1 Samuel 20:38

What does 1 Samuel 20:38 mean?

A plain-English look at 1 Samuel 20:38 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan’s lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan’s lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan’s lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And Jonathan went on crying out after the boy, Be quick, do not keep waiting about, go quickly. And Jonathan's boy got the arrow and came back to his master.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and Jonathan calleth after the youth, `Speed, haste, stand not;' and Jonathan's youth gathereth the arrows, and cometh unto his lord.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And Jonathan cried again after the boy, saying: Make haste speedily, stand not. And Jonathan's boy gathered up the arrows, and brought them to his master:

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not! And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.

Context

v.37And 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?

v.38This passage

v.39But the lad knew not anything: only Jonathan and David knew the matter.

Cross references

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

  • Proverbs 6:4

    Give not sleep to thine eyes, Nor slumber to thine eyelids;

  • Luke 17:31

    In that day, he that shall be on the housetop, and his goods in the house, let him not go down to take them away: and let him that is in the field likewise not return back.

  • Matthew 24:16

    then let them that are in Judæa flee unto the mountains:

  • Mark 13:14

    But when ye see the abomination of desolation standing where he ought not (let him that readeth understand), then let them that are in Judæa flee unto the mountains:

  • Psalms 55:6

    And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then would I fly away, and be at rest.

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