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BI 1Sa 20:2 ©

OET (OET-RV)No OET-RV 1SA 20:2 verse available

OET-LVAnd_he/it_said to_him/it never not you_will_die here mmm not[fn] father_my anything great or anything small and_not he_uncovers DOM ear_of_me and_why will_he_hide father_my from_me DOM the_thing the_this [is]_not this.


20:2 Variant note--fnCOLON-- ל/ו־עשה--fnCOLON-- (x-qere) ’לֹֽא’--fnCOLON-- lemma=3808 morph=HTn id=09uGu לֹֽא־ ־’יַעֲשֶׂ֨ה’--fnCOLON-- lemma=6213 a morph=HVqi3ms id=09dRu יַעֲשֶׂ֨ה

UHBוַ⁠יֹּ֨אמֶר ל֣⁠וֹ חָלִילָ⁠ה֮ לֹ֣א תָמוּת֒ הִנֵּ֡ה לֹֽא־יַעֲשֶׂ֨ה[fn] אָבִ֜⁠י דָּבָ֣ר גָּד֗וֹל א֚וֹ דָּבָ֣ר קָטֹ֔ן וְ⁠לֹ֥א יִגְלֶ֖ה אֶת־אָזְנִ֑⁠י וּ⁠מַדּוּעַ֩ יַסְתִּ֨יר אָבִ֥⁠י מִמֶּ֛⁠נִּי אֶת־הַ⁠דָּבָ֥ר הַ⁠זֶּ֖ה אֵ֥ין זֹֽאת׃ 
   (va⁠yyoʼmer l⁠ō ḩālīlā⁠h loʼ tāmūt hinnēh loʼ-yaˊₐseh ʼāⱱi⁠y dāⱱār gādōl ʼō dāⱱār qāţon və⁠loʼ yigleh ʼet-ʼāzəni⁠y ū⁠maddūˊa yaşttiyr ʼāⱱi⁠y mimme⁠nnī ʼet-ha⁠ddāⱱār ha⁠zzeh ʼēyn zoʼt.)

Key: yellow:verbs, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).


K ל⁠ו־עשה

ULT And he said to him, “Far from it! You will not die. Behold, my father does not do a great thing or a small thing and not uncover my ear. And why would my father hide this thing from me? There is not this!”

UST Jonathan replied, “My father is certainly not trying to kill you! He always tells me before he does anything that he is planning. He tells me about important things and unimportant things that he plans to do. Why would he refuse to tell me if he were planning to kill you? So what you are saying cannot be true.”


BSB § “Far from it!” Jonathan replied. “You will not die. Indeed, my father does nothing, great or small, without telling me. So why would he hide this matter from me? This cannot be true!”

OEB He replied to him, ‘Far from it! You will not die. See, my father does nothing great or small, but that he discloses it to than me; and why should my father hide this from me? It can’t be true!’

WEB He said to him, “Far from it; you will not die. Behold, my father does nothing either great or small, but that he discloses it to me. Why would my father hide this thing from me? It is not so.”

NET Jonathan said to him, “By no means are you going to die! My father does nothing large or small without making me aware of it. Why would my father hide this matter from me? It just won’t happen!”

LSV And he says to him, “Far be it! You do not die; behold, my father does not do anything great or small and does not uncover my ear; and why does my father hide this thing from me? This [thing] is not.”

FBV “Nothing!” Jonathan replied. “You're not going to die! Listen! My father tells me everything he's planning, whatever it is. Why would my father keep something like this from me? It's not true!”

T4T Jonathan replied, “My father is surely not trying to kill you! He always tells me before he does anything that he is planning. He tells me about important things and unimportant things that he plans to do. Why would he refuse to tell me if he were planning to kill me?/I am sure that he would not refuse to tell me if he were planning to kill you.► [RHQ] So what you are saying cannot be true.”

LEB And he said to him, “Far from it! You will not die! Look, my father does not do[fn]anything large or small unless he reveals it to me.[fn] Why should my father hide this thing or anything from me?”


?:? The Masoretic Hebrew text (Kethib) reads “he does to/for him”; the translation follows the reading tradition (Qere) which has “does not do”

?:? Literally “a large thing or a small thing and he does not reveal to my ear”

BBE And he said to him, Far be the thought: you will not be put to death: see, my father does nothing, great or small, without giving me word of it: would he keep this secret from me? It is not so.

MOFNo MOF 1SA book available

JPS And he said unto him: 'Far from it; thou shalt not die; behold, my father doeth nothing either great or small, but that he discloseth it unto me; and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so.'

ASV And he said unto him, Far from it; thou shalt not die: behold, my father doeth nothing either great or small, but that he discloseth it unto me; and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so.

DRA And he said to him: God forbid, thou shalt not die: for my father will do nothing great or little, without first telling me: hath then my father hid this word only from me? no, this shall not be.

YLT And he saith to him, 'Far be it! thou dost not die; lo, my father doth not do anything great or small and doth not uncover mine ear; and wherefore doth my father hide from me this thing? this [thing] is not.'

DBY And he said to him, [fn]God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing either great or small, and not apprise me; and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so.


20.2 Elohim

RV And he said unto him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father doeth nothing either great or small, but that he discloseth it unto me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so.

WBS And he said to him, Far be it from thee; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing, either great or small, but that he will show it to me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so .

KJB And he said unto him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing either great or small, but that he will shew it me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so.[fn]
  (And he said unto him, God forbid; thou/you shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing either great or small, but that he will shew it me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so.)


