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


In Context

19 and on the third day thou dost certainly come down, and hast come in unto the place where thou wast hidden in the day of the work, and hast remained near the stone Ezel.

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

21 and lo, I send the youth: Go, find the arrows. If I at all say to the youth, Lo, the arrows are on this side of thee — take them, — then come thou, for peace is for thee, and there is nothing; Jehovah liveth.

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

23 as to the thing which we have spoken, I and thou, lo, Jehovah is between me and thee — unto the age.'

24 And David is hidden in the field, and it is the new moon, and the king sitteth down by the food to eat,

1 Samuel 20:22 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:22But if I say to the boy, 'Look, the arrows are beyond you,' then you must go, because the Lord has sent you away.

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 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.