1 Samuel 20:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Bible Comments

And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee?

Ver. 9. That evil were determined by my father.] The Vulgate rendereth it, completam esse malitiam patris mei contra re, that my father were so malicious as to murder thee.

1 Samuel 20:9

9 And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee?