1 Samuel 20:6 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

1 And Jonathan said to David: Come and let us go out into the field. And when they were both of them gone out into the field,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Beth-lehem his city: for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

If your father misses me at all, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem, his city, for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.

American Standard Version (1901)

If thy father miss me at all, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Beth-lehem his city; for it is the yearly sacrifice there for all the family.

Common English Bible

If your father takes note of my absence, tell him, ‘David begged my permission to run down to his hometown Bethlehem, because there is an annual sacrifice there for his whole family.’

Catholic Public Domain Version

If your father, looking around, will seek me, you shall respond to him: 'David asked me if he may hurry to Bethlehem, his own city. For there are solemn sacrifices in that place for all of his tribe together.'

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

If thy father look and inquire for me, thou shalt answer him: David asked me that he might run to Bethlehem his own city: because there are solemn sacrifices there for all his tribe.

1 Samuel 20:6 Cross References

John 7:42

0 Nicodemus said to them, (he that came to him by night, who was one of them:)

Deuteronomy 12:5

0 You shall pass over the Jordan, and shall dwell in the land which the Lord your God will give you, that you may have rest from all enemies round about: and may dwell without any fear,

1 Samuel 17:58

And David went out to whatsoever business Saul sent him, and he behaved himself prudently: and Saul set him over the soldiers, and he was acceptable in the eyes of all the people, and especially in the eyes of Saul's servants.

1 Samuel 20:28

3 And Saul caught up a spear to strike him. And Jonathan understood that it was determined by his father to kill David.

1 Samuel 9:12

7 And when Samuel saw Saul, the Lord said to him: Behold the man, of whom I spoke to thee, this man shall reign over my people.