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


In Context

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.

19 When you have stayed three days, you shall go down quickly, and come to the place where you did hide yourself when the business was in hand, and shall remain by the stone Ezel.

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

21 Behold, I will send the boy, saying, 'Go, find the arrows!' If I tell the boy, 'Behold, the arrows are on this side of you. Take them;' then come; for there is peace to you and no hurt, as Yahweh lives.

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

1 Samuel 20:20 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

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

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 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.