◄ 1 Samuel 20:22 ►
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Good News Translation
But if I tell him, 'The arrows are on the other side of you,' then leave, because the LORD is sending you away.

New Revised Standard Version
But if I say to the young man, ‘Look, the arrows are beyond you,’ then go; for the LORD has sent you away.

Contemporary English Version
But if it isn't safe, I'll say to the boy, "The arrows are farther away!" This will mean that the LORD wants you to leave, and you must go.

New American Bible
But if I say to the boy, ‘Look, the arrow is beyond you,’ go, for the LORD sends you away.

Douay-Rheims Bible
If I shall say to the boy: Behold the arrows are on this side of thee, take them up: come thou to me, because there is peace to thee, and there is no evil, as the Lord liveth. But if I shall speak thus to the boy: Behold the arrows are beyond thee: go in peace, for the Lord hath sent thee away.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

If I shall say to the boy: Behold the arrows are on this side of thee, take them up: come thou to me, because there is peace to thee, and there is no evil, as the Lord liveth. But if I shall speak thus to the boy: Behold the arrows are beyond thee: go in peace, for the Lord hath sent thee away.

Context
Jonathan and David Renew Their Covenant
…21And I will send a boy, saying to him: Go and fetch me the arrows. 22If I shall say to the boy: Behold the arrows are on this side of thee, take them up: come thou to me, because there is peace to thee, and there is no evil, as the Lord liveth. But if I shall speak thus to the boy: Behold the arrows are beyond thee: go in peace, for the Lord hath sent thee away.23And concerning the word which I and thou have spoken, the Lord be between thee and me forever.…
Cross References
1 Samuel 20:21
And I will send a boy, saying to him: Go and fetch me the arrows.

1 Samuel 20:37
The boy therefore came to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot: and Jonathan cried after the boy, and said: Behold the arrow is there further beyond thee.

1 Samuel 20:42
And Jonathan said to David: Go in peace: and let all stand that we have sworn both of us in the name of the Lord, saying: The Lord be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. [43] And David arose, and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.

1 Samuel 20:21
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