20.2 shew…: Heb. uncover mine ear

BB He sayde vnto him: God forbid, thou shalt not dye: Behold, my father wil do nothing either great or smal, but that he will shewe it me: And howe should my father hyde this thing from me? He will not do it.
  (He said unto him: God forbid, thou/you shalt not dye: Behold, my father will do nothing either great or smal, but that he will show it me: And how should my father hyde this thing from me? He will not do it.)

GNV And he sayde vnto him, God forbid, thou shalt not die: beholde, my father will do nothing great nor small, but he will shewe it me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? he will not doe it.
  (And he said unto him, God forbid, thou/you shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing great nor small, but he will show it me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? he will not do it. )

CB He sayde vnto him: God forbyd, thou shalt not dye. Beholde, my father doth nothinge, nether greate ner small, but he sheweth it before myne eares. Wherfore shulde my father the hyde this fro me? It shal not be so.
  (He said unto him: God forbyd, thou/you shalt not dye. Behold, my father doth nothing, neither great nor small, but he sheweth it before mine eares. Wherefore should my father the hyde this from me? It shall not be so.)

WYC And Jonathas seide to hym, Fer be it fro thee, thou schalt not die, for my fadir schal not do ony thing greet ether litil, `no but he schewe firste to me; therfor my fadir kepte preuy fro me this word oneli, forsothe it schal not be.
  (And Yonathas said to him, Fer be it from thee, thou/you shalt not die, for my father shall not do any thing great ether little, `no but he show first to me; therefore my father kepte preuy from me this word oneli, forsothe it shall not be.)

LUT Er aber sprach zu ihm: Das sei ferne, du sollst nicht sterben. Siehe, mein Vater tut nichts, weder Großes noch Kleines, das er nicht meinen Ohren offenbare; warum sollte denn mein Vater dies vor mir verbergen? Es wird nicht so sein.
  (Er but spoke to ihm: The be ferne, you should not dien. Siehe, my father tut nichts, weder Großes still Kleines, the he not my ears offenbare; warum sollte because my father dies before/in_front_of to_me verbergen? It becomes not so sein.)

CLV Qui dixit ei: Absit, non morieris: neque enim faciet pater meus quidquam grande vel parvum, nisi prius indicaverit mihi: hunc ergo celavit me pater meus sermonem tantummodo? nequaquam erit istud.
  (Who he_said ei: Absit, not/no morieris: neque because faciet pater mine quidquam grande or parvum, nisi first/before indicaverit mihi: this_one ergo celavit me pater mine sermonem tantummodo? nequaquam will_be istud. )

BRN And Jonathan said to him, Far be it from thee: thou shalt not die: behold, my father will not do any thing great or small [fn]without discovering it to me; and why should my father hide this matter from me? this thing is not so.


20:2 Gr. and will not uncover my ear.

BrLXX Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Ἰωνάθαν, μηδαμῶς σοι, οὐ μὴ ἀποθάνῃς· ἰδοὺ οὐ μὴ ποιήσῃ ὁ πατήρ μου ῥῆμα μέγα ἢ μικρὸν, καὶ οὐκ ἀποκαλύψει τὸ ὠτίον μου· καὶ τί ὅτι κρύψει ὁ πατήρ μου ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο; οὐκ ἔστι τοῦτο.
  (Kai eipen autōi Yōnathan, maʸdamōs soi, ou maʸ apothanaʸs; idou ou maʸ poiaʸsaʸ ho pataʸr mou ɽaʸma mega aʸ mikron, kai ouk apokalupsei to ōtion mou; kai ti hoti krupsei ho pataʸr mou apʼ emou to ɽaʸma touto? ouk esti touto. )


TSNTyndale Study Notes:

20:2-3 Jonathan was naive about his father’s intentions. David’s willingness to swear . . . by the Lord showed how convinced he was about Saul’s intentions.


UTNuW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

(Occurrence 0) Far from it

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said to=him/it never!, not die see/lo/see! ל,ו doesn't father,my anything big/great or anything small and=not confiding DOM ear_of,me and,why hide father,my from,me DOM the,thing the=this not this(f) )

Here “far from it” is an idiom that refers to that it is not true. Alternate translation: “This is certainly not true”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / merism

(Occurrence 0) nothing either great or small

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said to=him/it never!, not die see/lo/see! ל,ו doesn't father,my anything big/great or anything small and=not confiding DOM ear_of,me and,why hide father,my from,me DOM the,thing the=this not this(f) )

The words “great or small” include everything in between. Alternate translation: “nothing at all”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

(Occurrence 0) Why should my father hide this thing from me?

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said to=him/it never!, not die see/lo/see! ל,ו doesn't father,my anything big/great or anything small and=not confiding DOM ear_of,me and,why hide father,my from,me DOM the,thing the=this not this(f) )

Jonathan uses this question to emphasize that Saul would have told him if he planned to kill David. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this question as a statement. Alternate translation: “My father has no reason to hide this thing from me!” or “If this thing were true, my father would certainly let me know!”

(Occurrence 0) It is not so

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said to=him/it never!, not die see/lo/see! ל,ו doesn't father,my anything big/great or anything small and=not confiding DOM ear_of,me and,why hide father,my from,me DOM the,thing the=this not this(f) )

Alternate translation: “It is not true”

BI 1Sa 20:2 ©