1 Samuel 20:14
Good News Translation
And if I remain alive, please keep your sacred promise and be loyal to me; but if I die,

New Revised Standard Version
If I am still alive, show me the faithful love of the LORD; but if I die,

New American Bible
Only this: if I am still alive, may you show me the kindness of the LORD. But if I die,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And if I live, thou shalt shew me the kindness of the Lord: but if I die,

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

the kindness

2 Samuel 9:3 And the king said: Is there any one left of the house of Saul, that I may shew the mercy of God unto Him? And Siba said to the king: There is a son of Jonathan left, who is lame of his feet.

Ephesians 5:1,2 Be ye therefore followers of God, as most dear children: . . .

Context
Jonathan and David Renew Their Covenant
13May the Lord do so and so to Jonathan, and add still more. But if my father shall continue in malice against thee, I will discover it to thy ear, and will send thee away, that thou mayst go in peace, and the Lord be with thee, as he hath been with my father. 14And if I live, thou shalt shew me the kindness of the Lord: but if I die,15Thou shalt not take away thy kindness from my house for ever, when the Lord shall have rooted out the enemies of David, every one of them from the earth, may he take away Jonathan from his house, and may the Lord require it at the hands of David's enemies.…
Cross References
Genesis 40:14
Only remember me when it shall be well with thee, and do me this kindness: to put Pharao in mind to take me out of this prison:

1 Samuel 20:13
May the Lord do so and so to Jonathan, and add still more. But if my father shall continue in malice against thee, I will discover it to thy ear, and will send thee away, that thou mayst go in peace, and the Lord be with thee, as he hath been with my father.

1 Samuel 20:15
Thou shalt not take away thy kindness from my house for ever, when the Lord shall have rooted out the enemies of David, every one of them from the earth, may he take away Jonathan from his house, and may the Lord require it at the hands of David's enemies.

1 Samuel 20:23
And concerning the word which I and thou have spoken, the Lord be between thee and me forever.

1 Samuel 24:21
Swear to me by the Lord, that thou wilt not destroy my seed after me, nor take away my name from the house of my father.

2 Samuel 9:1
And David said: Is there any one, think you, left of the house of Saul, that I may shew kindness to him for Jonathan's sake?

2 Samuel 9:3
And the king said: Is there any one left of the house of Saul, that I may shew the mercy of God unto Him? And Siba said to the king: There is a son of Jonathan left, who is lame of his feet.

1 Samuel 20:13
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