1 Samuel 20:2

Lutherbibel

Er aber sprach zu Ihm: Das sei ferne; du sollst nicht sterben. Siehe, mein Vater tut nichts, weder Großes noch Kleines, das er nicht meinen Ohren offenbare; warum sollte denn mein Vater dies vor mir verbergen? Es wird nicht so sein.

Parallel Translations

Schlachter Bibel (1951)
Er aber sprach zu ihm: Das sei ferne, du sollst nicht sterben! Siehe, mein Vater tut nichts, weder Großes noch Kleines, das er nicht meinen Ohren offenbare. Warum sollte denn mein Vater solches vor mir verbergen? Es ist nichts daran!

Elberfelder Bibel (1905)
Und er sprach zu ihm: Das sei ferne! Du wirst nicht sterben. Siehe, mein Vater tut weder eine große noch eine kleine Sache, ohne daß er sie meinem Ohr eröffnete; und warum sollte mein Vater diese Sache vor mir verbergen? Es ist nicht so.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

God forbid: 1 Samuel 14:45, Genesis 44:7, Joshua 22:29, Joshua 24:16, Luke 20:16

show it me: Heb. uncover mine ear, 1 Samuel 20:12, 1 Samuel 9:15, *marg. Psalms 40:6, Isaiah 50:5, John 15:15, John 17:8

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 19:2 - Jonathan 1 Samuel 22:8 - showeth me 2 Samuel 1:23 - pleasant

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he said unto him, God forbid, thou shalt not die,.... He could not believe his father had any such intention; and that if he discovered anything of that kind, it was only when he was in a frenzy, and a melancholy disorder had seized him; and that David had nothing to fear on that head, and that he would secure him from all danger in that respect; the thing was too gross and detestable to be credited:

behold, my father will do nothing, either great or small, but that he will show it me; such an interest had he in him, and in his favour, being his son and heir to his crown, and having done many warlike exploits, which had the more endeared him to him, that he made him privy to all his secret designs, and took his opinion in all matters of moment and importance:

and why should my father hide this thing from me? his design of taking away the life of David, if he had really formed one:

it [is] not [so]; Jonathan concluded, from his ignorance of it, there was nothing in it, and that it was only a surmise of David's; and yet it is strange that Jonathan should know nothing of the messengers being sent to David's house to take him, and of others sent to Naioth after him, and of Saul's going there himself with such a design; and if he did know anything of the matter, he made the best of it to David, partly to allay his fears, and partly that his father might not appear so black and vile as he really was.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

It is not so - Jonathan’s unwillingness to believe evil of his father is one of the many admirable traits in his character.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 20:2. My father will do nothing — Jonathan thought that his father could have no evil design against David, because of the oath which he had sworn to himself 1 Samuel 19:6; and at any rate, that he would do nothing against David without informing him.