1 Samuel 14:43 · Clearspring

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WEBBE

Then Saul said to Jonathan, “Tell me what you have done!” Jonathan told him, and said, “I certainly did taste a little honey with the end of the rod that was in my hand; and behold, I must die.”

BSB

“Tell me what you have done,” Saul commanded him. So Jonathan told him, “I only tasted a little honey with the end of the staff that was in my hand. And now I must die?”

KJV

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.

ASV

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.

BBE

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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וַיֹּאמֶר vai·yo·mer and he said H559 שָׁאוּל sha·'ul Saul H7586 אֶל־ 'el- to H413 יוֹנָתָן yo·na·tan Jonathan H3129 הַגִּידָה ha·gi·dah tell H5046 לִּי li to (the) me H9030 מֶה meh what H4100 עָשִׂיתָה 'a·si·tah have you done H6213 וַיַּגֶּד־ vai·ya·ged- and he told H5046 לוֹ lo to (the) him H9033 יוֹנָתָן yo·na·tan Jonathan H3129 וַיֹּאמֶר vai·yo·mer and he said H559 טָעֹם ta·'om certainly (to taste) H2938 טָעַמְתִּי ta·'am·ti I tasted H2938 בִּקְצֵה bik·tzeh with [the] end of H7097 הַמַּטֶּה ha·ma·teh the staff H4294 אֲשֶׁר־ 'a·sher- which H834 בְּיָדִי be·ya·di [was] in hand my H3027 מְעַט me·'at a little of H4592 דְּבַשׁ de·vash honey H1706 הִנְנִי hi·ni here I H2005 אָמוּת 'a·mut I will die H4191

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 36–46

If God turns away our prayer, we have reason to suspect it is for some sin harboured in our hearts, which we should find out, that we may put it away, and put it to death. We should always first suspect and examine ourselves; but an unhumbled heart suspects every other person, and looks every where but at home for the sinful cause of calamity. Jonathan was discovered to be the offender. Those most indulgent to their own sins are most severe upon others; those who most disregard God's authority, are most impatient when their own commands are slighted. Such as cast abroad curses, endanger themselves and their families. What do we observe in the whole of Saul's behaviour on this occasion, but an impetuous, proud, malignant, impious disposition? And do we not in every instance perceive that man, left to himself, betrays the depravity of his nature, and is enslaved to the basest tempers.

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