1 Samuel 14 · Verse 44

1 Samuel 14:44

And Saul answered, God do so and more also: for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan.
1 Samuel 14:44, King James Version

1 Samuel 14:44 in other translations

BSBAnd Saul declared, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if you, Jonathan, do not surely die!”
WEBSaul said, “God do so and more also; for you shall surely die, Jonathan.”
ASVAnd Saul said, God do so and more also; for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan.
YLTAnd Saul saith, ‘Thus doth God do, and thus doth He add, for thou dost certainly die, Jonathan.'
DARBYAnd Saul said,God do so to me and more also; thou shalt certainly die, Jonathan.
BBEAnd Saul said, May God's punishment be on me if death is not your fate, Jonathan.
WebsterAnd Saul answered, God do so, and more also: for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan.

What does 1 Samuel 14:44 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 44 And Saul answered - thou shalt surely die, Jonathan - To save thy rash oath! So must John Baptist's head be taken off at the desire of an impure woman, because a Herod had sworn to give her whatever she might request! Unfeeling brute! However, the king was Judge. But what said the people, who were the Jury?

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 14:36-46

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…

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1 Samuel 14:44 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
שָׁא֔וּלsha.'UlSaulH7586
כֹּֽה\־koh-thusH3541
יַעֲשֶׂ֥הya.'a.Sehmay he doH6213
אֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimGodH430
וְכֹ֣הve.Khohand thusH3541
יוֹסִ֑ףyo.Sifmay he addH3254
כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
מ֥וֹתMotcertainly <to die>H4191
תָּמ֖וּתta.Mutyou will dieH4191
יוֹנָתָֽן\׃yo.na.TanO JonathanH3129

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Cross references for 1 Samuel 14:44

  • 1 Samuel 14:39

    For, as the Lord liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all the people that answered him.

  • Ruth 1:17

    Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.

  • 1 Samuel 25:22

    So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all that pertain to him by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.

  • Proverbs 25:16

    Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.

  • 2 Samuel 12:5

    And David’s anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As the Lord liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die:

  • Genesis 38:24

    And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.

  • 2 Samuel 3:9

    So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the Lord hath sworn to David, even so I do to him;

  • 2 Samuel 12:31

    And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brickkiln: and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. So David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.

  • 2 Samuel 19:13

    And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
God.
25:22; Ru 1:17; 2Sa 3:9; 19:13
thou shalt.
39; Ge 38:24; 2Sa 12:5,31; Pr 25:16

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Context

  • 1 Samuel 14:43

    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 14:44

    And Saul answered, God do so and more also: for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan.

  • 1 Samuel 14:45

    And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: as the Lord liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not.

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1 Samuel 14:44 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y Saúl respondió: Así me haga Dios y así me añada, que sin duda morirás, Jonathán.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Saül dit: Que Dieu me fasse ainsi, et ainsi y ajoute, si tu ne meurs certainement, Jonathan!
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Saul sprach: So tue mir Gott, und so füge er hinzu, du mußt gewißlich sterben, Jonathan!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et ait Saul: Hæc faciat mihi Deus, et hæc addat, quia morte morieris, Jonatha.