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1 Samuel 20:23

FriendshipCovenant and promises

21 Then I will send a boy and say, ‘Go, find the arrows!’ Now, if I expressly say to him, ‘Look, the arrows are on this side of you; bring them,’ then come, because as surely as the LORD lives, it is safe for you and there is no danger.

22 But if I say to the young man, ‘Look, the arrows are beyond you,’ then you must go, for the LORD has sent you away.

And as for the matter you and I have discussed, the LORD is a witness between you and me forever.”

24 So David hid in the field, and when the New Moon had come, the king sat down to eat.

25 He sat in his usual place by the wall, opposite Jonathan and beside Abner, but David’s place was empty.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
And as for the matter you and I have discussed, the LORD is a witness between you and me forever.”
KJV
And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, the LORD be between thee and me for ever.
WEB
Concerning the matter which you and I have spoken of, behold, the LORD is between you and me forever.”
ASV
And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, Jehovah is between thee and me for ever.
DARBY
And as to the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, Jehovah is between me and thee for ever.
BLB
And as for the matter that we have spoken of—I and you—behold, YHWH is between me and between you even to forever.”
ÅB
Og vedkommende det vi har talt om, jeg og du, så er Herren vitne mellom meg og deg til evig tid.
OTB
Når det gjelder saken som du og jeg har snakket om, se, Herren er mellom deg og meg for alltid."
B1930
Og vedkommende det vi har talt om, jeg og du, så er Herren vidne mellem mig og dig til evig tid.

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Cross references

  • 1 Samuel 20:42

    And Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, for the two of us have sworn in the name of the LORD, saying, ‘May the LORD be a witness between you and me, and between your descendants and mine forever.’” Then David got up and departed, and Jonathan went back into the city.

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  • 1 Samuel 20:14–15

    And as long as I live, treat me with the LORD’s loving devotion, that I may not die,

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  • Genesis 31:50

    If you mistreat my daughters or take other wives, although no one is with us, remember that God is a witness between you and me.”

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  • Genesis 16:5

    Then Sarai said to Abram, “May the wrong done to me be upon you! I delivered my servant into your arms, and ever since she saw that she was pregnant, she has treated me with contempt. May the LORD judge between you and me.”

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