Catholic Public Domain Version
"And if I live, you shall show the mercy of the Lord to me. Yet truly, if I die, "
— 1 Samuel 20:14, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of the Lord, that I die not:”
“And thou shalt not only while yet I live show me the lovingkindness of Jehovah, that I die not; ”
“You shall not only while yet I live show me the loving kindness of Yahweh, that I not die;”
“While I am still alive, extend to me the loyalty of the LORD, or else I will die!”
“And if I live, thou shalt shew me the kindness of the Lord: but if I die,”
“And may you, while I am still living, O may you be kind to me, as the Lord is kind, and keep me from death!”
“And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of the Lord, that I die not:”
And Jonathan said to David, “Come, and let us go out into the field.” And when they both had gone out into the field,
Jonathan said before David: “O Lord, God of Israel, if I will discover a decision by my father, tomorrow, or the day after, and if there will be anything good concerning David, and yet I do not immediately send to you and make it known to you,
may the Lord do these things to Jonathan, and may he add these other things. But if my father will have persevered in malice against you, I will reveal it to your ear, and I will send you away, so that you may go in peace, and so that the Lord may be with you, just as he was with my father.
And if I live, you shall show the mercy of the Lord to me. Yet truly, if I die,
you shall not take away your mercy from my house, even forever, when the Lord will have rooted out the enemies of David, each and every one of them, from the earth. May he take Jonathan from his house, and may the Lord require it from the hands of the enemies of David.”
Therefore, Jonathan formed a covenant with the house of David. And the Lord required it from the hands of the enemies of David.
And Jonathan continued to swear to David, because he loved him. For he loved him like his own soul.