◄ 1 Samuel 14:44 ►
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Good News Translation
Saul said to him, "May God strike me dead if you are not put to death!"

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

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

New American Bible
Saul declared, “May God do thus to me, and more, if you do not indeed 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.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

God

1 Samuel 25:22 May God do so and so, and add more to the foes of David, if I leave of all that belong to him till the morning, any that pisseth against the wall.

Ruth 1:17 The land that shall receive thee dying, in the same will I die: and there will I be buried. The Lord do so and so to me, and add more also, if aught but death part me and thee.

2 Samuel 3:9 So do God to Abner, and more also, unless as the Lord hath sworn to David, so I do to him,

2 Samuel 19:13 And say ye to Amasa: Art not thou my bone, and my flesh? So do God to me and add more, if thou be not the chief captain of the army before me always in the place of Joab.

thou shalt

1 Samuel 14:39 As the Lord liveth, who is the Saviour of Israel, if it was done by Jonathan, my son, he shall surely die. In this none of the people gainsayed him.

Genesis 38:24 And behold, after three months, they told Juda, saying: Thamar, thy daughter-in-law, hath played the harlot, and she appeareth to have a big belly. And Juda said: Bring her out that she may be burnt.

2 Samuel 12:5,31 And David's anger being exceedingly kindled against that man, he said to Nathan: As the Lord liveth, the man that hath done this is a child of death. . . .

Proverbs 25:16 Thou hast found honey, eat what is sufficient for thee, lest being glutted therewith thou vomit it up.

Context
The People Save Jonathan
…43And Saul said to Jonathan: Tell me what thou hast done. And Jonathan told him, and said: I did but taste a little honey with the end of the rod, which was in my hand, and behold I must die. 44And Saul said: May God do so and so to me, and add still more: for dying thou shalt die, O Jonathan.45And the people said to Saul: Shall Jonathan then die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? this must not be: As the Lord liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground, for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people delivered Jonathan, that he should not die.…
Cross References
Ruth 1:17
The land that shall receive thee dying, in the same will I die: and there will I be buried. The Lord do so and so to me, and add more also, if aught but death part me and thee.

1 Samuel 14:39
As the Lord liveth, who is the Saviour of Israel, if it was done by Jonathan, my son, he shall surely die. In this none of the people gainsayed him.

1 Samuel 25:22
May God do so and so, and add more to the foes of David, if I leave of all that belong to him till the morning, any that pisseth against the wall.

1 Samuel 14:43
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