1 Samuel 20:35 - Forerunner Commentary

1 Samuel 20:35

33 Then Saul ^acast a spear at him to kill him, ^bby which Jonathan knew that it was determined by his father to kill David.

34 So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and ate no food the second day of the month, for he was grieved for David, because his father had treated him shamefully.

35 And so it was, in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed with David, and a little lad was with him.

36 Then he said to his lad, “Now run, find the arrows which I shoot.” As the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.

37 When the lad had come to the place where the arrow was which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried out after the lad and said, “Is not the arrow beyond you?”

38 And Jonathan cried out after the lad, “Make haste, hurry, do not delay!” So Jonathan’s lad gathered up the arrows and came back to his master.

39 But the lad did not know anything. Only Jonathan and David knew of the matter.

40 Then Jonathan gave his¹ weapons to his lad, and said to him, “Go, carry them to the city.”

41 As soon as the lad had gone, David arose from a place toward the south, fell on his face to the ground, and bowed down three times. And they kissed one another; and they wept together, but David more so.

42 Then Jonathan said to David, ^a“Go in peace, since we have both sworn in the name of the Lord, saying, ‘May the Lord be between you and me, and between your descendants and my descendants, forever.’ ” So he arose and departed, and Jonathan went into the city.

Verse Comparison: 1 Samuel 20:35

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American Standard Version
And it came to pass in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed with David, and a little lad with him.

Amplified® Bible
In the morning Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed with David, and a little lad was with him.

Contemporary English Version
In the morning, Jonathan went out to the field to meet David. He took a servant boy along

Darby English Version
And it came to pass in the morning that Jonathan went out into the field, to the place agreed on with David, and a little lad with him.

Good News Bible
The following morning Jonathan went to the fields to meet David, as they had agreed. He took a young boy with him

King James Version
And it came to pass in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed with David, and a little lad with him.

New American Standard Bible
Now it came about in the morning that Jonathan went out into the field for the appointment with David, and a little lad {was} with him.

New International Version
In the morning Jonathan went out to the field for his meeting with David. He had a small boy with him,

New King James Version
And so it was, in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed with David, and a little lad was with him.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Now it came about in the morning that Jonathan went out into the field for the appointment with David, and a little lad accompanied him.

Revised Standard Version
In the morning Jonathan went out into the field to the appointment with David, and with him a little lad.

Young's Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass in the morning, that Jonathan goeth out into the field for the appointment with David, and a little youth `is' with him.

New English Translation
The next morning Jonathan, along with a young servant, went out to the field to meet David.

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