On the third day, go to the same place you hid when this trouble began. Wait by that hill.
1 Samuel 20:20 - Easy To Read Version On the third day, I will go to that hill and act like I am shooting at a target. I will shoot some arrows. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I shot at a mark. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And I will shoot three arrows on the side of it, as though I shot at a mark. American Standard Version (1901) And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I shot at a mark. Common English Bible On the third day I will shoot an arrow to the side of the mound as if aiming at a target. Catholic Public Domain Version And I will shoot three arrows near it, and I will cast them as if I were practicing for myself toward a mark. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And I will shoot three arrows near it, and will shoot as if I were exercising myself at a mark. |
On the third day, go to the same place you hid when this trouble began. Wait by that hill.
Then I will tell the boy to go find the arrows. If everything is fine, then I will tell the boy, ‘You went too far! The arrows are closer to me. Come back and get them.’ If I say that, then you can come out of hiding. I promise, as surely as the Lord lives, you are safe. There is no danger.
Jonathan said to the boy, “Run. Go find the arrows I shoot.” The boy began to run, and Jonathan shot the arrows over his head.