World English Bible
"You shall not only while yet I live show me the loving kindness of Yahweh, that I not die;"
— 1 Samuel 20:14, World English Bible
“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; ”
“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:”
Jonathan said to David, "Come, and let us go out into the field." They both went out into the field.
Jonathan said to David, "Yahweh, the God of Israel, [be witness]: when I have sounded my father about this time tomorrow, [or] the third day, behold, if there be good toward David, shall I not then send to you, and disclose it to you?
Yahweh do so to Jonathan, and more also, should it please my father to do you evil, if I don't disclose it to you, and send you away, that you may go in peace: and Yahweh be with you, as he has been with my father.
You shall not only while yet I live show me the loving kindness of Yahweh, that I not die;
but also you shall not cut off your kindness from my house forever; no, not when Yahweh has cut off the enemies of David everyone from the surface of the earth."
So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, "Yahweh will require it at the hand of David's enemies."
Jonathan caused David to swear again, for the love that he had to him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul.