Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageJonathan said, 'My father has brought disaster on the people. See how my eyes have come alive from just tasting a little of this honey.'
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GYonatan said, 'My father has brought trouble upon the land. See now how my eyes have brightened because I tasted a little of this honey.'
KJV
King James VersionThen said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.
BSB
Berean Standard Bible“My father has brought trouble to the land,” Jonathan replied. “Just look at how my eyes have brightened because I tasted a little of this honey.
Footnotes
*ʿākar* ('trouble/ruin') is the word Yonatan uses of his father—the same root used of Achan who 'troubled' Yisra'el (Josh. 7:25) and of Jephthah's daughter who said her father 'troubled' her (Judg. 11:35). It is a strong charge, placing Sha'ul in a line of leaders whose impulsive decisions brought corporate harm. The irony deepens: Sha'ul's oath was meant to ensure victory through religious discipline; Yonatan's accusation is that it has accomplished the opposite.