Then David said to Jonathan, “Who will tell me if perchance your father answers you roughly?”
Parallel translations
- KJV Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy father answer thee roughly?
- BSB Then David asked Jonathan, “Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?”
- NKJV Then David said to Jonathan, “Who will tell me, or what if your father answers you roughly?”
- NASB Then David said to Jonathan, “Who will inform me if your father answers you harshly?”
- NLT Then David asked, “How will I know whether or not your father is angry?”
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Gen 42:7Joseph saw his brothers, and he recognized them, but acted like a stranger to them, and spoke roughly with them. He said to them, “Where did you come from?” They said, “From the land of Canaan to buy food.”
- Gen 42:30“The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.
- 1 Sam 25:10Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, “Who is David? Who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants who break away from their masters these days.
- 1 Sam 20:30–34Then Saul’s anger burned against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse rebellious woman, don’t I know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame, and to the shame of your mother’s nakedness?
- 1 Sam 25:17Now therefore know and consider what you will do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his house; for he is such a worthless fellow that one can’t speak to him.”
- 1 Sam 25:14But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, “Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to Greet our master; and he insulted them.
- Prov 18:23The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.
- 1 Kgs 12:13The king answered the people roughly, and abandoned the counsel of the old men which they had given him,
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