1 Samuel 20:21

Contemporary English Version 1995

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!”

Cross References

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.