1 Samuel 20:16

In 11 translations

BSB

So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, “May the LORD hold David’s enemies accountable.”

KJV

So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let the LORD even require it at the hand of David’s enemies.made: Heb. cut

WEB

So Jonathan made a covenant with David’s house, saying, “Yahweh will require it at the hand of David’s enemies.”

ASV

So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, And Jehovah will require it at the hand of David’s enemies.

LSV

So Jonathan cuts [a covenant] with the house of David, and YHWH has sought [it] from the hand of the enemies of David;

YLT

And Jonathan covenanteth with the house of David, and Jehovah hath sought [it] from the hand of the enemies of David;

DBY

And Jonathan made [a covenant] with the house of David, [saying,] Let Jehovah even require [it] at the hand of David's enemies!

DRC

Jonathan therefore made a covenant with the house of David: and the Lord required it at the hands of David’s enemies.

GNV

So Ionathan made a bond with the house of Dauid, saying, Let the Lord require it at the hands of Dauids enemies.

JPS

So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David: 'The LORD even require it at the hand of David's enemies.'

LXXE

should it happen that the name of Jonathan be discovered by the house of David, then let the Lord seek out the enemies of David.

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WLC

וַיִּכְרֹ֥ת יְהוֹנָתָ֖ן עִם־בֵּ֣ית דָּוִ֑ד וּבִקֵּ֣שׁ יְהוָ֔ה מִיַּ֖ד אֹיְבֵ֥י דָוִֽד׃

LXX-Br

εὑρεθῆναι τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ Ἰωνάθαν ἀπὸ τοῦ οἴκου Δαυὶδ, καὶ ἐκζητῆσαι Κύριος ἐχθροὺς τοῦ Δαυίδ.

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• 1 Samuel 25:22May God punish David, and ever so severely, if I let one of Nabal’s men survive until morning.”
• 1 Samuel 18:3Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.
• Genesis 15:18On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—
• 2 Samuel 21:8But the king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons whom Rizpah daughter of Aiah had borne to Saul, as well as the five sons whom Merab daughter of Saul had borne to Adriel son of Barzillai the Meholathite.
• 2 Samuel 4:7–8They had entered the house while Ish-bosheth was lying on his bed, and having stabbed and killed him, they beheaded him, took his head, and traveled all night by way of the Arabah. They brought the head of Ish-bosheth…
• 1 Samuel 31:2The Philistines followed hard after Saul and his sons, and they killed Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.

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