1 Samuel 20:3 - Hebrew Names version (HNV)

³ David swore moreover, and said, *Your father knows well that I have found favor in your eyes; and he says, 'Don't let Yonatan know this, lest he be grieved:' but truly as the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death.*

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ But David replied, Your father certainly knows that I have found favor in your eyes, and he thinks, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved. But truly as the Lord lives and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father knoweth well that I have found favor in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.

Common English Bible

³ But David solemnly promised in response, “Your father knows full well that you like me. He probably said, ‘Jonathan must not learn about this or he’ll be upset.’ But I promise you—on the LORD’s life and yours!—that I am this close to death!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ And he swore again to David. And David said: "Your father certainly knows that I have found favor in your sight, and so he will say, 'Let Jonathan not know this, lest he be saddened.' So truly, as the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, there is only one step (if I may say it) separating me from death."

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2 Samuel 15:21

Ittai answered the king, and said, As the LORD lives, and as my lord the king lives, surely in what place my lord the king shall be, whether for death or for life, even there also will your servant be.

2 Kings 2:2

Eliyahu said to Elisha, Please wait here, for the LORD has sent me as far as Beit-El. Elisha said, As the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. So they went down to Beit-El.

2 Kings 2:4

Eliyahu said to him, Elisha, please wait here, for the LORD has sent me to Yericho. He said, As the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. So they came to Yericho.

2 Kings 2:6

Eliyahu said to him, *Please wait here, for the LORD has sent me to the Yarden.* He said, *As the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you.* They two went on.

Psalm 116:3

The cords of death surrounded me, the pains of She'ol got a hold of me. I found trouble and sorrow.

Jeremiah 38:16

So Tzidkiyahu the king swore secretly to Yirmeyahu, saying, As the LORD lives, who made us this soul, I will not put you to death, neither will I give you into the hand of these men who seek your life.

Jeremiah 4:2

and you shall swear, As the LORD lives, in truth, in justice, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.

Deuteronomy 28:66

and your life shall hang in doubt before you; and you shall fear night and day, and shall have no assurance of your life.

Deuteronomy 6:13

You shall fear the LORD your God; and him shall you serve, and shall swear by his name.

Hebrews 6:16

For men indeed swear by a greater one, and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.

1 Samuel 1:26

She said, Oh, my lord, as your soul lives, my lord, I am the woman who stood by you here, praying to the LORD.

1 Samuel 17:55

When Sha'ul saw David go forth against the Pelishti, he said to Aviner, the captain of the army, Aviner, whose son is this youth? Aviner said, As your soul lives, O king, I can't tell.

1 Samuel 20:2

He said to him, *Far from it; you shall not die: behold, my father does nothing either great or small, but that he discloses it to me; and why should my father hide this thing from me? It is not so.*

1 Samuel 20:4

Then said Yonatan to David, *Whatever your soul desires, I will even do it for you.*

1 Samuel 25:26

Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, seeing the LORD has withheld you from blood guiltiness, and from avenging yourself with your own hand, now therefore let your enemies, and those who seek evil to my lord, be as Naval.

1 Samuel 27:1

David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Sha'ul: there is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Pelishtim; and Sha'ul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Yisra'el: so shall I escape out of his hand.