1 Samuel 19:6 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁶ And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As the LORD liveth, he shall not be put to death.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As the LORD liveth, he shall not be slain.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ Saul heeded Jonathan and swore, As the Lord lives, David shall not be slain.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As Jehovah liveth, he shall not be put to death.

Common English Bible

⁶ Saul listened to Jonathan and then swore, “As surely as the LORD lives, David won’t be executed.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ 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

⁶ 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 reprobate is despised; But he honoureth 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 left desolate.

Jeremiah 5:2

And though they say, As 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 put his life in his hand, and smote the Philistine, and the LORD wrought a great victory 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 shewed him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as beforetime.

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.