Verse Comparison: 1 Samuel 20:16
American Standard Version
So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, `saying', And Jehovah will require it at the hand of David's enemies.
Amplified® Bible
So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, And the Lord will require that this covenant be kept at the hands of David's enemies.
Contemporary English Version
Jonathan and David made an agreement that even David's descendants would have to keep. Then Jonathan said, "I pray that the LORD will take revenge on your descendants if they break our promise."
Darby English Version
And Jonathan made [a covenant] with the house of David, [saying,] Let Jehovah even require [it] at the hand of David's enemies!
Good News Bible
may our promise to each other still be unbroken. If it is broken, the LORD will punish you."
King James Version
So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let the LORD even require it at the hand of David's enemies.
New American Standard Bible
So Jonathan made a {covenant} with the house of David, {saying,} "May the LORD require {it} at the hands of David's enemies."
New International Version
So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, "May the LORD call David's enemies to account."
New King James Version
So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, “Let the LORD require it at the hand of David’s enemies.”
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, "May the LORD require it at the hands of David's enemies."
Revised Standard Version
let not the name of Jonathan be cut off from the house of David. And may the LORD take vengeance on David's enemies."
Young's Literal Translation
And Jonathan covenanteth with the house of David, and Jehovah hath sought `it' from the hand of the enemies of David;
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