New American Standard Bible 2020
1 Samuel 20:8-17
8So dealH6213 kindlyH2617 with your servantH5650, for 1you have broughtH935 your servantH5650 into a covenantH1285 of the LordH3068 with you. But 2ifH518 3I am guiltyH5771 ofH5771 wrongdoingH5771, killH4191 me yourselfH859; for whyH4100 thenH2088 should you bringH935 me to your fatherH1?” 9JonathanH3083 saidH559, “FarH2486 be it from you! For ifH518 I inH3045 factH3045 learnH3045 that my fatherH1 has decidedH3615 4to inflictH935 harmH7463 on you, would I not informH5046 you?” 10Then DavidH1732 saidH559 to JonathanH3083, “WhoH4310 will informH5046 me 5ifH176H4100 your fatherH1 answersH6030 you harshlyH7186?” 11JonathanH3083 saidH559 to DavidH1732, “ComeH1980, and let’s goH3318 outH3318 to the fieldH7704.” So bothH8147 of them wentH3318 outH3318 to the fieldH7704.
12Then JonathanH3083 saidH559 to DavidH1732, “The LordH3068, the GodH430 of IsraelH3478, is my witness! WhenH3588 I have soundedH2713 outH2713 my fatherH1 about this timeH6256 tomorrowH4279 or the thirdH7992 day, beholdH2009, if he has a goodH2895 feeling towardH413 6you, shall I not thenH227 sendH7971 word to you and 7informH1540H241 you? 13IfH3588 it pleasesH3190 my fatherH1 to do you harmH7463, 8may the LordH3068 doH6213 soH3541 to 9meH3083 and moreH3254 soH3541, if I fail to 10informH1540H241 you and sendH7971 you awayH7971, so that you may goH1980 in safetyH7965. And 11may the LordH3068 be with you as He has beenH1961 with my fatherH1. 14And ifH518 I am stillH5750 aliveH2416, will you not showH6213 me the faithfulnessH2617 of the LordH3068, so that I do not dieH4191? 15And 12you shall neverH3808H5704H5769 cutH3772 offH3772 your loyaltyH2617 to my houseH1004, not even when the LordH3068 cutsH3772 offH3772 everyH376 oneH376 of the enemiesH340 of DavidH1732 from the faceH6440 of the earthH127.” 16So JonathanH3083 madeH3772 a covenant with the houseH1004 of DavidH1732, saying, “13May the LordH3068 demandH1245 it from the handsH3027 of David’sH1732 enemiesH340.” 17And JonathanH3083 made DavidH1732 vowH7650 againH3254 because of his loveH160 for him, becauseH3588 14he lovedH157 him as he lovedH157 his own lifeH5315.
Notes
- 1. 1 Samuel 20:8 1 Sam 18:3; 23:18 ↩
- 2. 1 Samuel 20:8 2 Sam 14:32 ↩
- 3. 1 Samuel 20:8 Lit guilt exists in me ↩
- 4. 1 Samuel 20:9 Lit evil to come on ↩
- 5. 1 Samuel 20:10 As in ancient versions; MT or what your father ↩
- 6. 1 Samuel 20:12 Lit David ↩
- 7. 1 Samuel 20:12 Lit uncover your ear ↩
- 8. 1 Samuel 20:13 Ruth 1:17; 1 Sam 3:17 ↩
- 9. 1 Samuel 20:13 Lit Jonathan ↩
- 10. 1 Samuel 20:13 Lit uncover your ear ↩
- 11. 1 Samuel 20:13 Josh 1:5; 1 Sam 17:37; 18:12; 1 Chr 22:11, 16 ↩
- 12. 1 Samuel 20:15 2 Sam 9:1, 3 ↩
- 13. 1 Samuel 20:16 Deut 23:21; 1 Sam 25:22 ↩
- 14. 1 Samuel 20:17 1 Sam 18:1 ↩
Commentaries on 1 Samuel 20
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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