1 Samuel 19:6
New International Version
Saul listened to Jonathan and took this oath: “As surely as the LORD lives, David will not be put to death.”

New Living Translation
So Saul listened to Jonathan and vowed, “As surely as the LORD lives, David will not be killed.”

English Standard Version
And Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan. Saul swore, “As the LORD lives, he shall not be put to death.”

Berean Standard Bible
Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan and swore an oath: “As surely as the LORD lives, David will not be put to death.”

King James Bible
And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As the LORD liveth, he shall not be slain.

New King James Version
So Saul heeded the voice of Jonathan, and Saul swore, “As the LORD lives, he shall not be killed.”

New American Standard Bible
Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan, and Saul vowed, “As the LORD lives, David shall not be put to death.”

NASB 1995
Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan, and Saul vowed, “As the LORD lives, he shall not be put to death.”

NASB 1977
And Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan, and Saul vowed, “As the LORD lives, he shall not be put to death.”

Legacy Standard Bible
And Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan, and Saul swore, “As Yahweh lives, he shall not be put to death.”

Amplified Bible
Saul listened to Jonathan and swore [an oath], “As the LORD lives, he shall not be put to death.”

Christian Standard Bible
Saul listened to Jonathan’s advice and swore an oath: “As surely as the LORD lives, David will not be killed.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Saul listened to Jonathan’s advice and swore an oath: “As surely as the LORD lives, David will not be killed.”

American Standard Version
And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As Jehovah liveth, he shall not be put to death.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Shaul listened to the voice of Yonathan his son, and Shaul swore and said: “Living is LORD JEHOVAH! He will not die!”

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Saul hearkened to the voice of Jonathan; and Saul swore, saying, As the Lord lives, he shall not die.

Contemporary English Version
Saul agreed and promised, "I swear by the living LORD that I won't have David killed!"

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when Saul heard this he was appeased with the words of Jonathan, and swore: As the Lord liveth he shall not be slain.

English Revised Version
And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As the LORD liveth, he shall not be put to death.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Saul listened to Jonathan, and he promised, "I solemnly swear, as the LORD lives, he will not be killed."

Good News Translation
Saul was convinced by what Jonathan said and made a vow in the LORD's name that he would not kill David.

International Standard Version
Saul listened to Jonathan, and swore by the life of the LORD that David would not be killed.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan; and Saul swore: 'As the LORD liveth, he shall not be put to death.'

Literal Standard Version
And Saul listens to the voice of Jonathan, and Saul swears, “YHWH lives—he does not die.”

Majority Standard Bible
Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan and swore an oath: “As surely as the LORD lives, David will not be put to death.”

New American Bible
Saul heeded Jonathan’s plea and swore, “As the LORD lives, he shall not be killed.”

NET Bible
Saul accepted Jonathan's advice and took an oath, "As surely as the LORD lives, he will not be put to death."

New Revised Standard Version
Saul heeded the voice of Jonathan; Saul swore, “As the LORD lives, he shall not be put to death.”

New Heart English Bible
Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan: and Saul swore, "As the LORD lives, he shall not be put to death."

Webster's Bible Translation
And Saul hearkened to the voice of Jonathan: and Saul swore, As the LORD liveth, he shall not be slain.

World English Bible
Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan; and Saul swore, “As Yahweh lives, he shall not be put to death.”

Young's Literal Translation
And Saul hearkeneth to the voice of Jonathan, and Saul sweareth, 'Jehovah liveth -- he doth not die.'

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Saul Attempts to Kill David
5He took his life in his hands when he struck down the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced, so why would you sin against innocent blood by killing David for no reason?” 6Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan and swore an oath: “As surely as the LORD lives, David will not be put to death.” 7So Jonathan summoned David and told him all these things. Then Jonathan brought David to Saul to serve him as he had before.…

Cross References
1 Samuel 19:5
He took his life in his hands when he struck down the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced, so why would you sin against innocent blood by killing David for no reason?"

1 Samuel 19:7
So Jonathan summoned David and told him all these things. Then Jonathan brought David to Saul to serve him as he had before.


Treasury of Scripture

And Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan: and Saul swore, As the LORD lives, he shall not be slain.

sware

1 Samuel 14:39
For, as the LORD liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all the people that answered him.

1 Samuel 28:10
And Saul sware to her by the LORD, saying, As the LORD liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.

Psalm 15:4
In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.

he shalt not

1 Samuel 19:10,11
And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin; but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night…

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1 Samuel 19
1. Elkanah, a Levite, having two wives, worships yearly at Shiloh
4. He cherishes Hannah, though barren, and provoked by Peninnah
9. Hannah in grief prays for a child
12. Eli first rebuking her, afterwards blesses her
19. Hannah, having born Samuel, stays at home till he is weaned
24. She presents him, according to her vow, to the Lord














(6) And Saul hearkened.--The moving eloquence of Jonathan touched Saul's heart, and for a brief space something of the old noble spirit influenced the king, and he swore he would not attempt his life.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Saul
שָׁא֖וּל (šā·’ūl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 7586: Saul -- first king of Israel, also an Edomite and two Israelites

listened
וַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע (way·yiš·ma‘)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently

to the voice
בְּק֣וֹל (bə·qō·wl)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 6963: A voice, sound

of Jonathan
יְהוֹנָתָ֑ן (yə·hō·w·nā·ṯān)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3083: Jonathan -- 'the LORD has given', the name of a number of Israelites

and swore an oath:
וַיִּשָּׁבַ֣ע (way·yiš·šā·ḇa‘)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7650: To seven oneself, swear

“As surely as the LORD
יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

lives,
חַי־ (ḥay-)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life

David will not
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

be put to death.”
יוּמָֽת׃ (yū·māṯ)
Verb - Hofal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4191: To die, to kill


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OT History: 1 Samuel 19:6 Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan: (1Sa iSam 1 Sam i sa)
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