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1 Samuel 20:2-4
Lexham English Bible

2 And he said to him, “Far from it! You will not die! Look, my father does not do[a] anything large or small unless he reveals it to me.[b] Why should my father hide this thing or anything from me?” 3 Then David took an oath[c] again and said, “Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he thought, ‘Do not let Jonathan know this, lest he worry.’ But as Yahweh lives[d] and as your soul lives,[e] surely there is merely a step between me and death!” 4 Then Jonathan said to David, “Whatever you wish,[f] I will do for you.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 20:2 The Masoretic Hebrew text (Kethib) reads “he does to/for him”; the translation follows the reading tradition (Qere) which has “does not do”
  2. 1 Samuel 20:2 Literally “a large thing or a small thing and he does not reveal to my ear”
  3. 1 Samuel 20:3 Literally “swore”
  4. 1 Samuel 20:3 Literally “the life of Yahweh”
  5. 1 Samuel 20:3 Literally “the life of your soul”
  6. 1 Samuel 20:4 Literally “What your soul says”
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