide himself in any certain place all the three days, but that he would secure himself, either at Beth-lehem with his friends, or in some other place till the third day.
Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Soul, is often put for desire, Psalm xxvi. 12.…
Soul, is often put for desire, Psalm xxvi. 12. (Calmet)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 4. Whatsoever thy soul desireth — Literally, Whatever thy…
4. Whatsoever thy soul desireth — Literally, Whatever thy soul shall say even I will do for thee. This conversation, up to 1Sa_20:11, took place in the city, and perhaps in or near Saul’s house.
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
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David proposes a test against King Saul to Jonathan.
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Tomorrow is the new moon
On the first of every month the people would celebrate and offer sacrifices to God.
until the third day at evening
"until the evening of the day after tomorrow"
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