6Saul listened to Jonathan and took this oath: "As surely as the Lord lives, David will not be put to death."


In Context

3 I will go out and stand with my father in the field where you are. I'll speak to him about you and will tell you what I find out."

4 Jonathan spoke well of David to Saul his father and said to him, "Let not the king do wrong to his servant David; he has not wronged you, and what he has done has benefited you greatly.

5 He took his life in his hands when he killed the Philistine. The Lord won a great victory for all Israel, and you saw it and were glad. Why then would you do wrong to an innocent man like David by killing him for no reason?"

6 Saul listened to Jonathan and took this oath: "As surely as the Lord lives, David will not be put to death."

7 So Jonathan called David and told him the whole conversation. He brought him to Saul, and David was with Saul as before.

8 Once more war broke out, and David went out and fought the Philistines. He struck them with such force that they fled before him.

1st Samuel 19:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:6And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, [As] the LORD liveth, he shall not be slain.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

19:6And when Saul heard this he was appeased with the words of Jonathan, and swore: As the Lord liveth he shall not be slain.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

19:6And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As Jehovah liveth, he shall not be put to death.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:6And Saul hearkened to the voice of Jonathan, and Saul swore, As Jehovah liveth, he shall not be put to death!

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

19:6And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As the LORD liveth, he shall not be put to death.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:6And Saul hearkened to the voice of Jonathan: and Saul swore, As the LORD liveth, he shall not be slain.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:6Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan: and Saul swore, |As Yahweh lives, he shall not be put to death.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

19:6And Saul hearkeneth to the voice of Jonathan, and Saul sweareth, 'Jehovah liveth — he doth not die.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:6And Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan: and Saul swore, As the LORD lives, he shall not be slain.