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## What have I done? What is my iniquity? What is my sin before your father, that he seeks to take my life? ##
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These three questions mean basically the same thing. David uses them to emphasize that he has done nothing wrong to Saul. AT: "I have done nothing wrong. I have not committed any iniquity. I have not sinned against your father, that he seeks to take my life." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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## that he seeks to take my life? ##
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AT: "that he is trying to kill me?" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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## Far from it ##
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AT: "This is certainly not true" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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## nothing either great or small ##
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AT: "nothing at all" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-merism]])
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## Why should my father hide this thing from me? ##
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Jonathan uses this question to emphasize that Saul would have told him if he planned to kill David. AT: "My father has no reason to hide this thing from me." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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## It is not so ##
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"It is not true" |