1 Samuel 20:4 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I will even do it for thee.”

1 Samuel 20:4 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

1 Samuel 20:4 in 6 Bible Translations

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1 Samuel 20:4 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Then Jonathan said to David, “Whatever your soul desires, I will even do it for you.””

1 Samuel 20:4 — World English Bible

1 Samuel 20:4 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I will even do it for thee. ”

1 Samuel 20:4 — American Standard Version

1 Samuel 20:4 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And Jonathan saith to David, `What doth thy soul say? --and I do it for thee.'”

1 Samuel 20:4 — Young's Literal Translation

1 Samuel 20:4 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And Jonathan said to David, What thy soul may say, I will even do it for thee. ”

1 Samuel 20:4 — Darby Translation

1 Samuel 20:4 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Then said Ionathan vnto Dauid, Whatsoeuer thy soule requireth, that I wil do vnto thee.”

1 Samuel 20:4 — Geneva Bible

1 Samuel 20:4 in Context — 1 Samuel 20

2 And he said unto him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing either great or small, but that he will shew it me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so.

3 And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.

4 Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I will even do it for thee.

5 And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the third day at even.

6 If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Beth–lehem his city: for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.

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What Does 1 Samuel 20:4 Mean?

1 Samuel 20:4 is a verse from the Book of 1 Samuel, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 1 Samuel chapter 20. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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