1 Samuel 20:32

1 Samuel chapter 20 · verse 32 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore should he be put to death? what hath he done?

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he done?

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore should he be put to death? what hath he done?

Context

v.31For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die.

v.32This passage

v.33And Saul cast his spear at him to smite him; whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to put David to death.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Samuel 19:5

    for he put his life in his hand, and smote the Philistine, and Jehovah wrought a great victory for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice; wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?

  • Proverbs 24:11

    Deliver them that are carried away unto death, And those that are ready to be slain see that thou hold back.

  • Proverbs 31:8

    Open thy mouth for the dumb, In the cause of all such as are left desolate.

  • 1 Samuel 19:10

    And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the spear; but he slipped away out of Saul’s presence, and he smote the spear into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.

  • Proverbs 22:24

    Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go:

  • Ecclesiastes 7:9

    Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry; for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.