1 Samuel 20:34
Good News Translation
Jonathan got up from the table in a rage and ate nothing that day--the second day of the New Moon Festival. He was deeply distressed about David, because Saul had insulted him.

New Revised Standard Version
Jonathan rose from the table in fierce anger and ate no food on the second day of the month, for he was grieved for David, and because his father had disgraced him.

Contemporary English Version
Jonathan was angry and hurt that his father had insulted David so terribly. He got up, left the table, and didn't eat anything all that day.

New American Bible
Jonathan sprang up from the table in a rage and ate nothing that second day of the month, because he was grieved on David’s account, and because his father had humiliated him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
So Jonathan rose from the table in great anger, and did not eat bread on the second day after the new moon. For he was grieved for David, because his father had put him to confusion.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

So Jonathan rose from the table in great anger, and did not eat bread on the second day after the new moon. For he was grieved for David, because his father had put him to confusion.

in fierce

Ecclesiastes 7:20 For there is no just man upon earth, that doth good, and sinneth not.

Ephesians 4:26 Be angry: and sin not. Let not the sun go down upon your anger.

he was grieved

Mark 3:5 And looking round about on them with anger, being grieved for the blindness of their hearts, he saith to the man: Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it forth: and his hand was restored unto him.

Context
Saul Seeks to Kill Jonathan
33And Saul caught up a spear to strike him. And Jonathan understood that it was determined by his father to kill David. 34So Jonathan rose from the table in great anger, and did not eat bread on the second day after the new moon. For he was grieved for David, because his father had put him to confusion.35And when the morning came, Jonathan went into the field according to the appointment with David, and a little boy with him.…
Cross References
1 Samuel 20:33
And Saul caught up a spear to strike him. And Jonathan understood that it was determined by his father to kill David.

1 Samuel 20:35
And when the morning came, Jonathan went into the field according to the appointment with David, and a little boy with him.

1 Samuel 20:33
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