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1 Samuel 14:43

43 So Saul said, “Tell me what you have done.” So Jonathan told him and said, “I merely tastedn a little honey with the end of the staff that was in my hand. Here I am, I must die.”

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1 Samuel 14:43 — The New International Version (NIV)

43 Then Saul said to Jonathan, “Tell me what you have done.”

So Jonathan told him, “I tasted a little honey with the end of my staff. And now I must die!”

1 Samuel 14:43 — English Standard Version (ESV)

43 Then Saul said to Jonathan, “Tell me what you have done.” And Jonathan told him, “I tasted a little honey with the tip of the staff that was in my hand. Here I am; I will die.”

1 Samuel 14:43 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

43 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.

1 Samuel 14:43 — New Living Translation (NLT)

43 “Tell me what you have done,” Saul demanded of Jonathan.

“I tasted a little honey,” Jonathan admitted. “It was only a little bit on the end of my stick. Does that deserve death?”

1 Samuel 14:43 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

43 Then Saul said to Jonathan, “Tell me what you have done.”

And Jonathan told him, and said, “I only tasted a little honey with the end of the rod that was in my hand. So now I must die!”

1 Samuel 14:43 — New Century Version (NCV)

43 Saul said to Jonathan, “Tell me what you have done.”

So Jonathan told Saul, “I only tasted a little honey from the end of my stick. And must I die now?”

1 Samuel 14:43 — American Standard Version (ASV)

43 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.

1 Samuel 14:43 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

43 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!

1 Samuel 14:43 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

43 “Tell me,” Saul asked Jonathan. “What did you do?” 

So Jonathan told him, “I tasted a little honey on the tip of the staff I had in my hand. And for that I am to die?” 

1 Samuel 14:43 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

43 Saul commanded him, “Tell me what you did.”

Jonathan told him, “I tasted a little honey with the end of the staff I was carrying. I am ready to die!”

1 Samuel 14:43 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

43 Then Saul said to Jonathan, “Tell me what you have done.” Jonathan told him, “I tasted a little honey with the tip of the staff that was in my hand; here I am, I will die.”

1 Samuel 14:43 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

43 Then Saul said to Jonathan, “Tell me what you have done.”

So Jonathan told him, “I only used the end of my stick to get a little honey and taste it. And now do I have to die?”

1 Samuel 14:43 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

43 Then Saul said to Jonathan, “Tell me what you have done.” So Jonathan told him and said, “I indeed tasted a little honey with the end of the staff that was in my hand. Here I am, I must die!”


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