Verse 17
1 Samuel 20:17
Young's Literal Translation
17
and Jonathan addeth to cause David to swear, because he loveth him, for with the love of his own soul he hath loved him.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יּ֤וֹסֶף יְהֽוֹנָתָן֙ לְ/הַשְׁבִּ֣יעַ אֶת דָּוִ֔ד בְּ/אַהֲבָת֖/וֹ אֹת֑/וֹ כִּֽי אַהֲבַ֥ת נַפְשׁ֖/וֹ אֲהֵבֽ/וֹ
English Translation
And Jonathan swore to David by his love for him, for he loved him as his own soul.
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Chapter 20 Context
1
And David fleeth from Naioth in Ramah, and cometh, and saith before Jonathan, 'What have I done? wha...
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And he saith to him, 'Far be it! thou dost not die; lo, my father doth not do anything great or smal...
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And David sweareth again, and saith, 'Thy father hath certainly known that I have found grace in thi...
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And Jonathan saith to David, 'What doth thy soul say? -- and I do it for thee.'
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5
And David saith unto Jonathan, 'Lo, the new moon [is] to-morrow; and I do certainly sit with the kin...
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if thy father at all look after me, and thou hast said, David asked earnestly of me to run to Beth-L...
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If thus he say: Good; peace [is] for thy servant; and if it be very displeasing to him -- know that...
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and thou hast done kindness, to thy servant, for into a covenant of Jehovah thou hast brought thy se...
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9
And Jonathan saith, 'Far be it from thee! for I certainly do not know that the evil hath been determ...
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10
And David saith unto Jonathan, 'Who doth declare to me? or what [if] thy father doth answer thee sha...
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11
And Jonathan saith unto David, 'Come, and we go out into the field;' and they go out both of them in...
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12
And Jonathan saith unto David, 'Jehovah, God (Elohim) of Israel -- when I search my father, about [t...
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13
thus doth Jehovah do to Jonathan, and thus doth He add; when the evil concerning thee is good to my...
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14
and not only while I am alive dost thou do with me the kindness of Jehovah, and I die not,
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but thou dost not cut off thy kindness from my house unto the age, nor in Jehovah's cutting off the...
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16
And Jonathan covenanteth with the house of David, and Jehovah hath sought [it] from the hand of the...
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17
and Jonathan addeth to cause David to swear, because he loveth him, for with the love of his own sou...
18
And Jonathan saith to him, 'To-morrow [is] new moon, and thou hast been looked after, for thy seat i...
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and on the third day thou dost certainly come down, and hast come in unto the place where thou wast...
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20
'And I shoot three of the arrows at the side, sending out for myself at a mark;
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and lo, I send the youth: Go, find the arrows. If I at all say to the youth, Lo, the arrows [are] on...
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And if thus I say to the young man, Lo, the arrows [are] beyond thee, -- go, for Jehovah hath sent t...
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as to the thing which we have spoken, I and thou, lo, Jehovah [is] between me and thee -- unto the a...
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And David is hidden in the field, and it is the new moon, and the king sitteth down by the food to e...
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and the king sitteth on his seat, as time by time, on a seat by the wall, and Jonathan riseth, and A...
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26
And Saul hath not spoken anything on that day, for he said, 'It [is] an accident; he is not clean --...
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27
And it cometh to pass on the second morrow of the new moon, that David's place is looked after, and...
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28
And Jonathan answereth Saul, 'David hath been earnestly asked of me unto Beth-Lehem,
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and he saith, Send me away, I pray thee, for a family sacrifice we have in the city, and my brother...
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30
And the anger of Saul burneth against Jonathan, and he saith to him, 'Son of a perverse rebellious w...
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31
for all the days that the son of Jesse liveth on the ground thou art not established, thou and thy k...
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32
And Jonathan answereth Saul his father, and saith unto him, 'Why is he put to death? what hath he do...
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33
And Saul casteth the javelin at him to smite him, and Jonathan knoweth that it hath been determined...
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34
And Jonathan riseth from the table in the heat of anger, and hath not eaten food on the second day o...
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And it cometh to pass in the morning, that Jonathan goeth out into the field for the appointment wit...
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And he saith to his youth, 'Run, find, I pray thee, the arrows which I am shooting;' the youth is ru...
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And the youth cometh unto the place of the arrow which Jonathan hath shot, and Jonathan calleth afte...
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and Jonathan calleth after the youth, 'Speed, haste, stand not;' and Jonathan's youth gathereth the...
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39
And the youth hath not known anything, only Jonathan and David knew the word.
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40
And Jonathan giveth his weapons unto the youth whom he hath, and saith to him, 'Go, carry into the c...
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41
The youth hath gone, and David hath risen from Ezel, at the south, and falleth on his face to the ea...
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and Jonathan saith to David, 'Go in peace, in that we have sworn -- we two -- in the name of Jehovah...
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