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1 Samuel 20:4

Jonathan said to David, “Whatever you say, I will do for you.” Then said Yonatan to David, Whatever your soul desires, I will even do it for you. Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I will even do it for thee. Then Jonathan said to David, "Whatever you wish, I will do for you." Then Jonathan said to David, "Whatever you say, I will do for you." Jonathan said to David, "I'll do anything you want me to do." Jonathan replied to David, "Tell me what I can do for you." Then Jonathan said to David, "Whatever you say, I will do for you." Then Jonathan said to David, "Whatever you say, I will do for you." Then said Ionathan vnto Dauid, Whatsoeuer thy soule requireth, that I wil do vnto thee. Then Jonathan said to David, "Whatever your soul says, I will do for you." Then Jonathan said, "Tell me what to do, and I'll do it." Y'honatan said to David, "Anything you want me to do for you, I'll do." And Jonathan said to David, What thy soul may say, I will even do it for thee. Jonathan said to David, "I will do anything you want me to do." Then Jonathan said to David, Whatever you desire, I will do for you. Jonathan said, "I'll do anything you want." And Jonathan said to David, What your soul may say, I also will do for you. Ionathas sayde vnto Dauid: I wil do for the what so euer thy hert desyreth. Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I will even do it for thee. Then Jonathan said to David, Whatever your desire is, I will do it for you. Then sayde Ionathan vnto Dauid: Whatsoeuer thy soule desireth, that I will do vnto thee. Then said Jonathan unto David: 'What doth thy soul desire, that I should do it for thee?' Then said Ionathan vnto Dauid, Whatsoeuer thy soule desireth, I will euen doe it for thee. And Jonathan said to David, What does thy soul desire, and what shall I do for thee. Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I will even do it for thee. Then Jonathan said to David, "Whatever you desire, I will do for you." And Jonathas seide to Dauid, What euer thing thi soule schal seie to me, Y schal do to thee. And Jonathan saith to David, `What doth thy soul say? -- and I do it for thee.' Then Jonathan said to David, Whatever your soul desires, I will even do it for you. Then said Jonathan to David, Whatever thy soul desireth, I will even do [it] for thee. Then said Jonathan to David, Whatever your soul desires, I will even do it for you. So Jonathan said to David, "Whatever you yourself desire, I will do it for you." "Tell me what I can do to help you," Jonathan exclaimed. Then Jonathan said to David, "I will do for you whatever you say." Then Jonathan said to David, "Whatever you say, I will do for you." And Jonathan said unto David, - Whatsoever thy soul shall desire, I will do for thee. And Jonathan said to David: Whatsoever thy soul shall say to me, I will do for thee. Then said Jonathan to David, "Whatever you say, I will do for you." And Jonathan says to David, "What does your soul [desire]? Command and I do it for you." Jonathan said, "Tell me what you have in mind. I'll do anything for you." Then Jonathan said to David, "Whatever you say, I will do for you."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Influence;   Thompson Chain Reference - Jonathan;  

