Third Millennium Bible w/ Apocrypha TMBA
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7 If he say thus, `It is well,' thy servant shall have peace; but if he be very wroth, then be sure that evil is determined by him.
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If he says, ‘Very well,’ then your servant is safe. But if he loses his temper, you can be sure that he is determined to harm me.
8 Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant, for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the LORD with thee. Notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?"
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As for you, show kindness to your servant, for you have brought him into a covenant with you before the LORD. If I am guilty, then kill me yourself! Why hand me over to your father?”
9 And Jonathan said, "Far be it from thee; for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it to thee?"
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“Never!” Jonathan said. “If I had the least inkling that my father was determined to harm you, wouldn’t I tell you?”
10 Then said David to Jonathan, "Who shall tell me? Or what if thy father answer thee roughly?"
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David asked, “Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?”
11 And Jonathan said unto David, "Come, and let us go out into the field." And they went out both of them into the field.
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“Come,” Jonathan said, “let’s go out into the field.” So they went there together.
12 And Jonathan said unto David, "By the LORD the God of Israel, when I have sounded out my father about tomorrow any time, or the third day, and behold, if there be good toward David, and I then send not unto thee and show it to thee,
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Then Jonathan said to David, “I swear by the LORD, the God of Israel, that I will surely sound out my father by this time the day after tomorrow! If he is favorably disposed toward you, will I not send you word and let you know?
13 the LORD do so and much more to Jonathan. But if it please my father to do thee evil, then I will show it to thee and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace; and the LORD be with thee, as He hath been with my father.
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But if my father intends to harm you, may the LORD deal with Jonathan, be it ever so severely, if I do not let you know and send you away in peace. May the LORD be with you as he has been with my father.
14 And thou shalt not only show me the kindness of the LORD while yet I live, that I die not,
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But show me unfailing kindness like the LORD’s kindness as long as I live, so that I may not be killed,
15 but also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever -- no, not when the LORD hath cut off the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth."
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and do not ever cut off your kindness from my family—not even when the LORD has cut off every one of David’s enemies from the face of the earth.”
16 So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, "Let the LORD even require it at the hand of David's enemies."
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So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, “May the LORD call David’s enemies to account.”
17 And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
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And Jonathan had David reaffirm his oath out of love for him, because he loved him as he loved himself.
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