1 Samuel 20:22

22 Mais si je dis au jeune homme: Voici, les flèches sont au delà de toi! alors va-t-en, car l'Eternel te renvoie.

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 Je tirerai trois flèches du côté de la pierre, comme si je visais un but.

21 Et voici, j'enverrai un jeune homme, et je lui dirai: Va, trouve les flèches. Si je lui dis: Voici, les flèches sont en deçà de toi, prends-les! alors viens, car il y a paix pour toi, et tu n'as rien à craindre, l'Eternel est vivant!

22 Mais si je dis au jeune homme: Voici, les flèches sont au delà de toi! alors va-t-en, car l'Eternel te renvoie.

23 L'Eternel est à jamais témoin de la parole que nous nous sommes donnée l'un à l'autre.

24 David se cacha dans les champs. C'était la nouvelle lune, et le roi prit place au festin pour manger.