1 Samuel 20:21

Good News Translation

Then I will tell my servant to go and find them. And if I tell him, ‘Look, the arrows are on this side of you; get them,’ that means that you are safe and can come out. I swear by the living Lord that you will be in no danger.

Cross References

Jeremiah 12:16

If with all their hearts they will accept the religion of my people and will swear, ‘As the Lord lives’—as they once taught my people to swear by Baal—then they will also be a part of my people and will prosper.

Jeremiah 4:2

it will be right for you to swear by my name. Then all the nations will ask me to bless them, and they will praise me.”

Jeremiah 5:2

Even though you claim to worship the Lord, you do not mean what you say.

Amos 8:14

Those who swear by the idols of Samaria, who say, ‘By the god of Dan’ or ‘By the god of Beersheba’—those people will fall and not rise again.”

1 Samuel 20:20

I will then shoot three arrows at it, as though it were a target.

1 Samuel 20:22

But if I tell him, ‘The arrows are on the other side of you,’ then leave, because the Lord is sending you away.

1 Samuel 20:36

and said to him, “Run and find the arrows I'm going to shoot.” The boy ran, and Jonathan shot an arrow beyond him.