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


In Context

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.

23 And about the matter you and I discussed-remember, the Lord is witness between you and me forever."

24 So David hid in the field, and when the New Moon festival came, the king sat down to eat.

1st Samuel 20:22 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:22But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows [are] beyond thee; go thy way: for the LORD hath sent thee away.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:22If I shall say to the boy: Behold the arrows are on this side of thee, take them up: come thou to me, because, there is peace to thee, and there is no evil, as the Lord liveth. But if I shall speak thus to the boy: Behold the arrows are beyond thee: go in peace, for the Lord hath sent thee away.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:22But if I say thus unto the boy, Behold, the arrows are beyond thee; go thy way; for Jehovah hath sent thee away.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:22But if I say thus to the youth: Behold, the arrows are beyond thee, go thy way; for Jehovah sends thee away.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:22But if I say thus unto the boy, Behold, the arrows are beyond thee: go thy way; for the LORD hath sent thee away.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:22But if I say thus to the young man, Behold, the arrows are beyond thee; go thy way: for the LORD hath sent thee away.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:22But if I say this to the boy, 'Behold, the arrows are beyond you;' then go your way; for Yahweh has sent you away.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:22And if thus I say to the young man, Lo, the arrows are beyond thee, — go, for Jehovah hath sent thee away;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:22But if I say thus to the young man, Behold, the arrows are beyond you; go your way: for the LORD has sent you away.