1 Samuel 20:15

What does 1 Samuel 20:15 mean?

A plain-English look at 1 Samuel 20:15 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

but also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever; no, not when Jehovah hath cut off the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

but also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever; no, not when Jehovah hath cut off the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And let not your mercy ever be cut off from my family, even when the Lord has sent destruction on all David's haters, cutting them off from the face of the earth.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

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.'

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Thou shalt not take away thy kindness from my house for ever, when the Lord shall have rooted out the enemies of David, every one of them from the earth, may he take away Jonathan from his house, and may the Lord require it at the hands of David's enemies.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

but thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever, no, not when Jehovah cuts off the enemies of David, every one from the face of the earth.

Context

v.14And thou shalt not only while yet I live show me the lovingkindness of Jehovah, that I die not;

v.15This passage

v.16So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, And Jehovah will require it at the hand of David’s enemies.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 2 Samuel 9:1

    And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan’s sake?

  • 2 Samuel 21:7

    But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of Jehovah’s oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.

  • 1 Samuel 24:21

    Swear now therefore unto me by Jehovah, that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my father’s house.

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