And he said to him, “Far from it! You shall not die. Behold, my father does nothing either great or small without disclosing it to me. And why should my father hide this from me? It is not so.”

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“Never!” Jonathan replied. “You are not going to die! Look, my father doesn’t do anything, great or small, without letting me know. Why would he hide this from me? It isn’t so!”

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For I have given them (A)the words that you gave me, and they have received them and have come to know in truth that (B)I came from you; and (C)they have believed that you sent me.

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For I gave them the words you gave me(A) and they accepted them. They knew with certainty that I came from you,(B) and they believed that you sent me.(C)

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15 Now the day before Saul came, (A)the Lord had (B)revealed to Samuel:

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15 Now the day before Saul came, the Lord had revealed this to Samuel:

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12 And Jonathan said to David, “The Lord, the God of Israel, be witness![a] When I have sounded out my father, about this time tomorrow, or the third day, behold, if he is well disposed toward David, shall I not then send and disclose it to you?

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 20:12 Hebrew lacks be witness

12 Then Jonathan said to David, “I swear by the Lord, the God of Israel, that I will surely sound(A) out my father by this time the day after tomorrow! If he is favorably disposed toward you, will I not send you word and let you know?

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45 Then the people said to Saul, “Shall Jonathan die, who has worked this great salvation in Israel? Far from it! (A)As the Lord lives, (B)there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground, for he has worked with God this day.” So the people ransomed Jonathan, so that he did not die.

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45 But the men said to Saul, “Should Jonathan die—he who has brought about this great deliverance in Israel? Never! As surely as the Lord lives, not a hair(A) of his head will fall to the ground, for he did this today with God’s help.” So the men rescued(B) Jonathan, and he was not put to death.

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29 Far be it from us that we should (A)rebel against the Lord and turn away this day from following the Lord (B)by building an altar for burnt offering, grain offering, or sacrifice, other than the altar of the Lord our God that stands before his tabernacle!”

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29 “Far be it from us to rebel(A) against the Lord and turn away from him today by building an altar for burnt offerings, grain offerings and sacrifices, other than the altar of the Lord our God that stands before his tabernacle.(B)

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They said to him, “Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!

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But they said to him, “Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants(A) to do anything like that!(B)

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15 (A)No longer do I call you servants,[a] for the servant (B)does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for (C)all that I have heard from my Father (D)I have made known to you.

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  1. John 15:15 Or bondservants, or slaves (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface); likewise for servant later in this verse and in verse 20

15 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.(A)

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16 (A)He will (B)come and destroy those tenants and (C)give the vineyard to others.” When they heard this, they said, “Surely not!”

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16 He will come and kill those tenants(A) and give the vineyard to others.”

When the people heard this, they said, “God forbid!”

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(A)The Lord God has opened my ear,
    (B)and I was not rebellious;
    I turned not backward.

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The Sovereign Lord(A) has opened my ears;(B)
    I have not been rebellious,(C)
    I have not turned away.

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(A)In sacrifice and offering you have not delighted,
    but you have given me an open (B)ear.[a]
Burnt offering and sin offering
    you have not required.

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  1. Psalm 40:6 Hebrew ears you have dug for me

Sacrifice and offering you did not desire—(A)
    but my ears you have opened[a](B)
    burnt offerings(C) and sin offerings[b] you did not require.

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  1. Psalm 40:6 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts but a body you have prepared for me
  2. Psalm 40:6 Or purification offerings

16 Then the people answered, “Far be it from us that we should forsake the Lord to serve other gods,

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16 Then the people answered, “Far be it from us to forsake(A) the Lord to serve other gods!

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