Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
KJV
King James Version
And David fleeth
from Naioth in Ramah, and cometh,
and saith
before Jonathan, `
What have I done? what `
is '
mine iniquity? and what my sin before thy father, that he is
seeking
my life? '
And David fled
from Naioth in Ramah, and came
and said
before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is
my sin before thy father, that he seeketh
my life?
And he saith
to
him, `Far
be
it!
thou dost
not die ;
lo
, my father doth
not
do anything
great or small and
doth
not
uncover
mine
ear;
and wherefore
doth
my father hide from
me
this thing? this
`thing'
is not. '
And he said
unto
him, God
forbid;
thou shalt
not die :
behold
, my father will
do nothing
either
great or small ,
but
that
he
will
show
it
me:
and why
should
my father hide this thing from
me
? it
is not so
.
And David sweareth
again
, and saith
, `
Thy father hath
certainly known
that I have found grace in thine eyes ,
and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved ;
and
yet,
Jehovah
liveth, and thy soul liveth, but --
as
a step between me and death. '
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.
And
Jonathan saith
to
David, `What
doth
thy soul say?
--
and
I do it for thee. '
Then
said
Jonathan unto
David, Whatsoever
thy soul desireth,
I will
even
do it for thee.
And David saith
unto Jonathan, `Lo
, the new moon `is'
to-morrow;
and I do
certainly
sit with the king to
eat;
and
thou
hast
sent
me away
, and
I have
been
hidden
in a
field till
the third evening;
And David said
unto Jonathan, Behold
, to
morrow
is
the new moon ,
and I should
not
fail
to
sit with the king at
meat:
but
let
me go
, that
I may
hide
myself
in the
field unto
the third day
at
even.
if thy father at all look
after
me, and
thou
hast
said
, David asked
earnestly of me to
run to Beth-Lehem
his city ,
for a sacrifice of
the
days
`is'
there for all the family.
If thy father at all miss
me, then
say
, David earnestly asked
leave
of me that
he
might
run to Bethlehem
his city :
for there
is
a yearly
sacrifice there for all the family.
If thus
he say :
Good;
peace
`
is '
for
thy servant ;
and
if it
be very displeasing
to
him
--
know
that the
evil hath
been
determined by him ;
If he say thus,
It
is well;
thy servant shall
have
peace:
but
if he
be very wroth,
then
be
sure
that evil is
determined by him .
and
thou hast
done
kindness,
to
thy servant ,
for into
a
covenant
of
Jehovah
thou hast brought thy servant with thee ;
--
and
if there is
in me iniquity, put
thou
me to
death
; and
unto
thy
father,
why is
this
--
thou dost
bring me in
? '
Therefore
thou shalt
deal
kindly
with
thy servant ;
for thou hast brought thy servant into
a
covenant
of
the
LORD
with thee :
notwithstanding,
if there be
in me iniquity, slay
me thyself
; for
why shouldest
thou bring me to
thy
father
?
And Jonathan saith
, `
Far be it from thee !
for I certainly do
not
know
that the
evil hath
been
determined by my father to come upon thee, and
I
do
not declare
it to
thee .'
And Jonathan said
, Far be it from thee :
for if
I knew
certainly that evil were
determined by my father to come upon thee, then
would
not I
tell
it thee ?
And
David saith
unto
Jonathan, `
Who doth
declare
to
me? or what `
if '
thy father doth
answer thee sharply
? '
Then
said
David to
Jonathan, Who shall
tell
me? or what if thy father answer thee roughly
?
And Jonathan saith
unto David, `
Come, and we
go out into the field ;'
and they go
out both of them into the field.
And Jonathan said
unto David, Come, and let
us
go out into the field .
And they went
out both of them into the field.
And Jonathan saith
unto David, `Jehovah,
God of Israel --
when I search
my father ,
about `this'
time
to -
morrow `
or '
the third `
day '
, and lo
, good `is'
towards
David, and I do
not
then send unto thee, and have
uncovered
thine
ear
--
And Jonathan said
unto David, O
LORD
God of Israel ,
when I have
sounded
my father about to morrow any
time,
or the third day, and, behold,
if
there
be
good toward
David, and I then send not
unto thee, and show
it
thee;
thus
doth
Jehovah
do to
Jonathan,
and thus
doth
He
add;
when
the
evil
concerning
thee
is
good
to my father, then I have
uncovered
thine
ear
, and sent
thee away, and
thou hast
gone
in peace ,
and Jehovah
is
with thee, as he was
with my father ;
The
LORD
do so
and much
more
to Jonathan:
but
if
it
please
my father to
do
thee
evil
, then I will
show
it
thee
, and send
thee away, that
thou mayest
go
in peace :
and the
LORD
be
with thee, as he hath
been
with my father .
and not only while I am
alive
dost
thou
do
with
me the kindness of Jehovah
, and
I die not ,
And thou
shalt
not only while yet
I live
show
me the kindness of the
LORD
, that
I die not :
but thou dost
not cut off thy kindness from my house unto
the
age
, nor
in
Jehovah's
cutting
off the enemies of David ,
each
one from off
the face of the ground
. '
But also
thou shalt
not cut off thy kindness from my house for
ever:
no
, not
when
the
LORD
hath
cut
off the enemies of David every
one from the face of the earth
.
