1 Samuel 20:40
38 And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan’s lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.
39 But the lad knew not any thing: only Jonathan and David knew the matter.
And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad, and said unto him, Go, carry them to the city.
41 And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.
42 And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the LORD, saying, The LORD be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went 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!