1 Samuel 20:22

22 Pero si digo al joven: "He aquí, las saetas están más allá de ti", vete, porque el SEÑOR te ha enviado.

1 Samuel 20:22 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 20:22

But if I say thus unto the young man, behold, the arrows [are]
beyond thee
Being shot to a greater distance than where the young man was:

go thy way, for the Lord hath sent thee away;
then he was to depart directly, without staying to have any conversation with Jonathan, which would not be safe for either of them, and so make the best of his way into the country, and escape for his life; for so it was ordered by the providence of God, that he must not stay, but be gone immediately: the signals were these, that if things were favourable, then he would shoot his arrows on one side of the lad, and David might come out and show himself at once; but if not, he would shoot them beyond him, by which he might know that he must flee for his life.

1 Samuel 20:22 In-Context

20 Yo tiraré tres saetas hacia un lado, como tirando al blanco.

21 Y he aquí, enviaré al muchacho, diciendo: "Ve, busca las saetas." Si digo claramente al muchacho: "He aquí, las saetas están más acá de ti, tómalas", entonces ven porque hay seguridad para ti y no habrá mal, vive el SEÑOR.

22 Pero si digo al joven: "He aquí, las saetas están más allá de ti", vete, porque el SEÑOR te ha enviado.

23 En cuanto al acuerdo del cual tú y yo hemos hablado, he aquí, el SEÑOR está entre nosotros dos para siempre.

24 Se escondió, pues, David en el campo. Cuando vino la luna nueva, el rey se sentó a comer.