Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 7650 [e] וַיִּשָּׁבַ֨ע way-yiš-šā-ḇa‘ And took an oath Conj-w | V-Nifal-ConsecImperf-3ms 5750 [e] ע֜וֹד ‘ō-wḏ again Adv 1732 [e] דָּוִ֗ד dā-wiḏ, David N-proper-ms 559 [e] וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ way-yō-mer and said Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms 3045 [e] יָדֹ֨עַ yā-ḏō-a‘ surely V-Qal-InfAbs 3045 [e] יָדַ֜ע yā-ḏa‘ knows V-Qal-Perf-3ms 1 [e] אָבִ֗יךָ ’ā-ḇî-ḵā, Your father N-msc | 2ms 3588 [e] כִּֽי־ kî- that Conj 4672 [e] מָצָ֤אתִי mā-ṣā-ṯî I have found V-Qal-Perf-1cs 2580 [e] חֵן֙ ḥên favor N-ms 5869 [e] בְּעֵינֶ֔יךָ bə-‘ê-ne-ḵā, in your eyes Prep-b | N-cdc | 2ms 559 [e] וַיֹּ֛אמֶר way-yō-mer and he has said Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms 408 [e] אַל־ ’al- not Adv 3045 [e] יֵֽדַע־ yê-ḏa‘- do let know V-Qal-Imperf-3ms 2063 [e] זֹ֥את zōṯ this Pro-fs 3083 [e] יְהוֹנָתָ֖ן yə-hō-w-nā-ṯān Jonathan N-proper-ms 6435 [e] פֶּן־ pen- lest Conj 6087 [e] יֵֽעָצֵ֑ב yê-‘ā-ṣêḇ; he be grieved V-Nifal-Imperf-3ms 199 [e] וְאוּלָ֗ם wə-’ū-lām, but truly Conj-w | Conj 2416 [e] חַי־ ḥay- [as] lives N-ms 3068 [e] יְהוָה֙ Yah-weh Yahweh N-proper-ms 2416 [e] וְחֵ֣י wə-ḥê and [as] lives Conj-w | N-msc 5315 [e] נַפְשֶׁ֔ךָ nap̄-še-ḵā, your soul N-fsc | 2ms 3588 [e] כִּ֣י kî but Conj 6587 [e] כְפֶ֔שַׂע ḵə-p̄e-śa‘, [there is] a step Prep-k | N-ms 996 [e] בֵּינִ֖י bê-nî between me Prep | 1cs 996 [e] וּבֵ֥ין ū-ḇên and Conj-w | Prep 4194 [e] הַמָּֽוֶת׃ ham-mā-weṯ. death Art | N-ms

New American Standard Bible
Yet David vowed again, saying, "Your father knows well that I have found favor in your sight, and he has said, 'Do not let Jonathan know this, or he will be grieved.' But truly as the LORD lives and as your soul lives, there is hardly a step between me and death."

King James Bible
And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But David said, "Your father certainly knows that you have come to look favorably on me. He has said, 'Jonathan must not know of this, or else he will be grieved.'" David also swore, "As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, there is but a step between me and death."

sware

Deuteronomy 6:13 You shall fear the LORD your God, and serve him, and shall swear by his name.

Jeremiah 4:2 And you shall swear, The LORD lives, in truth, in judgment, and in …

Hebrews 6:16 For men truly swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation …

but truly

1 Samuel 25:26 Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, …

1 Samuel 27:1 And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul…

2 Samuel 15:21 And Ittai answered the king, and said, As the LORD lives, and as …

2 Kings 2:2,4,6 And Elijah said to Elisha, Tarry here, I pray you; for the LORD has …

as thy soul

1 Samuel 1:26 And she said, Oh my lord, as your soul lives, my lord, I am the woman …

1 Samuel 17:55 And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said …

Jeremiah 38:16 So Zedekiah the king swore secretly to Jeremiah, saying, As the LORD …

but a step

1 Samuel 27:1 And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul…

Deuteronomy 28:66 And your life shall hang in doubt before you; and you shall fear …

Psalm 116:3 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell got hold …

1 Corinthians 15:30,31 And why stand we in jeopardy every hour…

2 Corinthians 1:9,10 But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not …

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