20I will shoot three arrows to the side of it, as though I were shooting at a target.


In Context

17 And Jonathan had David reaffirm his oath out of love for him, because he loved him as he loved himself.

18 Then Jonathan said to David: "Tomorrow is the New Moon festival. You will be missed, because your seat will be empty.

19 The day after tomorrow, toward evening, go to the place where you hid when this trouble began, and wait by the stone Ezel.

20 I will shoot three arrows to the side of it, as though I were shooting at a target.

21 Then I will send a boy and say, 'Go, find the arrows.' If I say to him, 'Look, the arrows are on this side of you; bring them here,' then come, because, as surely as the Lord lives, you are safe; there is no danger.

22 But if I say to the boy, 'Look, the arrows are beyond you,' then you must go, because the Lord has sent you away.

1st Samuel 20:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:20And I will shoot three arrows on the side [thereof,] as though I shot at a mark.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:20And I will shoot three arrows near it, and will shoot as if I were exercising myself at a mark.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:20And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I shot at a mark.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:20And I will shoot three arrows on the side of it, as though I shot at a mark.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:20And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I shot at a mark.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:20And I will shoot three arrows on the side of it, as though I shot at a mark.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:20I will shoot three arrows on its side, as though I shot at a mark.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:20'And I shoot three of the arrows at the side, sending out for myself at a mark;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:20And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I shot at a mark.