1st Samuel Chapter 14 verse 43 Holy Bible
Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done. And Jonathan told him, and said, I did certainly taste a little honey with the end of the rod that was in my hand; and, lo, I must die.
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Then Saul said to Jonathan, Give me an account of what you have done. And Jonathan gave him the story and said, Certainly I took a little honey on the end of my rod; and now death is to be my fate.
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And Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done. And Jonathan told him and said, With the end of the staff which is in my hand I tasted a little honey, [and] behold, I must die!
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Then 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 that was in mine hand, and, lo, I must die.
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Then 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 that was in my hand, and, lo, I must die.
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Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what you have done. Jonathan told him, and said, I did certainly taste a little honey with the end of the rod that was in my hand; and, behold, I must die.
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And Saul saith unto Jonathan, `Declare to me, what hast thou done?' and Jonathan declareth to him, and saith, `I certainly tasted with the end of the rod that `is' in my hand a little honey; lo, I die!'
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(43, 44) Lo, I must die.--These wild and thoughtless vows are peculiarly characteristic of this half-barbaric period. We have already observed that the age now closing had been peculiarly the age of vows. A similar terrible oath, equalling Saul's in its rashness, had been taken by Jephthah. It is noticeable that not only Saul, who vowed the vow, but Jonathan, its victim, were convinced that the vow, though perhaps hastily and rashly made, must be kept. "Against both these," says Erdman in Lange with great force "rises the people's voice as the voice of God, the question (in 1Samuel 14:45), 'Shall Jonathan die? 'and the answer,' Far be it,' expresses the sorrowful astonishment and the energetic protest of the people, who were inspired by Jonathan's heroic deed and its brilliant result. . . . Over against Saul's oath the people set their own: 'As the Lord liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground.' Probably Saul was not unwilling in this awful question, when his son's life trembled in the balance, to submit his will for once to the people's.""Take then no vow at random: ta'en in faith,Preserve it; yet not bent, as Jephthah once,Blindly to execute a rash resolve,Whom better it had suited to exclaim,'I have done ill than to redeem his pledgeBy doing worse."--Dante, Paradise, 5:63-68.Parallel Commentaries ...Hebrew“Tellהַגִּ֥ידָה (hag·gî·ḏāh)Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singularStrong's 5046: To be conspicuousme whatמֶ֣ה (meh)InterrogativeStrong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely whatyou have done,”עָשִׂ֑יתָה (‘ā·śî·ṯāh)Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singularStrong's 6213: To do, makeSaulשָׁאוּל֙ (šā·’ūl)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 7586: Saul -- first king of Israel, also an Edomite and two Israelitescommandedוַיֹּ֤אמֶר (way·yō·mer)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 559: To utter, sayhim.י֣וֹנָתָ֔ן (yō·w·nā·ṯān)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 3129: JonathanSo Jonathanיוֹנָתָ֗ן (yō·w·nā·ṯān)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 3129: Jonathantold him,וַיַּגֶּד־ (way·yag·geḏ-)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 5046: To be conspicuous“I onlyטָעֹ֨ם (ṭā·‘ōm)Verb - Qal - Infinitive absoluteStrong's 2938: To taste, to perceivetastedטָעַ֜מְתִּי (ṭā·‘am·tî)Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singularStrong's 2938: To taste, to perceivea littleמְעַ֥ט (mə·‘aṭ)Adjective - masculine singular constructStrong's 4592: A little, fewness, a fewhoneyדְּבַ֖שׁ (də·ḇaš)Noun - masculine singularStrong's 1706: Honey, syrupwith the endבִּקְצֵ֨ה (biq·ṣêh)Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 7097: End, extremityof the staffהַמַּטֶּ֧ה (ham·maṭ·ṭeh)Article | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 4294: A staff, rod, shaft, branch, a tribethat [was]אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-)Pronoun - relativeStrong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order thatin my hand.בְּיָדִ֛י (bə·yā·ḏî)Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singularStrong's 3027: A handAnd now I must die?”אָמֽוּת׃ (’ā·mūṯ)Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singularStrong's 4191: To die, to killJump to PreviousAccount Death Declare Declareth Die End Hand Honey Indeed Jonathan Little Merely Rod Saul Staff Story Taste Tasted Tip
