1 Samuel 20:21

The Scriptures 1998

and see, I shall send the youth, saying, ‘Go, find the arrows.’ If I expressly say to the youth, ‘Look, the arrows are on this side of you, get them and come,’ then, as יהוה  lives, there is safety for you and no concern.

Cross References

Jeremiah 12:16

“And it shall be, if they learn well the ways of My people, to swear by My Name, ‘As יהוה  lives,’ as they taught My people to swear by Baʽ

Jeremiah 4:2

and shall swear, ‘As יהוה  lives,’ in truth, in right-ruling, and in righteousness – then nations shall bless themselves in Him, and they shall boast in Him!”

Jeremiah 5:2

“Even when they say, ‘As יהוה  lives,’ they swear falsely, for certain.”

Amos 8:14

those swearing by the guilt of Shomeron, who say, ‘As your mighty one lives, O Dan!’ and, ‘As the way of Be’ĕ

1 Samuel 20:20

“And let me shoot three arrows to the side of it as though shooting at a target,

1 Samuel 20:22

“But if I say thus to the youth, ‘Look, the arrows are beyond you,’ go your way, for יהוה  has sent you away.

1 Samuel 20:36

And he said to the youth, “Now run, find the arrows which I shoot.” As the youth ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.