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1 Samuel 20:14-16
English Standard Version
1 Samuel 20:14-16
English Standard Version
14 If I am still alive, show me the steadfast love of the Lord, that I may not die; 15 (A)and do not cut off[a] your steadfast love from my house forever, when the Lord cuts off every one of the enemies of David from the face of the earth.” 16 And Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, (B)“May[b] the Lord take vengeance on David's enemies.”
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- 1 Samuel 20:15 Or but if I die, do not cut off
- 1 Samuel 20:16 Septuagint earth, 16let not the name of Jonathan be cut off from the house of David. And may
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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