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1 Samuel 20:26
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24 Then David hid in the field. And when the New Moon had come, the king sat down to eat the feast.
25 Now the king sat on his seat, as at other times, on a seat by the wall. And1 Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul’s side, but David’s place was empty.  
26 Nevertheless Saul did not say anything that day, for he thought, “Something has happened to him; he is unclean, surely he is aunclean.”  
27 And it happened the next day, the second day of the month, that David’s place was empty. And Saul said to Jonathan his son, “Why has the son of Jesse not come to eat, either yesterday or today?”
28 So Jonathan aanswered Saul, “David earnestly asked permission of me to go to Bethlehem.  
29 And he said, ‘Please let me go, for our family has a sacrifice in the city, and my brother has commanded me to be there. And now, if I have found favor in your eyes, please let me get away and see my brothers.’ Therefore he has not come to the king’s table.”
30 Then Saul’s anger was aroused against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse, rebellious woman! Do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of your mother’s nakedness?
31 For as long as the son of Jesse lives on the earth, you shall not be established, nor your kingdom. Now therefore, send and bring him to me, for he1 shall surely die.”  
32 And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said to him, a“Why should he be killed? What has he done?”  
33 Then Saul acast a spear at him to kill him, bby which Jonathan knew that it was determined by his father to kill David.  
34 So 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.
35 And so it was, in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed with David, and a little lad was with him.
Verse Comparison: 1 Samuel 20:26

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American Standard Version
Nevertheless Saul spake not anything that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean.

Amplified® Bible
Yet Saul said nothing that day, for he thought, Something has befallen him and he is not clean--surely he is not clean.

Contemporary English Version
Saul didn't say anything that day, because he was thinking, "Something must have happened to make David unfit to be at the Festival. Yes, something must have happened."

Darby English Version
And Saul said nothing that day; for he thought, Something has befallen [him], that he is not clean: surely he is not clean.

Good News Bible
but Saul said nothing that day, because he thought, "Something has happened to him, and he is not ritually pure."

King James Version
Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean.

New American Standard Bible
Nevertheless Saul did not speak anything that day, for he thought, "It is an accident, he is not clean, surely {he is} not clean."

New International Version
Saul said nothing that day, for he thought, "Something must have happened to David to make him ceremonially unclean—surely he is unclean."

New King James Version
Nevertheless Saul did not say anything that day, for he thought, “Something has happened to him; he is unclean, surely he is unclean.”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Nevertheless Saul did not speak anything that day, for he thought, "It could come from accidental causes, he perhaps found himself not clean, surely he has found himself not clean."

Revised Standard Version
Yet Saul did not say anything that day; for he thought, "Something has befallen him; he is not clean, surely he is not clean."

Young's Literal Translation
And Saul hath not spoken anything on that day, for he said, `It `is' an accident; he is not clean -- surely not clean.'


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