Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageJonathan said to him, 'Never! You will not die. Look—my father does nothing, great or small, without telling me first. Why would he hide this from me? It simply isn't so.'
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GHe said to him, 'Inconceivable! You shall not die. Look—my father does nothing great or small without uncovering my ear. Why then would my father hide this from me? It cannot be.'
KJV
King James VersionAnd he said unto him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing either great or small, but that he will shew it me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so.
BSB
Berean Standard Bible“Far from it!” Jonathan replied. “You will not die. Indeed, my father does nothing, great or small, without telling me. So why would he hide this matter from me? This cannot be true!”
Footnotes
The Hebrew idiom *gālāh et-oznî* (גָּלָה אֶת אָזְנִי), literally 'to uncover the ear,' means to disclose a secret into someone's ear—a posture of intimate counsel and trust. FOG preserves this idiom to honour its relational texture; FOG Message renders it naturally as 'telling me.' Notably, the verb *gālāh* carries prophetic weight elsewhere as the revealing of divine mysteries, suggesting that the covenantal intimacy Jonathan assumes with his father is about to be shattered beyond recovery.
