1 Samuel 19:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

But Jonathan, Saul's son, delighted greatly in David; and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeks to kill you; now therefore, I pray you, be on guard until the morning, and stay in a secret place, and hide yourself:

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Jonathan warned David, saying, "My father Saul is seeking to kill you. So please be on guard in the morning; find a safe hiding place and stay there.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    But Jonathan Saul's son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself:

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to slay thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself in the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself:

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    But Jonathan Saul's son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself:

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Neuerthelesse Ionathas the sonne of Saul loued Dauid exceadingly, and tolde him, and sayde: Saul my father goeth aboute to slaye the. Kepe the therfore (I praye the) in the mornynge and abyde in secrete, and hyde the.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And Ionathan told Dauid, saying, Saul my father goeth about to slay thee: nowe therefore, I pray thee, take heede vnto thy selfe vnto the morning, & abide in a secret place, & hide thy selfe.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    But Ionatha Sauls sonne had a great fauour to Dauid, & Ionathan tolde Dauid, saying, Saul my father goeth about to slay thee: Nowe therfore I pray thee take heede to thy selfe vntyll the mornyng, and abyde in some secrete place, and hyde thy selfe:

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    But Jonathan Saul's son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret [place], and hide thyself:

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeks to kill you: now therefore, please take care of yourself in the morning, and live in a secret place, and hide yourself:

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and Jonathan son of Saul delighted exceedingly in David, and Jonathan declareth to David, saying, `Saul my father is seeking to put thee to death, and, now, take heed, I pray thee, in the morning, and thou hast abode in a secret place, and been hidden,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to slay thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself in the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself:

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to slay thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself in the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself:

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And Jonathan said to David, Saul, my father, is purposing your death: so now, take care in the morning, and keep yourself safe in a secret place:

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Jonathan told David, saying, "Saul my father seeks to kill you. Now therefore, please take care of yourself in the morning, and live in a secret place, and hide yourself.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    So Jonathan told David,“My father Saul is trying to kill you. So be careful tomorrow morning. Find a hiding place and stay in seclusion.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 18:1-3 : 1 And it came to pass, when he had finished speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. 2 And Saul took him that day and would let him go no more to his father's house. 3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
  • 1 Sam 20:2 : 2 And he said to him, God forbid; you shall not die: behold, my father will do nothing great or small, but he will show it to me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? It is not so.
  • Ps 16:3 : 3 But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.'
  • Prov 17:17 : 17 A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
  • John 15:17-19 : 17 These things I command you, that you love one another. 18 If the world hates you, you know that it hated me before it hated you. 19 If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
  • Acts 9:24 : 24 But their plot became known to Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.
  • Acts 23:16 : 16 And when Paul's sister's son heard of their ambush, he went and entered the barracks and told Paul.
  • 1 John 3:12-14 : 12 Not as Cain, who was of the wicked one, and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous. 13 Do not marvel, my brothers, if the world hates you. 14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brothers. He who does not love his brother abides in death.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Sam 19:1
    88%

    1And Saul spoke to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David.

  • 1 Sam 19:3-7
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    84%

    3And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, and I will speak with my father about you; and what I observe, that I will tell you.

    4And Jonathan spoke well of David to Saul his father, and said to him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he has not sinned against you, and because his deeds have been very good toward you:

    5For he put his life in his hand, and killed the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel; you saw it, and rejoiced; why then will you sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?

    6And Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan; and Saul swore, As the LORD lives, he shall not be killed.

    7And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan showed him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as in times past.

  • 1 Sam 20:8-13
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    8Therefore you shall deal kindly with your servant; for you have brought your servant into a covenant of the LORD with you: nevertheless, if there is in me iniquity, slay me yourself; for why should you bring me to your father?

    9And Jonathan said, Far be it from you: for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by my father to come upon you, then would I not tell it to you?

    10Then David said to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? Or what if your father answers you roughly?

    11And Jonathan said to David, Come, and let us go out into the field. And they went out both of them into the field.

    12And Jonathan said to David, O LORD God of Israel, when I have sounded my father about tomorrow any time, or the third day, and behold, if there is good toward David, and I do not send to you, and show it to you;

    13The LORD do so and much more to Jonathan: but if it pleases my father to do you evil, then I will show it to you, and send you away, that you may go in peace: and the LORD be with you, as He has been with my father.

  • 1 Sam 23:15-19
    5 verses
    79%

    15And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life; and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a forest.