And
Jonathan covenanteth
with the house of David, and
Jehovah
hath
sought
`
it '
from
the hand of the
enemies of
David;
So
Jonathan made
a
covenant
with the house of David, saying,
Let
the
LORD
even
require
it at
the hand of David's
enemies .
and Jonathan addeth
to
cause
David to swear, because he loveth
him ,
for with
the
love
of
his
own
soul
he hath
loved him.
And Jonathan caused
David to swear again
, because he loved
him :
for he loved him as
he
loved
his
own
soul
.
And
Jonathan saith
to him
, `
To -
morrow `
is '
new moon ,
and thou hast
been
looked
after
, for
thy seat is
looked
after;
Then
Jonathan said
to David
, To morrow is the
new moon :
and thou shalt
be
missed
, because
thy seat will
be
empty.
and on
the
third
day
thou dost
certainly
come
down, and hast
come in
unto
the place where thou wast
hidden
in
the
day
of
the work
, and hast
remained
near
the stone Ezel.
And when
thou hast
stayed
three
days,
then
thou
shalt
go
down quickly
, and come to
the place where thou didst
hide
thyself
when
the business
was
in
hand
, and shalt
remain
by
the stone Ezel.
`
And I shoot three of
the
arrows at
the side, sending
out
for
myself
at a mark ;
And I will
shoot three arrows on
the side thereof
, as
though
I
shot
at a mark .
and lo
, I send the
youth:
Go, find the arrows. If I at
all
say to
the youth
, Lo
, the arrows `
are '
on this side of thee --
take them ,
--
then come thou ,
for peace
`
is '
for
thee, and there
is
nothing
; Jehovah
liveth.
And, behold,
I will
send a
lad,
saying,
Go, find out
the arrows. If I expressly
say unto
the lad
, Behold
, the arrows are on this side of thee ,
take them ;
then come thou :
for there
is peace
to
thee, and no
hurt
; as
the
LORD
liveth.
And
if thus
I say to
the young man, Lo
, the arrows `
are '
beyond thee ,
--
go ,
for Jehovah
hath sent thee away ;
But
if I say thus
unto
the young man, Behold
, the arrows are beyond thee ;
go thy
way:
for the
LORD
hath sent thee away .
as to
the thing
which we
have spoken ,
I
and
thou
, lo
, Jehovah
`is'
between me
and
thee --
unto
the
age
. '
And
as touching
the matter
which thou
and
I
have spoken of
, behold
, the
LORD
be
between thee and
me
for
ever
.
And
David is
hidden
in the field ,
and it
is
the new moon, and
the king sitteth
down by
the
food
to eat ,
So
David hid
himself
in the field :
and when
the new moon was
come
, the king sat
him
down to eat meat.
and the king sitteth
on
his seat, as time
by
time
, on
a seat by the wall ,
and Jonathan riseth
, and Abner sitteth
at
the
side of
Saul
, and David's place is
looked
after
.
And the king sat
upon
his seat, as at
other
times
, even
upon
a seat by the wall :
and Jonathan arose
, and Abner sat
by
Saul's
side, and David's place was
empty
.
And
Saul hath
not spoken
anything
on
that day ,
for he said
, `It
`is'
an
accident;
he is not clean --
surely not clean. '
Nevertheless
Saul spake
not any
thing
that day :
for he thought
, Something
hath
befallen
him,
he is not clean ;
surely he
is
not clean.
And it cometh
to pass on the second
morrow of the new
moon
, that David's place is
looked
after,
and Saul saith
unto Jonathan his son, `
Wherefore hath
the son of Jesse not
come
in
, either
yesterday or
to -
day ,
unto
the
food
? '
And it came
to pass on the morrow ,
which
was
the
second
day
of the month
, that David's place was
empty:
and Saul said
unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh
not
the son of Jesse to
meat
, neither
yesterday ,
nor
to day?
