1 Samuel 20:21 - Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

²¹ and send my servant to find the arrows. You'll know if it's safe to come out by what I tell him. If it is safe, I swear by the living Lord that I'll say, “The arrows are on this side of you! Pick them up!”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ And, behold, I will send a lad, saying, Go, find out the arrows. If I expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee, take them; then come thou: for there is peace to thee, and no hurt; as the LORD liveth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ And I will send a lad, saying, Go, find the arrows. If I expressly say to the lad, Look, the arrows are on this side of you, take them–then you are to come, for it is safe for you and there is no danger, as the Lord lives.

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ And, behold, I will send the lad, saying, Go, find the arrows. If I say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee; take them, and come; for there is peace to thee and no hurt, as Jehovah liveth.

Common English Bible

²¹ Then I’ll send the servant boy, saying, ‘Go retrieve the arrow.’ If I yell to the boy, ‘Hey! The arrow is on this side of you. Get it!’ then you can come out because it will be safe for you. There won’t be any trouble—I make a pledge on the LORD’s life.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ Also, I will send a boy, saying to him, 'Go and bring the arrows to me.'

1 Samuel 20:21 পৰস্পৰ সংযোগসমূহ

Amos 8:14

You made promises to the goddess Ashimah at Samaria; you made vows to other gods at the shrines of Dan and Beersheba. So now you will fall and never get up.

Jeremiah 12:16

They once taught my people to worship Baal. But if they admit I am the only true God, and if they let my people teach them how to worship me, these nations will also become my people.

Jeremiah 5:2

Everyone breaks promises made in my name.”

Jeremiah 4:2

Make promises only in my name, and do what you promise! Then all nations will praise me, and I will bless them.

1 Samuel 20:20

I'll shoot three arrows at a target off to the side of the rock,

1 Samuel 20:22

But if it isn't safe, I'll say to the boy, “The arrows are farther away!” This will mean that the Lord wants you to leave, and you must go.

1 Samuel 20:36

and told him, “When I shoot the arrows, you run and find them for me.” The boy started running, and Jonathan shot an arrow so that it would go beyond him.