NET Bible
"But if I say to the boy,“Look, the arrows are on the other side of you,’ get away. For in that case the LORD has sent you away."
— 1 Samuel 20:22, NET Bible
“But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows are beyond thee; go thy way: for the Lord hath sent thee away.”
“But if I say thus unto the boy, Behold, the arrows are beyond thee; go thy way; for Jehovah hath sent thee away. ”
“But if I say this to the boy, 'Behold, the arrows are beyond you;' then go your way; for Yahweh has sent you away.”
“If I shall say to the boy: Behold the arrows are on this side of thee, take them up: come thou to me, because there is peace to thee, and there is no evil, as the Lord liveth. But if I shall speak thus to the boy: Behold the arrows are beyond thee: go in peace, for the Lord hath sent thee away.”
“But if I say to the boy, See, the arrow has gone past you: then go on your way, for the Lord has sent you away.”
“But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows are beyond thee; go thy way: for the Lord hath sent thee away.”
On the third day you should go down quickly and come to the place where you hid yourself the day this all started. Stay near the stone Ezel.
I will shoot three arrows near it, as though I were shooting at a target.
When I send a boy after them, I will say,“Go and find the arrows.” If I say to the boy,‘Look, the arrows are on this side of you; get them,’ then come back. For as surely as the LORD lives, you will be safe and there will be no problem.
But if I say to the boy,“Look, the arrows are on the other side of you,’ get away. For in that case the LORD has sent you away.
With regard to the matter that you and I discussed, the LORD is the witness between us forever!”
So David hid in the field. When the new moon came, the king sat down to eat his meal.
The king sat down in his usual place by the wall, with Jonathan opposite him and Abner at his side. But David’s place was vacant.