Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I will even do [it] for thee.
Ver. 4. Whatsoever thy soul desireth.] True love is easily persuadable to anything possible and lawful. The heathen promised his friend to stick to him usque ad aras; so far as stood with piety and honesty. The Hebrew here is, Quid dicit anima tua, et faciam tibi.