And Jonathan answereth
Saul, `
David hath
been
earnestly asked of me unto
Beth-Lehem,
And Jonathan answered
Saul, David earnestly asked leave
of me to
go
to
Bethlehem:
and he saith
, Send
me away
, I pray thee ,
for a
family sacrifice we
have
in the city ,
and my brother himself
hath given
command
to
me ,
and now, if I have found grace
in thine eyes, let me go
away, I pray thee, and see my brethren ;
therefore he hath
not come
unto the table of
the
king
. '
And he said
, Let
me go
, I pray thee ;
for our
family hath
a
sacrifice in the city ;
and my brother ,
he
hath commanded
me to
be
there:
and now, if I have found favor
in thine eyes, let me get
away, I pray thee, and see my brethren .
Therefore he cometh
not unto the king's
table.
And
the
anger of
Saul
burneth
against Jonathan, and he saith
to
him, `
Son of a
perverse rebellious woman !
have
I
not known
that thou art
fixing
on
the son of Jesse to thy
shame
, and to
the
shame
of
the nakedness
of thy mother
?
Then
Saul's
anger was
kindled
against Jonathan, and he said
unto
him, Thou
son of the
perverse rebellious woman ,
do
not I
know
that thou hast
chosen
the son of Jesse to thine
own
confusion
, and unto
the confusion
of thy mother's
nakedness
?
for all
the
days
that
the son of Jesse liveth on
the ground thou art
not established, thou
and
thy kingdom ;
and
now ,
send and bring
him unto me, for he `is'
a
son
of
death
. '
For as
long
as
the son of Jesse liveth upon
the ground ,
thou shalt
not be
established, nor
thy kingdom .
Wherefore
now send and fetch
him unto me, for he shall
surely
die
.
And Jonathan answereth
Saul his father, and saith
unto him, `Why
is
he put
to
death
? what hath he done? '
And Jonathan answered
Saul his father, and said
unto him, Wherefore
shall
he be
slain
? what hath he done?
And Saul casteth
the
javelin at him to smite him ,
and
Jonathan knoweth
that it hath
been
determined by
his father to put
David to
death
.
And Saul cast
a
javelin at him to smite him :
whereby
Jonathan knew
that it was
determined of
his father to slay
David.
And
Jonathan riseth
from the table in the
heat
of
anger, and hath
not
eaten
food
on
the second day of the new
moon,
for he hath
been
grieved for David, for
his father put
him to
shame.
So
Jonathan arose
from the table in fierce
anger, and did
eat
no
meat
the second day of the month:
for he was
grieved for David, because
his father had
done
him shame.
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.
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.
And he saith
to
his youth
, `
Run, find ,
I
pray
thee,
the arrows which I am
shooting;'
the youth
is
running
, and
he hath
shot the
arrow ,
causing
`it'
to
pass
over
him.
And he said
unto
his lad
, Run, find out
now
the arrows which I shoot.
And
as
the lad
ran
, he shot an
arrow beyond
him.
And the youth
cometh
unto
the place of the arrow which Jonathan hath
shot, and
Jonathan calleth
after the youth
, and saith
, `
Is not the arrow beyond thee? '
And when
the lad
was
come
to
the place of the arrow which Jonathan had
shot, Jonathan cried
after the lad
, and said
, Is not the arrow beyond thee?
and Jonathan calleth
after the youth
, `
Speed, haste, stand
not ;'
and Jonathan's youth
gathereth
the arrows, and cometh
unto
his lord
.
And Jonathan cried
after the lad
, Make
speed, haste, stay
not .
And Jonathan's lad
gathered
up
the arrows, and came
to
his master
.
And
the youth
hath
not known
anything,
only Jonathan and David knew the word
.
But
the lad
knew
not any
thing:
only Jonathan and David knew the matter
.
And Jonathan giveth
his weapons
unto the
youth
whom
he
hath
, and saith
to
him, `
Go, carry into
the city. '
And Jonathan gave
his artillery
unto his
lad
, and said
unto
him, Go, carry them
to
the city.
The youth
hath
gone, and
David hath
risen
from
Ezel,
at
the south, and falleth
on his face to the earth
, and boweth
himself three times ,
and they kiss
one another, and they
weep
one with another, till
David exerted
himself;
And
as
soon
as
the lad
was
gone, David arose
out
of
a
place
toward
the south, and fell
on his face to the ground
, and bowed
himself three times :
and they kissed
one another, and wept
one with another, until
David exceeded.
and Jonathan saith
to David, `
Go in peace, in
that
we have sworn --
we
two
--
in the name of Jehovah
, saying, Jehovah
is
between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed --
unto
the
age;'
and he riseth
and goeth;
and Jonathan hath
gone
in
to
the city.
And Jonathan said
to David, Go in peace, forasmuch
as
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.
And he arose
and departed:
and Jonathan went
into
the city.
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