1 Samuel 20:38
36 He said to the boy, “Run and find the arrows I shoot.” And as the boy ran, Jonathan shot an arrow beyond him.
37 When the boy reached the place where Jonathan’s arrow had fallen, Jonathan called to him, “Isn’t the arrow beyond you?”
Then Jonathan cried out, “Hurry! Make haste! Do not delay!” So the boy picked up the arrow and returned to his master.
39 But the boy did not know anything; only Jonathan and David knew the arrangement.
40 Then Jonathan gave his equipment to the boy and said, “Go, take it back to the city.”
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.
Compare
- BSB
- Then Jonathan cried out, “Hurry! Make haste! Do not delay!” So the boy picked up the arrow and returned to his master.
- KJV
- And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan’s lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.
- WEB
- Jonathan cried after the boy, “Go fast! Hurry! Don’t delay!” Jonathan’s boy gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.
- ASV
- And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan`s lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.
- DARBY
- And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not! And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.
- BLB
- And Jonathan cried out after the boy, “Hurry, hurry; do not delay.” And the boy of Jonathan gathered up the arrows and came back to his master.
- ÅB
- Så ropte Jonatan enda en gang til gutten: Vær snar, skynd deg, stans ikke! Og Jonatans gutt samlet pilene opp og kom til sin herre.
- OTB
- Og Jonatan ropte etter gutten: "Skynd deg, vær rask, ikke bli stående!" Og Jonatans gutt plukket opp pilen og kom til sin herre.
- B1930
- Så ropte Jonatan ennu en gang til gutten: Vær snar, skynd dig, stans ikke! Og Jonatans gutt samlet pilene op og kom til sin herre.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 17:31–32
On that day, let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve his possessions. Likewise, let no one in the field return for anything he has left behind.
Read in contextProverbs 6:4–5
Allow no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.
Read in contextPsalms 55:6–9
I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest.
Read in contextMatthew 24:16–18
then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
Read in contextMark 13:14–16
So when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
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