1 Samuel 20:16
What does 1 Samuel 20:16 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Samuel 20:16 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, And Jehovah will require it at the hand of David’s enemies.
KJV
King James Version · 1611So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let the Lord even require it at the hand of David’s enemies.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, And Jehovah will require it at the hand of David’s enemies.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And if it comes about that the name of Jonathan is cut off from the family of David, the Lord will make David responsible.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And Jonathan covenanteth with the house of David, and Jehovah hath sought <FI>it<Fi> from the hand of the enemies of David;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Jonathan therefore made a covenant with the house of David: and the Lord required it at the hands of David's enemies.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And Jonathan made [a covenant] with the house of David, [saying,] Let Jehovah even require [it] at the hand of David's enemies!
Context
v.15but 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.
v.16This passage
v.17And Jonathan caused David to swear again, for the love that he had to him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 31:2
And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul.
- 2 Samuel 4:7
Now when they came into the house, as he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and went by the way of the Arabah all night.
- 1 Samuel 25:22
God do so unto the enemies of David, and more also, if I leave of all that pertain to him by the morning light so much as one man-child.
- 2 Samuel 21:8
But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she bare to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:
- 1 Samuel 18:3
Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
- Genesis 15:18
In that day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
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