World English Bible
"Then Jonathan said to David, "Whatever your soul desires, I will even do it for you.""
— 1 Samuel 20:4, World English Bible
“Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I will even do it for thee.”
“Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I will even do it for thee. ”
“Jonathan replied to David,“Tell me what I can do for you.””
“And Jonathan said to David: Whatsoever thy soul shall say to me, I will do for thee.”
“Then Jonathan said to David, Whatever your desire is, I will do it for you.”
“Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I will even do it for thee.”
David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, "What have I done? What is my iniquity? What is my sin before your father, that he seeks my life?"
He said to him, "Far from it; you shall not die. Behold, my father does nothing either great or small, but that he discloses it to me; and why should my father hide this thing from me? It is not so."
David swore moreover, and said, "Your father knows well that I have found favor in your eyes; and he says, 'Don't let Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved:' but truly as Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death."
Then Jonathan said to David, "Whatever your soul desires, I will even do it for you."
David said to Jonathan, "Behold, tomorrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to dine with the king; but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field to the third day at evening.
If your father miss me at all, then say, 'David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city; for it is the yearly sacrifice there for all the family.'
If he says, 'It is well;' your servant shall have peace: but if he be angry, then know that evil is determined by him.