1 Samuel 24:21

1 Samuel chapter 24 · verse 21 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

Context

v.20And now, behold, I know that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thy hand.

v.21This passage

v.22And David sware unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men gat them up unto the stronghold.

Cross references

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

  • 1 Samuel 20:14

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

  • Genesis 31:53

    The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the Fear of his father Isaac.

  • Genesis 31:48

    And Laban said, This heap is witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed:

  • Hebrews 6:16

    For men swear by the greater: and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.

  • 2 Samuel 21:6

    let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto Jehovah in Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of Jehovah. And the king said, I will give them.

  • Genesis 21:23

    now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son’s son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.