1 Samuel 14:44

King James Version (1611 Edition)

And Saul answered, God do so, and more also: for thou shalt surely die, Ionathan.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Saul declared to him, “May God punish me and do so severely if you do not die, Jonathan!”

Hebrew Names Version
Sha'ul said, God do so and more also; for you shall surely die, Yonatan.

King James Version
And Saul answered, God do so and more also: for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan.

Lexham English Bible
Then Saul said, "So may God do to me and more, you will certainly die today, Jonathan!"

English Standard Version
And Saul said, "God do so to me and more also; you shall surely die, Jonathan."

New Century Version
Saul said, "Jonathan, if you don't die, may God punish me terribly."

New English Translation
Saul said, "God will punish me severely if Jonathan doesn't die!"

Amplified Bible
Saul answered, "May God do so [to me], and more also [if I do not keep my word], for you shall most certainly die, Jonathan."

New American Standard Bible
And Saul said, "May God do the same to me and more also, for you shall certainly die, Jonathan!"

Geneva Bible (1587)
Againe Saul answered, God doe so & more also, vnlesse thou die the death, Ionathan.

Legacy Standard Bible
And Saul said, "May God do this to me and more also, for you shall surely die, Jonathan."

Contemporary English Version
"Yes, Jonathan. I swear to God that you must die."

Complete Jewish Bible
Sha'ul said, "May God do the same to me and more also if you are not put to death, Y'honatan!"

Darby Translation
And Saul said, God do so [to me] and more also; thou shalt certainly die, Jonathan.

Easy-to-Read Version
Saul said, "I made an oath and asked God to punish me if I didn't keep it. Jonathan, you must die."

George Lamsa Translation
And Saul said, God do so to me and more also, unless you shall surely die, Jonathan.

Good News Translation
Saul said to him, "May God strike me dead if you are not put to death!"

Literal Translation
And Saul said, God do so and more also, for dying you shall die, Jonathan.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The sayde Saul: God do this and that vnto me, Ionathas thou must dye the death.

American Standard Version
And Saul said, God do so and more also; for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan.

Bible in Basic English
And Saul said, May God's punishment be on me if death is not your fate, Jonathan.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Saul aunswered: God do so & more also to me, thou shalt dye the death Ionathan.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Saul said: 'God do so and more also; thou shalt surely die, Jonathan.'

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Saul said to him, God do so to me, and more also, thou shalt surely die to-day.

English Revised Version
And Saul said, God do so and more also: for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan.

Berean Standard Bible
And Saul declared "May God punish me, and ever so severely, if you, Jonathan, do not surely die!"

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Y die. And Saul seide, God do to me these thingis, and adde `these thingis, for thou, Jonathas, schalt die bi deeth.

Young's Literal Translation
And Saul saith, `Thus doth God do, and thus doth He add, for thou dost certainly die, Jonathan.'

Update Bible Version
And Saul said, God do so and more also; for you shall surely die, Jonathan.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Saul answered, God do so, and more also: for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan.

World English Bible
Saul said, God do so and more also; for you shall surely die, Jonathan.

New King James Version
Saul answered, "God do so and more also; for you shall surely die, Jonathan."

New Living Translation
"Yes, Jonathan," Saul said, "you must die! May God strike me and even kill me if you do not die for this."

New Life Bible
Saul said, "May God do this to me and more also, for you will die for sure, Jonathan."

New Revised Standard
Saul said, "God do so to me and more also; you shall surely die, Jonathan!"

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then said Saul: So, may God do, and, so, may he add, surely thou must, die, Jonathan!

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Saul said: May God do so and so to me, and add still more: for dying thou shalt die, O Jonathan.

Revised Standard Version
And Saul said, "God do so to me and more also; you shall surely die, Jonathan."

THE MESSAGE
Saul said, "Yes. Jonathan most certainly will die. It's out of my hands—I can't go against God, can I?"

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Saul said, "May God do this to me and more also, for you shall surely die, Jonathan."

Contextual Overview

³⁶ And Saul saide, Let vs goe downe after the Philistines by night, and spoile them vntil the morning light, and let vs not leaue a man of them. And they said, Do whatsoeuer seemeth good vnto thee. Then said the priest, Let vs draw neere hither vnto God. ³⁷ And Saul asked counsell of God, Shall I goe downe after the Philistines? Wilt thou deliuer them into the hand of Israel? But he answered him not that day. ³⁸ And Saul said, Draw yee neere hither all the chiefe of the people: and know and see, wherein this sinne hath beene this day. ³⁹ For as the Lord liueth, which saueth Israel, though it bee in Ionathan my sonne, he shall surely die: But there was not a man among all the people that answered him. ⁴⁰ Then said he vnto all Israel, Be ye on one side, and I, and Ionathan my sonne will be on the other side. And the people said vnto Saul, Doe what seemeth good vnto thee. ⁴¹ Therefore Saul saide vnto the Lord God of Israel, Giue a perfect lot. And Saul and Ionathan were taken: but the people escaped. ⁴² And Saul said, Cast lots betweene me and Ionathan my sonne. And Ionathan was taken. ⁴³ Then Saul said to Ionathan, Tell me what thou hast done. And Ionathan tolde him, and said, I did but taste a litle hony with the end of the rodde that was in mine hand, and loe, I must die. ⁴⁴ And Saul answered, God do so, and more also: for thou shalt surely die, Ionathan. ⁴⁵ And the people said vnto Saul, Shall Ionathan die, who hath wrought this great saluation in Israel? God forbid: as the Lord liueth, there shal not one haire of his head fall to the ground: for hee hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Ionathan, that hee died not.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

God: 1 Samuel 25:22, Ruth 1:17, 2 Samuel 3:9, 2 Samuel 19:13

thou shalt: 1 Samuel 14:39, Genesis 38:24, 2 Samuel 12:5, 2 Samuel 12:31, Proverbs 25:16

Reciprocal: Genesis 2:17 - surely Judges 11:31 - shall surely Judges 11:35 - I cannot 1 Samuel 22:16 - Thou shalt 2 Samuel 21:2 - in his zeal 1 Kings 2:23 - God 2 Kings 6:31 - God do so Romans 9:3 - were

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Saul answered, God do so and more also,.... A form of an oath imprecating evils upon him more and greater than he chose to mention, see the like form in Ruth 1:17, though Abarbinel thinks this is not the form of an oath, but an asseveration of a curse that would befall him; as that God would not answer him when he inquired of him, and that he would add to do so again and again, if he died not:

for thou shall surely die, Jonathan; such words from a father must be very striking to a son, and argue a want of paternal affection in Saul, that could call his son by his name, and deliver such a speech unto him in so strong a manner.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 14:44. And Saul answered - thou shalt surely die, Jonathan. — To save thy rash oath! So must John Baptist's head be taken off at the desire of an impure woman, because a Herod had sworn to give her whatever she might request! Unfeeling brute! However, the king was JUDGE. But what said the people, who were the JURY?