1 Samuel 20:21

Behold, I will send the boy, saying, 'Go, find the arrows!' If I tell the boy, 'Behold, the arrows are on this side of you. Take them;' then come; for there is peace to you and no hurt, as the Lord lives.

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In The King James Version

And, behold, I will send a lad, saying, Go, find out the arrows. If I expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee, take them; then come thou: for there is peace to thee, and no hurt; as the LORD liveth.

In Context

20I will shoot three arrows on its side, as though I shot at a mark.

22But if I say this to the boy, 'Behold, the arrows are beyond you;' then go your way; for the Lord has sent you away.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 5:2Though they say, 'As the Lord lives;' surely they swear falsely."

Amos 8:14Those who swear by the sin of Samaria,and say, 'As your god, Dan, lives;'and, 'As the way of Beersheba lives;'they will fall, and never rise up again."

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 20:10-24

Jonathan's Covenant with David. ( b. c. 1058.) 9 And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee? 10 Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy father answer thee roughly? 11 And Jonathan said unto David, Come, and let us go out into the field. And they went out both of them into the field. 12 And Jonathan said unto David, O Lord God of Israel, when I have sounded my father about to morrow… Read the whole commentary →

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