16So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David,'saying , And Jehovah will require it at the hand of David's enemies.


In Context

13 Jehovah do so to Jonathan, and more also, should it please my father to do thee evil, if I disclose it not unto thee, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace: and Jehovah be with thee, as he hath been with my father.

14 And thou shalt not only while yet I live show me the lovingkindness of Jehovah, that I die not;

15 but also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever; no, not when Jehovah hath cut off the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth.

16 So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David,'saying , And Jehovah will require it at the hand of David's enemies.

17 And Jonathan caused David to swear again, for the love that he had to him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul.

18 Then Jonathan said unto him, To-morrow is the new moon: and thou wilt be missed, because thy seat will be empty.

1 Samuel 20:16 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:16So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, "May the Lord call David's enemies to account."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:16So Jonathan made [a covenant] with the house of David, [saying,] Let the LORD even require [it] at the hand of David’s enemies.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:16Jonathan therefore made a covenant with the house of David: and the Lord required it at the hands of David's enemies.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:16And Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let Jehovah even require it at the hand of David's enemies!

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:16So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, And the LORD shall require it at the hand of David's enemies.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:16So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let the LORD even require it at the hand of David's enemies.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:16So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, |Yahweh will require it at the hand of David's enemies.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:16And Jonathan covenanteth with the house of David, and Jehovah hath sought it from the hand of the enemies of David;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:16So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let the LORD even require it at the hand of David's enemies.