Verse 38

1 Samuel 20:38

Literal Standard Version

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38 And Jonathan calls after the youth, “Speed, hurry, do not stand”; and Jonathan’s youth gathers the arrows, and comes to his lord.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יִּקְרָ֤א יְהֽוֹנָתָן֙ אַחֲרֵ֣י הַ/נַּ֔עַר מְהֵרָ֥ה ח֖וּשָׁ/ה אַֽל תַּעֲמֹ֑ד וַ/יְלַקֵּ֞ט נַ֤עַר יְהֽוֹנָתָן֙ אֶת ה/חצי הַ֣/חִצִּ֔ים וַ/יָּבֹ֖א אֶל אֲדֹנָֽי/ו

English Translation

And Jonathan called after the young man quickly, "Hurry, do not stand still!" And Jonathan’s young man gathered the arrows and came to his master.

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Chapter 20 Context

1 And David flees from Naioth in Ramah, and comes, and says before Jonathan, “What have I done? What i... Focus ↗

2 And he says to him, “Far be it! You do not die; behold, my father does not do anything great or smal... Focus ↗

3 And David swears again and says, “Your father has certainly known that I have found grace in your ey... Focus ↗

4 And Jonathan says to David, “What does your soul desire? Command and I do it for you.” Focus ↗

5 And David says to Jonathan, “Behold, the new moon is tomorrow; and I certainly sit with the king to... Focus ↗

6 if your father looks after me at all, then you have said, David earnestly asked of me to run to his... Focus ↗

7 If thus he says: Good; there is peace for your servant; and if it is very displeasing to him—know th... Focus ↗

8 and you have done kindness to your servant, for you have brought your servant into a covenant of YHW... Focus ↗

9 And Jonathan says, “Far be it from you! For I certainly do not know that the evil has been determine... Focus ↗

10 And David says to Jonathan, “Who declares it to me? Or what if your father answers you sharply?” Focus ↗

11 And Jonathan says to David, “Come, and we go out into the field”; and both of them go out into the f... Focus ↗

12 And Jonathan says to David, “YHWH, God (Elohim) of Israel, is my witness—when I search out my father... Focus ↗

13 thus YHWH does to Jonathan, and thus He adds; when the evil concerning you is good to my father, the... Focus ↗

14 and not only while I am alive do you do the kindness of YHWH with me, and I do not die, Focus ↗

15 but you do not cut off your kindness from my house for all time, nor in YHWH’s cutting off the enemi... Focus ↗

16 So Jonathan cuts a covenant with the house of David, and YHWH has sought it from the hand of the ene... Focus ↗

17 and Jonathan adds to cause David to swear, because he loves him, for he has loved him as the love fo... Focus ↗

18 And Jonathan says to him, “Tomorrow is the new moon, and you have been looked after, for your seat i... Focus ↗

19 and on the third day you certainly come down, and have come to the place where you were hidden in th... Focus ↗

20 And I shoot three of the arrows at the side, sending out at a mark for myself; Focus ↗

21 and behold, I send the youth, saying, Go, find the arrows. If I say to the youth at all, Behold, the... Focus ↗

22 And if thus I say to the young man, Behold, the arrows are beyond you—go, for YHWH has sent you away... Focus ↗

23 as for the thing which you and I have spoken, behold, YHWH is between me and you for all time.” Focus ↗

24 And David is hidden in the field, and it is the new moon, and the king sits down by the food to eat, Focus ↗

25 and the king sits on his seat, as time by time, on a seat by the wall, and Jonathan rises, and Abner... Focus ↗

26 And Saul has not spoken anything on that day, for he said, “It is an accident; he is not clean—surel... Focus ↗

27 And it comes to pass on the second day of the new moon, that David’s place is looked after, and Saul... Focus ↗

28 And Jonathan answers Saul, “David has earnestly asked permission from me to go to Beth-Lehem, Focus ↗

29 and he says, Please send me away, for we have a family sacrifice in the city, and my brother has giv... Focus ↗

30 And the anger of Saul burns against Jonathan, and he says to him, “Son of a perverse woman of rebell... Focus ↗

31 For all the days that the son of Jesse lives on the ground you are not established, you and your kin... Focus ↗

32 And Jonathan answers his father Saul and says to him, “Why is he put to death? What has he done?” Focus ↗

33 And Saul casts the javelin at him to strike him, and Jonathan knows that it has been determined by h... Focus ↗

34 And Jonathan rises from the table in the heat of anger, and has not eaten food on the second day of... Focus ↗

35 And it comes to pass in the morning, that Jonathan goes out into the field for the appointment with... Focus ↗

36 And he says to his youth, “Now run, find the arrows which I am shooting”; the youth is running, and... Focus ↗

37 And the youth comes to the place of the arrow which Jonathan has shot, and Jonathan calls after the... Focus ↗

38 And Jonathan calls after the youth, “Speed, hurry, do not stand”; and Jonathan’s youth gathers the a...

39 And the youth has not known anything, only Jonathan and David knew the word. Focus ↗

40 And Jonathan gives his weapons to the youth whom he has and says to him, “Go, carry into the city.” Focus ↗

41 The youth has gone, and David has risen from Ezel, at the south, and falls on his face to the earth,... Focus ↗

42 and Jonathan says to David, “Go in peace, in that we have sworn—the two of us—in the Name of YHWH, s... Focus ↗

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Book: 1 Samuel
Chapter: Chapter 20 (42 verses)
Version: Literal Standard Version

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