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Good News Translation

1 Samuel 19:3

I will go and stand by my father in the field where you are hiding, and I will speak to him about you. If I find out anything, I will let you know."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - David;   Influence;   Intercession;   Jonathan;  

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Jonathan;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - David;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Jonathan ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - David;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Samuel, Books of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Friendship;   Jonathan, Jehonathan;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I’ll go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are and talk to him about you. When I see what he says, I’ll tell you.”
Hebrew Names Version
and I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, and I will commune with my father of you; and if I see anything, I will tell you.
King James Version
And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where thou art, and I will commune with my father of thee; and what I see, that I will tell thee.
Lexham English Bible
I will go out and stand at my father's side in the field where you are, and I will speak about you to my father; if I find out anything I will tell it to you."
English Standard Version
And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, and I will speak to my father about you. And if I learn anything I will tell you."
New Century Version
I will go out and stand with my father in the field where you are hiding, and I'll talk to him about you. Then I'll let you know what I find out."
New English Translation
I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are. I will speak about you to my father. When I find out what the problem is, I will let you know."
Amplified Bible
"As for me, 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 if I learn anything, then I will tell you."
New American Standard Bible
"And as for me, I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are hiding, and I will speak with my father about you; and whatever I find out, I will tell you."
Geneva Bible (1587)
And I will go out, and stand by my father in the fielde where thou art, and will commune with my father of thee, & I will see what he sayth, and will tell thee.
Legacy Standard Bible
And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, and I will speak with my father about you; what I perceive, I will tell you."
Complete Jewish Bible
I will go out and stand next to my father in the countryside where you're hiding. I will talk with my father about you; and if I learn anything, I'll tell you."
Darby Translation
and I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where thou art, and will speak of thee with my father: and see what it is, and tell thee.
George Lamsa Translation
And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, and I will speak to my father concerning you; and I will see what is on his mind, and I will tell you.
Literal Translation
And I, I will go out and will stand by my father's side in the field where you are . And I will speak of you to my father, and shall see what it is , and will tell you.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But I wyll go forth, and stonde besyde my father in the felde where thou art, and wyll speake of the vnto my father: and what soeuer I se I shal brynge the worde.
American Standard Version
and I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where thou art, and I will commune with my father of thee; and if I see aught, I will tell thee.
Bible in Basic English
And I will go out and take my place by my father's side in the field near where you are; and I will get into talk with my father about you, and when I see how things are, I will give you word.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And I wyll go out, and stande by my father in the fielde where thou art, and wyll commune with my father of thee, and whatsoeuer I see, I wyll tell thee.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where thou art, and I will speak with my father of thee; and if I see aught, I will tell thee.'
King James Version (1611)
And I will goe out and stand beside my father in the field where thou art, and I will commune with my father of thee, and what I see, that I will tell thee.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And I will go forth, and stand near my father in the field where thou shalt be, and I will speak concerning thee to my father; and I will see what his answer may be, and I will tell thee.
English Revised Version
and I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where thou art, and I will commune with my father of thee; and if I see aught, I will tell thee.
Berean Standard Bible
I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, so I can ask about you. And if I find out anything, I will tell you."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sotheli Y schal go out, and stonde bisidis my fadir in the feeld, where euer he schal be; and Y schal speke of thee to my fadir, and what euer thing Y shal se, Y schal telle to thee.
Young's Literal Translation
and I -- I go out, and have stood by the side of my father in the field where thou [art], and I speak of thee unto my father, and have seen what [is coming], and have declared to thee.'
Update Bible Version
and I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, and I will commune with my father of you; and if I see anything, I will tell you.
Webster's Bible Translation
And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where thou [art], and I will commune with my father of thee; and what I see, that I will tell thee.
World English Bible
and I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, and I will commune with my father of you; and if I see anything, I will tell you.
New King James Version
And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, and I will speak with my father about you. Then what I observe, I will tell you."
New Living Translation
I'll ask my father to go out there with me, and I'll talk to him about you. Then I'll tell you everything I can find out."
New Life Bible
I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are. I will speak to my father about you. If I find out anything, I will tell you."
New Revised Standard
I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, and I will speak to my father about you; if I learn anything I will tell you."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and, I, will come out and stand beside my father, in the field where, thou, art, and, I, will speak of thee unto my father, - and, if I see aught, I will tell thee.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where thou art: and I will speak of thee to my father, and whatsoever I shall see, I will tell thee.
Revised Standard Version
and I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, and I will speak to my father about you; and if I learn anything I will tell you."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, and I will speak with my father about you; if I find out anything, then I will tell you."

