1 Samuel 19:6 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As the Lord liveth, he shall not be slain.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As the LORD liveth, he shall not be slain.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Saul heeded Jonathan and swore, As the Lord lives, David shall not be slain.

American Standard Version (1901)

And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As Jehovah liveth, he shall not be put to death.

Common English Bible

Saul listened to Jonathan and then swore, “As surely as the LORD lives, David won’t be executed.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

And when Saul had heard this, being pleased by the voice of Jonathan, he swore, "As the Lord lives, he shall not be killed."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And when Saul heard this he was appeased with the words of Jonathan, and swore: As the Lord liveth he shall not be slain.

1 Samuel 19:6 Cross References

Psalm 15:4

In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoreth them that fear the Lord. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.

Proverbs 31:8

Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.

Jeremiah 5:2

And though they say, The Lord liveth; surely they swear falsely.

1 Samuel 14:39

For, as the Lord liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all the people that answered him.

1 Samuel 19:5

for he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the Lord wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?

1 Samuel 19:7

And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan showed him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as in times past.

1 Samuel 28:10

And Saul sware to her by the Lord, saying, As the Lord liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.