1 Samuel 20:22-24

New English Translation

²²But if I say to the boy, ‘Look, the arrows are on the other side of you,’^[a] then get away. For in that case the Lord has sent you away. ²³With regard to the matter that you and I discussed, the Lord is the witness between us forever.”^[b]

²⁴So David hid in the field. When the new moon came, the king sat down to eat his meal.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

1 Samuel 20:22 tn Heb “from you and onward.”
1 Samuel 20:23 tc Heb “the Lord [is] between me and between you forever.” The translation assumes that the original text read עֵד עַד־עוֹלָם (ʿed ʿad ʿolam), “a witness forever,” with the noun “a witness” accidentally falling out of the text by haplography. See P. K. McCarter, I Samuel (AB), 338.

New English Translation (NET)

1 Samuel 20:22-24 New English Translation

Footnotes

1 Samuel 20:22-24

New English Translation