1 Samuel 20:3

And David answered Jonathan, and said, Your father knows surely that I have found grace in your sight, and he said, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he refuse his consent: but as the Lord lives and your soul lives, as I said, the space is filled up between me and death.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2And Jonathan said to him, Far be it from you: you shall not die: behold, my father will not do any thing great or small + 20:2 Gr. and will not uncover my ear. without discovering it to me; and why should my father hide this matter from me? This thing is not so.

4And Jonathan said to David, What does your soul desire, and what shall I do for you.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 6:13+ 6:13 Matt 4:10 You shall fear the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve; and you shall cleave to him, and by his name you shall swear.

1 Samuel 1:26And she said, I pray you, my lord, as your soul lives, I am the woman that stood in your presence with you while praying to the Lord.

1 Samuel 25:26And now, my lord, as the Lord lives, and your soul lives, as the Lord has kept you from coming against innocent blood, and + 25:26 Gr. saving your hand for yourself. from executing vengeance for yourself, now therefore let your enemies, and those that seek evil against my lord, become as Nabal.

2 Samuel 15:21And Ethi answered the king and said, As the Lord lives and as my lord the king lives, in the place wherever my lord shall be, whether it be for death or life, there shall your servant be.

2 Kings 2:4And Eliu said to Elisaie, Stay here, I pray you; for the Lord has sent me to Jericho. And he said, + 2:4 Gr. the Lord lives if, etc. As the Lord lives and your soul lives, I will not leave you. And they came to Jericho.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 20:2-9

David Consults Jonathan. ( b. c. 1058.) 1 And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life? 2 And he said unto him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing either great or small, but that he will shew it me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so. 3 And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in… Read the whole commentary →

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