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


In Context

13 May the Lord do so and so to Jonathan and add still more. But if my father shall continue in malice against thee, I will discover it to thy ear, and will send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace, and the Lord be with thee, as he hath been with my father.

14 And if I live, thou shalt shew me the kindness of the Lord: but if I die,

15 Thou shalt not take away thy kindness from my house for ever, when the Lord shall have rooted out the enemies of David, every one of them from the earth, may he take away Jonathan from his house, and may the Lord require it at the hands of David's enemies.

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

17 And Jonathan swore again to David, because he loved him: for he loved him as his own soul.

18 And Jonathan said to him: To morrow is the new moon, and thou wilt be missed:

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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:16So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David,'saying , And Jehovah will require it at the hand 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.