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1 Samuel 20:3

But David again vowed, “Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said, ‘Jonathan must not know of this, or he will be grieved.’ As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, there is but a step between me and death.”

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ASV

And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father knoweth well that I have found favor in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.

KJV

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.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיִּשָּׁבַ֨עvai.yi.sha.Va'and he swore an oathH7650 →
ע֜וֹדodagainH5750 →
דָּוִ֗דda.VidDavidH1732 →
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.Yo.merand he saidH559 →
יָדֹ֨עַya.Do.a'certainly <to know>H3045 →
יָדַ֜עya.Da'he knowsH3045 →
אָבִ֗יךָ'a.Vi.khafather yourH1 →
כִּֽי־ki-thatH3588 →
מָצָ֤אתִיma.Tza.tiI have foundH4672 →
חֵן֙chenfavorH2580 →
בְּעֵינֶ֔יךָbe.'ei.Nei.khain view yourH5869 →
וַיֹּ֛אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he has saidH559 →
אַל־'al-may notH408 →
יֵֽדַע־ye.da'-he knowH3045 →
זֹ֥אתzotthisH2063 →
יְהוֹנָתָ֖ןye.ho.na.TanJonathanH3083 →
פֶּן־pen-lestH6435 →
יֵֽעָצֵ֑בye.'a.Tzevhe should be grievedH6087 →
וְאוּלָ֗םve.'u.Lamand butH199 →
חַי־chai-[by] [the] lifeH2416 →
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehof YahwehH3068 →
וְחֵ֣יve.Cheiand [by] [the] life ofH2416 →
נַפְשֶׁ֔ךָnaf.She.khaself yourH5315 →
כִּ֣יkiforH3588 →
כְפֶ֔שַׂעkhe.Fe.sa'about a stepH6587 →
בֵּינִ֖יbei.Nibetween meH996 →
וּבֵ֥יןu.Veinand betweenH996 →
הַמָּֽוֶת׃ha.Ma.vet<the> deathH4194 →

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1 Samuel 25:26Now, my lord, as surely as the LORD lives and you yourself live, the LORD has held you back from coming to bloodshed and avenging yourself with your own hand. May your enemies and those who seek harm for my lord be like Nabal.1 Samuel 27:1David, however, said to himself, “One of these days now I will be swept away by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will stop searching for me all over Israel, and I will slip out of his hand.”2 Kings 2:6And Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to the Jordan.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So the two of them went on.Deuteronomy 6:13Fear the LORD your God, serve Him only, and take your oaths in His name.1 Samuel 2:6The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.1 Samuel 1:26“Please, my lord,” said Hannah, “as surely as you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the LORD.2 Kings 2:2and Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to Bethel.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.2 Kings 2:4And Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to Jericho.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went to Jericho.Genesis 27:2“Look,” said Isaac, “I am now old, and I do not know the day of my death.1 Samuel 29:6So Achish summoned David and told him, “As surely as the LORD lives, you have been upright in my sight, and it seems right that you should march in and out with me in the army, because I have found no fault in you from the day you came to me until this day. But you have no favor in the sight of the leaders.2 Corinthians 1:8We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life.Genesis 26:31And they got up early the next morning and swore an oath to each other. Then Isaac sent them on their way, and they left him in peace.Hebrews 6:16Men swear by someone greater than themselves, and their oath serves as a confirmation to end all argument.1 Corinthians 15:30–31And why do we endanger ourselves every hour?Deuteronomy 28:66So your life will hang in doubt before you, and you will be afraid night and day, never certain of survival.2 Corinthians 1:9–10Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.2 Samuel 15:21But Ittai answered the king, “As surely as the LORD lives, and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king may be, whether it means life or death, there will your servant be!”1 Samuel 17:55As Saul had watched David going out to confront the Philistine, he said to Abner the commander of the army, “Abner, whose son is this young man?” “As surely as you live, O king,” Abner replied, “I do not know.”

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David and Jonathan — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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