    16And Jonathan, Saul's son, arose, and went to David in the forest, and strengthened his hand in God.

    17And he said to him, Fear not; for the hand of Saul my father shall not find you; and you shall be king over Israel, and I shall be next to you; and that also Saul my father knows.

    18And they two made a covenant before the LORD; and David abode in the forest, and Jonathan went to his house.

    19Then the Ziphites went up to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Does not David hide himself with us in strongholds in the forest, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?

  • 1 Sam 19:10-11
    2 verses
    78%

    10And Saul sought to pin David to the wall with the javelin, but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he drove the javelin into the wall; and David fled and escaped that night.

    11Saul also sent messengers to David's house, to watch him, and to kill him in the morning; and Michal, David's wife, told him, saying, If you do not save your life tonight, tomorrow you shall be killed.

  • 1 Sam 24:9-10
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    9And David said to Saul, Why do you listen to men's words, saying, Behold, David seeks your harm?

    10Behold, this day your eyes have seen how the LORD delivered you today into my hand in the cave: and some urged me to kill you: but my eye spared you; and I said, I will not put forth my hand against my lord; for he is the LORD'S anointed.

  • 1 Sam 20:1-5
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    1And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? What is my iniquity? And what is my sin before your father, that he seeks my life?

    2And he said to him, God forbid; you shall not die: behold, my father will do nothing great or small, but he will show it to me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? It is not so.

    3And David swore moreover, and said, Your father certainly knows that I have found favor in your eyes; and he says, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly, as the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death.

    4Then Jonathan said to David, Whatever your soul desires, I will do it for you.

    5And David said to Jonathan, Behold, tomorrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at the meal: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field until the third day at evening.

  • 1 Sam 14:1
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    1On a certain day, Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man who carried his armor, "Come, let us go over to the Philistines' garrison on the other side." But he did not tell his father.

  • 1 Sam 20:32-33
    2 verses
    78%

    32And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said to him, Why should he be slain? What has he done?

    33And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him, whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined by his father to slay David.

  • 1 Sam 22:23
    76%

    23Stay with me, fear not: for he that seeks my life seeks your life: but with me you shall be safe.

  • 1 Sam 27:1
    76%

    1And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should quickly escape into the land of the Philistines; then Saul will despair of me, to seek me any longer in any territory of Israel. Thus I will escape out of his hand.

  • 1 Sam 20:27-28
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    76%

    27And it came to pass on the next day, which was the second day of the month, that David's place was empty: and Saul said to Jonathan his son, Why doesn't the son of Jesse come to the meal, neither yesterday nor today?

    28And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem:

  • 1 Sam 18:22
    75%

    22And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Speak with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king delights in you, and all his servants love you: now therefore be the king's son-in-law.

  • 1 Sam 22:13
    75%

    13And Saul said to him, Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse, in that you have given him bread, and a sword, and have enquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?

  • 1 Sam 18:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1And it came to pass, when he had finished speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

    2And Saul took him that day and would let him go no more to his father's house.

  • 1 Sam 18:11
    75%

    11And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will strike David even to the wall with it. And David avoided his presence twice.

  • 1 Sam 20:19
    75%

    19And when you have stayed three days, then you shall quickly go down and come to the place where you hid yourself when the business was in hand, and shall remain by the stone Ezel.

  • 1 Sam 19:18
    75%

    18So David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel at Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and lived in Naioth.

  • 1 Sam 20:35
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    35And it came to pass in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed with David, and a little lad with him.

  • 1 Sam 26:3
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    3And Saul camped on the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon, by the road. But David remained in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul had come after him into the wilderness.

  • 1 Sam 19:15
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    15And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may kill him.

  • 1 Sam 14:44
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    44Saul said, "God do so and more also, for you shall surely die, Jonathan."

  • 1 Sam 26:17
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    17And Saul recognized David's voice and said, "Is this your voice, my son David?" And David said, "It is my voice, my lord, O king."

  • 1 Sam 23:26
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    26And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain; and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men surrounded David and his men, intending to capture them.

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    17And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:

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    10And David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.

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    42And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the LORD, saying, The LORD be between me and you, and between my descendants and your descendants forever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.

  • 1 Sam 24:3
    74%

    3And he came to the sheepfolds by the way, where there was a cave; and Saul went in to relieve himself. And David and his men remained in the sides of the cave.