1 SAM 20:1 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Then David fled from Nayot near Ramah and went to Yonatan and asked, “What have I done? What did I do wrong? What sin has made your father so angry that he wants to take my life?”

20:1 OSHB variant note: מ/נוות: (x-qere) ’מִ/נָּי֖וֹת’: lemma_m/5121 n_1.0 morph_HR/Np id_09eLB מִ/נָּי֖וֹת

Key: khaki:verbs.
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).

BrLXX Καὶ ἀπέδρα Δαυὶδ ἐκ Ναυὰθ ἐν Ῥαμᾷ, καὶ ἔρχεται ἐνώπιον Ἰωνάθαν, καὶ εἶπε, τί πεποίηκα, καὶ τί τὸ ἀδίκημά μου, καὶ τί ἡμάρτηκα ἐνώπιον τοῦ πατρός σου, ὅτι ἐπιζητεῖ τὴν ψυχήν μου;
(Kai apedra Dawid ek Nauath en Ɽama, kai erⱪetai enōpion Yōnathan, kai eipe, ti pepoiaʸka, kai ti to adikaʸma mou, kai ti haʸmartaʸka enōpion tou patros sou, hoti epizaʸtei taʸn psuⱪaʸn mou; )

BrTr And David fled from Navath in Rama, and comes into the presence of Jonathan; and he said, What have I done, and what is my fault, and wherein have I sinned before thy father, that he seeks my life?

ULT And David fled from Naioth in Ramah. And he came and said to the face of Jonathan, “What have I done? What is my iniquity? And what is my sin to the face of your father, that he is seeking my life?”

UST David ran away from Naioth. He went to meet with Jonathan and told him, “I have done nothing wrong. I have not harmed your father. Nevertheless, he is trying to kill me!”

BSB Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah. He came to Jonathan and asked, “What have I done? What [is] my iniquity? How have I sinned against your father, that he wants to take my life?”

OEB David fled from Naioth in Ramah. He came to Jonathan and said, ‘What have I done? What is my guilt? What is my sin against your father, that he is seeking my life?’

WEBBE David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said to Jonathan, “What have I done? What is my iniquity? What is my sin before your father, that he seeks my life?”

WMBB (Same as above)

NET David fled from Naioth in Ramah. He came to Jonathan and asked, “What have I done? What is my offense? How have I sinned before your father? For he is seeking my life!”

LSV And David flees from Naioth in Ramah, and comes, and says before Jonathan, “What have I done? What [is] my iniquity? And what [is] my sin before your father, that he is seeking my life?”

FBV David ran from Naioth in Ramah to Jonathan and asked him, “What have I done? What is my wrong have I done? What terrible thing have I done to your father that he wants to kill me?”

T4T David ran away from the Naioth section of Ramah city. He went to Jonathan and asked him, “What have I done to displease your father? What did I do that was wrong? Why is he trying to kill me?”

LEB No LEB 1 SAM book available

BBE And David went in flight from Naioth in Ramah and came to Jonathan and said, What have I done? What is my crime and my sin against your father that he is attempting to take my life?

Moff No Moff 1 SAM book available

JPS 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 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?

DRA But David fled from Najoth, which is in Ramatha, and came and said to Jonathan: What have I done? what is my iniquity, and what is my sin against thy father, that he seeketh my life?

YLT And David fleeth from Naioth in Ramah, and cometh, and saith before Jonathan, 'What have I done? what [is] mine iniquity? and what my sin before thy father, that he is seeking my life?'

Drby And David fled from Naioth by 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 seeks my life?

RV 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?
(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/your father, that he seeketh/seeks my life? )

SLT And David will flee from Naioth in Ramah, and he will come and say before Jonathan, What did I? and what mine iniquity? and what my sin before thy father that he seeks my soul?

Wbstr And 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 thy father, that he seeketh my life?

KJB-1769 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?
(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/your father, that he seeketh/seeks my life? )

KJB-1611 ¶ And Dauid fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Ionathan, What haue I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sinne before thy father, that he seeketh my life?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps No Bshps 1 SAM book available

Gnva And Dauid fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and sayd before Ionathan, What haue I done? what is mine iniquitie? and what sinne haue I committed before thy father, that he seeketh my life?
(And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Yonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what sin have I committed before thy/your father, that he seeketh/seeks my life? )

Cvdl No Cvdl 1 SAM book available

Wycl No Wycl 1 SAM book available

Luth No Luth 1 SAM book available

ClVg 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?
(He_fled however David from/about Nayoth, which it_is in/into/on Ramatha, I_cameensque spoke it_is before Yonatha: What I_did? which it_is iniquity my, and that sin mine in/into/on father your, because seeks the_soul of_mine? )

RP-GNT No RP-GNT 1 SAM book available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

לִ⁠פְנֵ֣י יְהוֹנָתָ֗ן

to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before Yōnātān/(Jonathan)

The author is using one part of Jonathan, his face, to mean all of him. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [to Jonathan in person]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

מֶ֤ה עָשִׂ֨יתִי֙ מֶֽה־עֲוֺנִ֤⁠י וּ⁠מֶֽה־חַטָּאתִ⁠י֙ לִ⁠פְנֵ֣י אָבִ֔י⁠ךָ כִּ֥י מְבַקֵּ֖שׁ אֶת־נַפְשִֽׁ⁠י

what? done what my=perversity/evil/guilt/punishment and,what sin_of,my to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before I_will_show=you(ms) that/for/because/then/when trying_to_take DOM life_of,my

David is using the question form for emphasis. If a speaker of your language would not use the question form for that purpose, you could translate this as a statement or as an exclamation. Alternate translation: [I have done nothing! I have no iniquity! There is no sin of mine to the face of your father, that he should seek my life!]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

מֶ֤ה עָשִׂ֨יתִי֙ מֶֽה־עֲוֺנִ֤⁠י

what? done what my=perversity/evil/guilt/punishment

These two phrases mean basically the same thing. If it would be clearer in your language, you could combine them. Alternate translation: [What have I done that would be iniquity?] or [I have done nothing iniquitous!]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

לִ⁠פְנֵ֣י אָבִ֔י⁠ךָ

to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before I_will_show=you(ms)

David is using one part of Saul, his face to mean all of him in the act of potentially being offended or injured. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [against your father]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

כִּ֥י מְבַקֵּ֖שׁ אֶת־נַפְשִֽׁ⁠י

that/for/because/then/when trying_to_take DOM life_of,my

David is using the term life by association to mean the end of his life, that is, his death. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [that he is seeking to end my life] or [that he is seeking to kill me]

Parallel 1 SAM 20:1

Parallel 1 SAM 20:1