Contextual Overview

1 Saul told his son Jonathan and all his officials that he planned to kill David. But Jonathan was very fond of David, 2 and so he told him, "My father is trying to kill you. Please be careful tomorrow morning; hide in some secret place and stay there. 3 I will go and stand by my father in the field where you are hiding, and I will speak to him about you. If I find out anything, I will let you know." 4 Jonathan praised David to Saul and said, "Sir, don't do wrong to your servant David. He has never done you any wrong; on the contrary, everything he has done has been a great help to you. 5 He risked his life when he killed Goliath, and the Lord won a great victory for Israel. When you saw it, you were glad. Why, then, do you now want to do wrong to an innocent man and kill David for no reason at all?" 6 Saul was convinced by what Jonathan said and made a vow in the Lord 's name that he would not kill David. 7 So Jonathan called David and told him everything; then he took him to Saul, and David served the king as he had before.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

what I see: 1 Samuel 20:9, 1 Samuel 20:13

Reciprocal: Matthew 27:23 - Why

Cross-References

Genesis 19:6
Lot went outside and closed the door behind him.
Genesis 19:8
Look, I have two daughters who are still virgins. Let me bring them out to you, and you can do whatever you want with them. But don't do anything to these men; they are guests in my house, and I must protect them."
Genesis 19:28
He looked down at Sodom and Gomorrah and the whole valley and saw smoke rising from the land, like smoke from a huge furnace.
Genesis 19:29
But when God destroyed the cities of the valley where Lot was living, he kept Abraham in mind and allowed Lot to escape to safety.
Genesis 21:8
The child grew, and on the day that he was weaned, Abraham gave a great feast.
Exodus 12:15
The Lord said, "For seven days you must not eat any bread made with yeast—eat only unleavened bread. On the first day you are to get rid of all the yeast in your houses, for if anyone during those seven days eats bread made with yeast, he shall no longer be considered one of my people.
Exodus 12:39
They baked unleavened bread from the dough that they had brought out of Egypt, for they had been driven out of Egypt so suddenly that they did not have time to get their food ready or to prepare leavened dough.
Judges 6:19
So Gideon went into his house and cooked a young goat and used a bushel of flour to make bread without any yeast. He put the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot, brought them to the Lord 's angel under the oak tree, and gave them to him.
1 Samuel 28:24
The woman quickly killed a calf which she had been fattening. Then she took some flour, prepared it, and baked some bread without yeast.
2 Kings 4:8
One day Elisha went to Shunem, where a rich woman lived. She invited him to a meal, and from then on every time he went to Shunem he would have his meals at her house.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And I will go out,.... In the morning, at the same time his father used to take his morning walk:

and stand beside my father in the field where thou [art]; on that side of him next to David, that he might not see him, and yet be so near, that David might hear what passed between them:

and I will commune with my father of thee; speak in favour of him, and endeavour to dissuade him from attempting to take away his life, which was of so much importance and usefulness in the commonwealth of Israel:

and what I see that I will tell thee; what David could not well hear he would inform him of, and what he could perceive in the countenance of Saul, as well as conclude from his words, that he would make known to David, that so he might know better what he had to do, and provide for his safety.


 
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