20:2 Jonathan 1 said to him, “By no means are you going to die! My father does nothing 2 large or small without making me aware of it. 3 Why would my father hide this matter from me? It just won’t happen!”
15:14 Samuel replied, “If that is the case, 4 then what is this sound of sheep in my ears and the sound of cattle that I hear?”
31:22 I jumped to conclusions and said, 6
“I am cut off from your presence!” 7
But you heard my plea for mercy when I cried out to you for help.
1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jonathan) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tc The translation follows the Qere, many medieval Hebrew
3 tn Heb “without uncovering my ear.”
4 tn The words “if that is the case” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
5 tn Heb “the guard of the equipment.”
6 tn Heb “and I, I said in my haste.”
7 tn Heb “from before your eyes.”