1 Samuel 20:17 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

¹⁷ 2 If I shall say to the boy: Behold the arrows are on this side of thee, take them up: come thou to me, because, there is peace to thee, and there is no evil, as the Lord liveth. But if I shall speak thus to the boy: Behold the arrows are beyond thee: go in peace, for the Lord hath sent thee away.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ And Jonathan caused David to swear again by his love for him, for Jonathan loved him as he loved his own life.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ And Jonathan caused David to swear again, for the love that he had to him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ So Jonathan again made a pledge to David because he loved David as much as himself.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ And Jonathan continued to swear to David, because he loved him. For he loved him like his own soul.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ And Jonathan swore again to David, because he loved him: for he loved him as his own soul.

1 Samuel 20:17 Cross References

2 Samuel 1:26

And the men of Juda came, and anointed David there, to be king over the house of Juda. And it was told David, that the men of Jabes Galaad had buried Saul.

Proverbs 17:17

4 Wisdom shineth in the face of the wise: the eyes of fools are in the ends of the earth.

Proverbs 18:24

The brethren of the poor man hate him: moreover also his friends have departed far from him. He that followeth after words only, shall have nothing.

Jeremiah 40:9

And it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ismahel the son of Nathanias, the son of Elisama of the royal blood, and the nobles of the king, and ten men with him, came to Godolias the son of Ahicam into Masphath: and they ate bread there together in Masphath.

Deuteronomy 13:6

1 That all Israel hearing may fear, and may do no more any thing like this.

1 Samuel 18:1

Now when David returned, after be slew the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with timbrels of joy, and cornets.

1 Samuel 18:3

And Saul was exceeding angry, and this word was displeasing in his eyes, and he said: They have given David ten thousands, and to me they have given but a thousand; what can he have more but the kingdom?