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Literal Standard Version

1 Samuel 19:3

and I go out, and have stood by the side of my father in the field where you [are], and I speak of you to my father, and have seen what [is coming], and have declared [it] to you."

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.
Good News Translation
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."
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

1And Saul speaks to his son Jonathan, and to all his servants, to put David to death, 2and Jonathan son of Saul delighted in David exceedingly, and Jonathan declares [it] to David, saying, "My father Saul is seeking to put you to death, and now, please take heed in the morning, and you have abided in a secret place and been hidden, 3and I go out, and have stood by the side of my father in the field where you [are], and I speak of you to my father, and have seen what [is coming], and have declared [it] to you."4And Jonathan speaks good of David to his father Saul and says to him, "Do not let the king sin against his servant, against David, because he has not sinned against you, and because his works [are] very good for you; 5indeed, he puts his life in his hand, and strikes the Philistine, and YHWH works a great salvation for all Israel; you have seen, and rejoice, and why do you sin against innocent blood, to put David to death for nothing?" 6And Saul listens to the voice of Jonathan, and Saul swears, "YHWH lives—he does not die." 7And Jonathan calls for David, and Jonathan declares all these words to him, and Jonathan brings in David to Saul, and he is before him as 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
And Lot goes out to them, to the opening, and the door has shut behind him,
Genesis 19:8
now behold, I have two daughters who have not known anyone; please let me bring them out to you, and do to them as [is] good in your eyes; only do nothing to these men, for therefore they have come in within the shadow of my roof."
Genesis 19:28
and he looks on the face of Sodom and Gomorrah, and on all the face of the land of the circuit, and sees, and behold, the smoke of the land went up as smoke of the furnace.
Genesis 19:29
And it comes to pass, in God's destroying the cities of the circuit, that God remembers Abraham, and sends Lot out of the midst of the overthrow in the overthrowing of the cities in which Lot dwelt.
Genesis 21:8
And the boy grows, and is weaned, and Abraham makes a great banquet in the day of Isaac's being weaned;
Exodus 12:15
Seven days you eat unleavened things; only—in the first day you cause leaven to cease out of your houses; for anyone eating anything fermented from the first day until the seventh day, indeed, that person has been cut off from Israel.
Exodus 12:39
And they bake unleavened cakes with the dough which they have brought out from Egypt, for it has not fermented; for they have been cast out of Egypt, and have not been able to delay, and also they have not made provision for themselves.
Judges 6:19
And Gideon has gone in, and prepares a kid of the goats, and an ephah of flour [worth] of unleavened things; he has put the flesh in a basket, and he has put the broth in a pot, and he brings [them] out to Him, to the place of the oak, and brings [them] near.
1 Samuel 28:24
And the woman has a calf of the stall in the house, and she hurries and slaughters it, and takes flour, and kneads, and bakes it [into] unleavened things,
2 Kings 4:8
And the day comes that Elisha passes over to Shunem, and there [is] a great woman, and she lays hold on him to eat bread, and it comes to pass, at the time of his passing over, he turns aside there to eat bread,

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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