1 Samuel 20:40
38 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.
Then Jonathan gave his equipment to the boy and said, “Go, take it back to the city.”
41 When the young man had gone, David got up from the south side of the stone, fell facedown, and bowed three times. Then he and Jonathan kissed each other and wept together—though David wept more.
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.
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 gave his equipment to the boy and said, “Go, take it back to the city.”
- KJV
- And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad, and said unto him, Go, carry them to the city.
- WEB
- Jonathan gave his weapons to his boy, and said to him, “Go, carry them to the city.”
- ASV
- And Jonathan gave his weapons unto his lad, and said unto him, Go, carry them to the city.
- DARBY
- And Jonathan gave his weapons to his lad, and said to him, Go, carry them to the city.
- BLB
- And Jonathan gave his weapons to the boy who [was] to him, and he said to him, “Go, bring [them] to the city.”
- ÅB
- Så gav Jonatan sine våpen til gutten og sa til ham: Gå og ta dem med deg til byen!
- OTB
- Da overleverte Jonatan sine våpen til gutten sin og instruerte ham: "Gå, ta dem til byen."
- B1930
- Så gav Jonatan sine våben til gutten og sa til ham: Gå og ta dem med dig til byen!