1 Samuel 20:10
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And David answered Jonathan: Who shall bring me word, if thy father should answer thee harshly concerning me?

answer thee

1 Samuel 20:30-34 Then Saul being angry against Jonathan, said to him: Thou son of a woman that is the ravisher of a man, do I not know that thou lovest the son of Isai to thy own confusion, and to the confusion of thy shameless mother? . . .

1 Samuel 25:10,14,17 But Nabal answering the servants of David, said: Who is David? and what is the son of Isai? servants are multiplied now days who flee from their masters. . . .

Genesis 42:7,30 And he knew them, he spoke as it were to strangers, somewhat roughly, asking them: Whence came you? They answered: From the land of Chanaan, to buy necessaries of life. . . .

1 Kings 12:13 And the king answered the people roughly, leaving the counsel of the old men, which they had given him,

Proverbs 18:23 The poor will speak with supplications, and the rich will speak roughly.

Context
Jonathan and David Renew Their Covenant
10And David answered Jonathan: Who shall bring me word, if thy father should answer thee harshly concerning me?11And Jonathan said to David: Come, and let us go out into the field. And when they were both of them gone out into the field,…
Cross References
1 Samuel 20:9
And Jonathan said: Far be this from thee: for if I should certainly know that evil is determined by my father against thee, I could do no otherwise than tell thee.

1 Samuel 20:11
And Jonathan said to David: Come, and let us go out into the field. And when they were both of them gone out into the field,

Lexicon
Then David
דָּוִד֙ (dā·wiḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

asked
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

Jonathan,
יְה֣וֹנָתָ֔ן (yə·hō·w·nā·ṯān)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3083: Jonathan -- 'the LORD has given', the name of a number of Israelites

“Who
מִ֖י (mî)
Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix

will tell
יַגִּ֣יד (yag·gîḏ)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5046: To be conspicuous

me if
א֛וֹ (’ōw)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 176: Desire, if

your father
אָבִ֖יךָ (’ā·ḇî·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1: Father

answers
יַּעַנְךָ֥ (ya·‘an·ḵā)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6030: To answer, respond

you harshly?”
קָשָֽׁה׃ (qā·šāh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7186: Hard, severe


Additional Translations
Then David asked Jonathan, “Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?”Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if your father answer you roughly?

Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me if perchance thy father answer thee roughly?

And David said to Jonathan, Who can tell me if thy father should answer roughly?

Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy father answer thee roughly?

Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me if perchance thy father answer thee roughly?

Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy father shall answer thee roughly?

Then David said to Jonathan, "Who shall tell me if perchance your father answers you roughly?"

And David saith unto Jonathan, 'Who doth declare to me? or what if thy father doth answer thee sharply?'
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