Verse 14

1 Samuel 20:14

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

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14 And if I live, thou shalt shew me the kindness of the Lord: but if I die,

Original Language Text

hebrew

וְ/לֹ֖א אִם עוֹדֶ֣/נִּי חָ֑י וְ/לֹֽא תַעֲשֶׂ֧ה עִמָּדִ֛/י חֶ֥סֶד יְהוָ֖ה וְ/לֹ֥א אָמֽוּת

English Translation

And if I am still alive, and if you do not show me kindness of the Lord, I will not die.

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Chapter 20 Context

1 But David fled from Najoth, which is in Ramatha, and came and said to Jonathan: What have I done? wh... Focus ↗

2 And he said to him: God (Elohim) forbid, thou shalt not die: for my father will do nothing great or... Focus ↗

3 And he swore again to David. And David said: Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in... Focus ↗

4 And Jonathan said to David: Whatsoever thy soul shall say to me, I will do for thee. Focus ↗

5 And David said to Jonathan: Behold to morrow is the new moon, and I according to custom am wont to s... Focus ↗

6 If thy father look and inquire for me, thou shalt answer him: David asked me that he might run to Be... Focus ↗

7 If he shall say, It is well: thy servant shall have peace: but if he be angry, know that his malice... Focus ↗

8 Deal mercifully then with thy servant: for thou hast brought me thy servant into a covenant of the L... Focus ↗

9 And Jonathan said: Far be this from thee: for if I should certainly know that evil is determined by... Focus ↗

10 And David answered Jonathan: Who shall bring me word, if thy father should answer thee harshly conce... Focus ↗

11 And Jonathan said to David: Come and let us go out into the field. And when they were both of them g... Focus ↗

12 Jonathan said to David: O Lord God (Elohim) of Israel, if I shall discover my father's mind, to morr... Focus ↗

13 May the Lord do so and so to Jonathan and add still more. But if my father shall continue in malice... Focus ↗

14 And if I live, thou shalt shew me the kindness of the Lord: but if I die,

15 Thou shalt not take away thy kindness from my house for ever, when the Lord shall have rooted out th... Focus ↗

16 Jonathan therefore made a covenant with the house of David: and the Lord required it at the hands of... Focus ↗

17 And Jonathan swore again to David, because he loved him: for he loved him as his own soul. Focus ↗

18 And Jonathan said to him: To morrow is the new moon, and thou wilt be missed: Focus ↗

19 For thy seat will be empty till after tomorrow. So thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place... Focus ↗

20 And I will shoot three arrows near it, and will shoot as if I were exercising myself at a mark. Focus ↗

21 And I will send a boy, saying to him: Go and fetch me the arrows. Focus ↗

22 If I shall say to the boy: Behold the arrows are on this side of thee, take them up: come thou to me... Focus ↗

23 And concerning the word which I and thou have spoken, the Lord be between thee and me for ever. Focus ↗

24 So David was hid in the field, and the new moon came, and the king sat down to eat bread. Focus ↗

25 And when the king sat down upon his chair (according to custom) which was beside the wall, Jonathan... Focus ↗

26 And Saul said nothing that day, for he thought it might have happened to him, that he was not clean,... Focus ↗

27 And when the second day after the new moon was come, David's place appeared empty again. And Saul sa... Focus ↗

28 And Jonathan answered Saul: He asked leave of me earnestly to go to Bethlehem, Focus ↗

29 And he said: Let me go, for there is a solemn sacrifice in the city, one of my brethren hath sent fo... Focus ↗

30 Then Saul being angry against Jonathan said to him: Thou son of a woman that is the ravisher of a ma... Focus ↗

31 For as long as the son of Isai liveth upon earth, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Th... Focus ↗

32 And Jonathan answering Saul his father, said: Why shall he die: what hath he done? Focus ↗

33 And Saul caught up a spear to strike him. And Jonathan understood that it was determined by his fath... Focus ↗

34 So Jonathan rose from the table in great anger, and did not eat bread on the second day after the ne... Focus ↗

35 And when the morning came, Jonathan went into the field, according to the appointment with David, an... Focus ↗

36 And he said to his boy: Go, and fetch me the arrows which I shoot. And when the boy ran, he shot ano... Focus ↗

37 The boy therefore came to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot: and Jonathan cried after t... Focus ↗

38 And Jonathan cried again after the boy, saying: Make haste speedily, stand not. And Jonathan's boy g... Focus ↗

39 And he knew not at all what was doing: for only Jonathan and David knew the matter. Focus ↗

40 Jonathan therefore gave his arms to the boy, and said to him: Go, and carry them into the city. Focus ↗

41 And when the boy was gone, David rose out of his place, which was towards the south, and falling on... Focus ↗

42 And Jonathan said to David: Go in peace: and let all stand that we have sworn both of us in the name... Focus ↗

43 And David arose, and departed: and Jonathan went into the city. Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: 1 Samuel
Chapter: Chapter 20 (43 verses)
Version: Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

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