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


In Context

13 Yahweh do so to Jonathan, and more also, should it please my father to do you evil, if I don't disclose it to you, and send you away, that you may go in peace: and Yahweh be with you, as he has been with my father.

14 You shall not only while yet I live show me the loving kindness of Yahweh, that I not die;

15 but also you shall not cut off your kindness from my house forever; no, not when Yahweh has cut off the enemies of David everyone from the surface of the earth.|

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

17 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 to him, |Tomorrow is the new moon: and you will be missed, because your 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 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 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.