1 Samuel 20:3
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And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.But David again vowed, “Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said, ‘Jonathan must not know of this, or he will be grieved.’ As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, there is but a step between me and death.”
In other translations
And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.But David again vowed, “Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said, ‘Jonathan must not know of this, or he will be grieved.’ As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, there is but a step between me and death.”
Hebrew words
וַיִּשָּׁבַעvaiyishava'and he swore an oathH7650עוֹדodagainH5750דָּוִדdavidDavidH1732וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559יָדֹעַyadoa'certainly <to know>H3045יָדַעyada'he knowsH3045אָבִיךָ'avikhafather yourH1כִּי־ki-thatH3588מָצָאתִיmatzatiI have foundH4672חֵןchenfavorH2580בְּעֵינֶיךָbe'eineikhain view yourH5869וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he has saidH559אַל־'al-may notH408יֵדַע־yeda'-he knowH3045זֹאתzotthisH2063יְהוֹנָתָןyehonatanJonathanH3083פֶּן־pen-lestH6435יֵעָצֵבye'atzevhe should be grievedH6087וְאוּלָםve'ulamand butH199חַי־chai-[by] [the] lifeH2416יְהוָהyahwehof YahwehH3068וְחֵיvecheiand [by] [the] life ofH2416נַפְשֶׁךָnafshekhaself yourH5315כִּיkiforH3588כְפֶשַׂעkhefesa'about a stepH6587בֵּינִיbeinibetween meH996וּבֵיןuveinand betweenH996הַמָּוֶת׃hamavet<the> deathH4194
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