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1 Samuel 20:14-16
Common English Bible
1 Samuel 20:14-16
Common English Bible
14 If I remain alive, be loyal to me.[a] But if I die, 15 don’t ever stop being loyal to my household. Once the Lord has eliminated all of David’s enemies from the earth, 16 if Jonathan’s name is also eliminated, then the Lord will seek retribution from David!”[b]
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- 1 Samuel 20:14 LXX; MT show me the Lord’s faithful love
- 1 Samuel 20:16 20:14-16 follows LXX.
1 Samuel 20:14-16
New International Version
1 Samuel 20:14-16
New International Version
14 But show me unfailing kindness(A) like the Lord’s kindness as long as I live, so that I may not be killed, 15 and do not ever cut off your kindness from my family(B)—not even when the Lord has cut off every one of David’s enemies from the face of the earth.”
16 So Jonathan(C) made a covenant(D) with the house of David, saying, “May the Lord call David’s enemies to account.(E)”
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