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1 Samuel 20:1

And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life?

KJV

Fugit autem David de Najoth, quæ est in Ramatha, veniensque locutus est coram Jonatha : Quid feci ? quæ est iniquitas mea, et quod peccatum meum in patrem tuum, quia quærit animam meam ?

Vulgate

Καὶ ἀπέδρα Δαυεὶδ ἐξ Ἀυὰθ ἐν Ῥαμά, καὶ ἔρχεται ἐνώπιον Ἰωναθὰν καὶ εἶπεν Τί πεποίηκα, καὶ τί τὸ ἀδίκημά μου, καὶ τί ἡμάρτηκα ἐνώπιον τοῦ πατρός σου ὅτι ἐπιζητεῖ τὴν ψυχήν μου;

LXX

And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life?

ASV

וַ/יִּבְרַ֣ח דָּוִ֔ד מ/נוות מִ/נָּי֖וֹת בָּ/רָמָ֑ה וַ/יָּבֹ֞א וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר לִ/פְנֵ֣י יְהוֹנָתָ֗ן מֶ֤ה עָשִׂ֨יתִי֙ מֶֽה עֲוֺנִ֤/י וּ/מֶֽה חַטָּאתִ/י֙ לִ/פְנֵ֣י אָבִ֔י/ךָ כִּ֥י מְבַקֵּ֖שׁ אֶת נַפְשִֽׁ/י

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

17 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בַקֵּ֥שׁ
bqsh
verb · 225×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
דָּוִ֔ד
dvd
proper_noun · 1067×
ו
v
noun · 1201×
חַטָּ֖את
cht't
noun · 298×
י
y
noun · 752×
יְה֣וֹנָתָ֔ן
yhvntn
proper_noun · 80×
יִּבְרַ֖ח
ybrch
verb · 65×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
ם
m
noun · 230×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
נוית
nvyt
proper_noun · 12×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
רָמָ֑ה
rmh
proper_noun · 36×

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Covers the prophet Samuel, the demand for a king, Saul's anointing and reign, David's anointing, his victory over Goliath, his friendship with Jonathan, Saul's pursuit of David, and Saul's death at Mount Gilboa. Josephus provides psychological depth to the characters.

Cross-references

  • 1John 3:21 — Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
  • 2Cor 1:12 — For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and mor
  • 2Pet 2:9 — The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
  • Ps 7:4 — If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)