1 Samuel 20 · Verse 34

1 Samuel 20:34

So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no meat the second day of the month: for he was grieved for David, because his father had done him shame.
1 Samuel 20:34, King James Version

1 Samuel 20:34 in other translations

BSBJonathan got up from the table in fierce anger and did not eat any food that second day of the month, for he was grieved by his father’s shameful treatment of David.
WEBSo Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and ate no food the second day of the month; for he was grieved for David, because his father had treated him shamefully.
ASVSo Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no food the second day of the month; for he was grieved for David, because his father had done him shame.
YLTAnd Jonathan riseth from the table in the heat of anger, and hath not eaten food on the second day of the new moon, for he hath been grieved for David, for his father put him to shame.
DARBYAnd Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and ate no meat the second day of the new moon; for he was grieved for David, because his father had done him shame.
BBESo Jonathan got up from the table, burning with wrath, and took no part in the feast the second day of the month, being full of grief for David because his father had put shame on him.
WebsterSo Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and ate no food the second day of the month: for he was grieved for David, because his father had done him shame.

What does 1 Samuel 20:34 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 34 Jonathan arose - in fierce anger - We should probably understand this rather of Jonathan's grief than of his anger, the latter clause explaining the former: for he was grieved for David. He was grieved for his father - he was grieved for his friend.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 20:24-34

None were more constant than David in attending holy duties; nor had he been absent, but self-preservation obliged him to withdraw. In great peril present opportunities for Divine ordinances may be waved. But it is bad for us, except in case of necessity, to omit any opportunity of statedly attending on them. Jonathan did wisely and well for himself and family, to secure an interest in David, yet for this he is…

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1 Samuel 20:34 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.

וַיָּ֧קָםvai.Ya.komand he aroseH6965
יְהוֹנָתָ֛ןye.ho.na.TanJonathanH3083
מֵעִ֥םme.'Imfrom withH5973
הַשֻּׁלְחָ֖ןha.shul.Chanthe tableH7979
בָּחֳרִי\־bo.cho.ri-in [the] heat ofH2750
אָ֑ף'AfangerH639
וְלֹא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808
אָכַ֞ל'a.Khalhe ateH398
בְּיוֹם\־be.yom-on [the] day ofH3117
הַחֹ֤דֶשׁha.Cho.deshthe new moonH2320
הַשֵּׁנִי֙ha.she.Ni<the> secondH8145
לֶ֔חֶםLe.chemfoodH3899
כִּ֤יkiforH3588
נֶעְצַב֙ne'.Tzavhe was grievedH6087
אֶל\־'el-concerningH413
דָּוִ֔דda.VidDavidH1732
כִּ֥יkiforH3588
הִכְלִמ֖וֹhikh.li.Mohe had put to shame himH3637
אָבִֽיו\׃\ \ס'a.Vivfather hisH1

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Samuel 20:34

  • Mark 3:5

    And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.

  • Ephesians 4:26

    Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

  • Ecclesiastes 7:20

    For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
in fierce.
Ec 7:20; Eph 4:26
he was grieved.
Mr 3:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 1 Samuel 20:33

    And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him: whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to slay David.

  • 1 Samuel 20:34

    So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no meat the second day of the month: for he was grieved for David, because his father had done him shame.

  • 1 Samuel 20:35

    And it came to pass in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed with David, and a little lad with him.

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1 Samuel 20:34 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y levantóse Jonathán de la mesa con exaltada ira, y no comió pan el segundo día de la nueva luna: porque tenía dolor á causa de David, porque su padre le había afrentado.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Jonathan se leva de table dans une ardente colère, et ne mangea pas le pain le second jour de la nouvelle lune; car il était affligé à cause de David, parce que son père l’avait outragé.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Jonathan stand vom Tische auf in glühendem Zorn, und er aß am zweiten Tage des Neumondes keine Speise; denn er war betrübt um David, weil sein Vater ihn geschmäht hatte.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Surrexit ergo Jonathas a mensa in ira furoris, et non comedit in die calendarum secunda panem. Contristatus est enim super David, eo quod confudisset eum pater suus.