1 Samuel 20:21

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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

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 4:2

Make promises only in my name, and do what you promise! Then all nations will praise me, and I will bless them.

Jeremiah 5:2

Everyone breaks promises made in my name.”

Amos 8:14

You made promises in the name of Ashimah, the goddess of Samaria. And you made vows in my name at the shrines of Dan and Beersheba. But you will fall and never get up.

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 further 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.