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Nob;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Jonathan;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - David;   Samuel, Books of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Jonathan ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - David;   Jonathan;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Jonathan said to David, “Whatever you say, I will do for you.”
Hebrew Names Version
Then said Yonatan to David, Whatever your soul desires, I will even do it for you.
King James Version
Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I will even do it for thee.
Lexham English Bible
Then Jonathan said to David, "Whatever you wish, I will do for you."
English Standard Version
Then Jonathan said to David, "Whatever you say, I will do for you."
New Century Version
Jonathan said to David, "I'll do anything you want me to do."
New English Translation
Jonathan replied to David, "Tell me what I can do for you."
Amplified Bible
Then Jonathan said to David, "Whatever you say, I will do for you."
New American Standard Bible
Then Jonathan said to David, "Whatever you say, I will do for you."
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then said Ionathan vnto Dauid, Whatsoeuer thy soule requireth, that I wil do vnto thee.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then Jonathan said to David, "Whatever your soul says, I will do for you."
Contemporary English Version
Then Jonathan said, "Tell me what to do, and I'll do it."
Complete Jewish Bible
Y'honatan said to David, "Anything you want me to do for you, I'll do."
Darby Translation
And Jonathan said to David, What thy soul may say, I will even do it for thee.
Easy-to-Read Version
Jonathan said to David, "I will do anything you want me to do."
George Lamsa Translation
Then Jonathan said to David, Whatever you desire, I will do for you.
Good News Translation
Jonathan said, "I'll do anything you want."
Literal Translation
And Jonathan said to David, What your soul may say, I also will do for you.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Ionathas sayde vnto Dauid: I wil do for the what so euer thy hert desyreth.
American Standard Version
Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I will even do it for thee.
Bible in Basic English
Then Jonathan said to David, Whatever your desire is, I will do it for you.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then sayde Ionathan vnto Dauid: Whatsoeuer thy soule desireth, that I will do vnto thee.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then said Jonathan unto David: 'What doth thy soul desire, that I should do it for thee?'
King James Version (1611)
Then said Ionathan vnto Dauid, Whatsoeuer thy soule desireth, I will euen doe it for thee.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Jonathan said to David, What does thy soul desire, and what shall I do for thee.
English Revised Version
Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I will even do it for thee.
Berean Standard Bible
Then Jonathan said to David, "Whatever you desire, I will do for you."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Jonathas seide to Dauid, What euer thing thi soule schal seie to me, Y schal do to thee.
Young's Literal Translation
And Jonathan saith to David, `What doth thy soul say? -- and I do it for thee.'
Update Bible Version
Then Jonathan said to David, Whatever your soul desires, I will even do it for you.
Webster's Bible Translation
Then said Jonathan to David, Whatever thy soul desireth, I will even do [it] for thee.
World English Bible
Then said Jonathan to David, Whatever your soul desires, I will even do it for you.
New King James Version
So Jonathan said to David, "Whatever you yourself desire, I will do it for you."
New Living Translation
"Tell me what I can do to help you," Jonathan exclaimed.
New Life Bible
Then Jonathan said to David, "I will do for you whatever you say."
New Revised Standard
Then Jonathan said to David, "Whatever you say, I will do for you."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Jonathan said unto David, - Whatsoever thy soul shall desire, I will do for thee.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Jonathan said to David: Whatsoever thy soul shall say to me, I will do for thee.
Revised Standard Version
Then said Jonathan to David, "Whatever you say, I will do for you."
THE MESSAGE
Jonathan said, "Tell me what you have in mind. I'll do anything for you."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Jonathan said to David, "Whatever you say, I will do for you."

Contextual Overview

1David fled from Naioth in Ramah and came to Jonathan and asked, “What have I done? What did I do wrong? How have I sinned against your father so that he wants to take my life?” 1 David fled from Nayot in Ramah, and came and said before Yonatan, What have I done? what is my iniquity? and what is my sin before your father, that he seeks my life? 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? 1 Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah and came and said before Jonathan, "What have I done? What is my guilt and what is my sin before your father that he is trying to kill me? 1 Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah and came and said before Jonathan, "What have I done? What is my guilt? And what is my sin before your father, that he seeks my life?" 1 Then David ran away from Naioth in Ramah. He went to Jonathan and asked, "What have I done? What is my crime? How did I sin against your father? Why is he trying to kill me?" 1 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!" 1David fled from Naioth in Ramah and he came and said to Jonathan, "What have I done? What is my guilt? What is my sin before (against) your father, that he is seeking my life?" 1 Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and he came and said to Jonathan, "What have I done? What is my guilt? And what is my sin before your father, that he is seeking my life?" 1 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?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Whatsoever: etc. or, Say what is thy mind, and I will do, etc

desireth: Heb. speaketh, or thinketh

Cross-References

Genesis 19:24
Then the LORD rained on Sedom and on `Amorah sulfur and fire from the LORD out of the sky.
Genesis 19:24
Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven;
Genesis 19:24
Yahweh rained down from heaven upon Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Yahweh.
Genesis 19:24
The Lord sent a rain of burning sulfur down from the sky on Sodom and Gomorrah
Genesis 19:24
Then the Lord rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah. It was sent down from the sky by the Lord .
Genesis 19:24
Then the LORD rained down brimstone (flaming sulfur) and fire on Sodom and on Gomorrah from the LORD out of heaven,
Genesis 19:24
Then the LORD rained brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah from the LORD out of heaven,
Genesis 19:24
Then the Lord rained vpon Sodom and vpon Gomorah brimstone, & fire from the Lord out of heauen,
Genesis 19:24
And Yahweh rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Yahweh out of heaven,
Genesis 19:24
and the Lord sent burning sulfur down like rain on Sodom and Gomorrah.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then said Jonathan unto David,.... Now giving credit to what he had said, and in order to comfort and support him under the apprehensions he had of danger:

whatsoever thy soul desireth, I will even do [it] for thee; for the preservation of his life, by speaking to his father on his behalf, endeavouring to dissuade him from his evil intentions, or by hiding and concealing him in some obscure place, that he might not execute his evil designs upon him, or by any method he could point out to him.


 
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