1 Samuel 19:6 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Saul listened to Jonathan, and he promised, "I solemnly swear, as the LORD lives, he will not be killed."(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As the LORD liveth, he shall not be slain.

ASV:

And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As Jehovah liveth, he shall not be put to death.

BBE:

And Saul gave ear to the voice of Jonathan, and said with an oath, By the living Lord, he is not to be put to death.

DBY:

And Saul hearkened to the voice of Jonathan, and Saul swore, As Jehovah liveth, he shall not be put to death!

ERV:

And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As the LORD liveth, he shall not be put to death.

JPS:

And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan; and Saul swore: 'As the LORD liveth, he shall not be put to death.'

WBS:

And Saul hearkened to the voice of Jonathan: and Saul swore, As the LORD liveth, he shall not be slain.

WEB:

Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan: and Saul swore, "As Yahweh lives, he shall not be put to death."

YLT:

And Saul hearkeneth to the voice of Jonathan, and Saul sweareth, 'Jehovah liveth -- he doth not die.'

1 Samuel 19:6 Cross References

XREF:

1 Samuel 19:5 "For he took his life in his hand and struck the Philistine, and the LORD brought about a great deliverance for all Israel; you saw it and rejoiced. Why then will you sin against innocent blood by putting David to death without a cause?"

1 Samuel 19:7 Then Jonathan called David, and Jonathan told him all these words. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence as formerly. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

19:6 And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul {c} sware, [As] the LORD liveth, he shall not be slain.
(c) Whatever he pretended outwardly, yet his heart was full of malice.

WES:

19:6 As the Lord, and c. - And without all doubt, he intended what he said, feeling a real change in himself for the present. God, says Mr. Henry, inclined the heart of Saul to hearken to the voice of Jonathan.

MHC:

19:1-10 How forcible are right words! Saul was, for a time, convinced of the unreasonableness of his enmity to David; but he continued his malice against David. So incurable is the hatred of the seed of the serpent against that of the woman; so deceitful and desperately wicked is the heart of man without the grace of God, Jer 17:9.

CONC:

David Death Die Ear Hearkened Hearkeneth Jonathan Listened Oath Saul Slain Surely Sware Sweareth Swore Voice Vowed

David Death Die Ear Hearkened Hearkeneth Jonathan Oath Saul Slain Surely Sware Sweareth Swore Voice Vowed

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