1 Samuel 20:20 - Forerunner Commentary

1 Samuel 20:20

18 Then Jonathan said to David, ^a“Tomorrow is the New Moon; and you will be missed, because your seat will be empty.

19 And when you have stayed three days, go down quickly and come to ^athe place where you hid on the day of the deed; and remain by the stone Ezel.

20 Then I will shoot three arrows to the side, as though I shot at a target;

21 and there I will send a lad, saying, ‘Go, find the arrows.’ If I expressly say to the lad, ‘Look, the arrows are on this side of you; get them and come’—then, ^aas the Lord lives, there is safety for you and no harm.

22 But if I say thus to the young man, ‘Look, the arrows are beyond you’—go your way, for the Lord has sent you away.

23 And as for ^athe matter which you and I have spoken of, indeed the Lord be between you and me forever.”

24 Then David hid in the field. And when the New Moon had come, the king sat down to eat the feast.

Verse Comparison: 1 Samuel 20:20

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American Standard Version
And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I shot at a mark.

Amplified® Bible
And I will shoot three arrows on the side of it, as though I shot at a mark.

Contemporary English Version
I'll shoot three arrows at a target off to the side of the rock,

Darby English Version
And I will shoot three arrows on the side of it, as though I shot at a mark.

Good News Bible
I will then shoot three arrows at it, as though it were a target.

King James Version
And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I shot at a mark.

New American Standard Bible
"I will shoot three arrows to the side, as though I shot at a target.

New International Version
I will shoot three arrows to the side of it, as though I were shooting at a target.

New King James Version
Then I will shoot three arrows to the side, as though I shot at a target;

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"I will shoot three arrows to the side, as though I shot at a target.

Revised Standard Version
And I will shoot three arrows to the side of it, as though I shot at a mark.

Young's Literal Translation
`And I shoot three of the arrows at the side, sending out for myself at a mark;

New English Translation
I will shoot three arrows near it, as though I were shooting at a target.

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