1 Samuel 19 · Verse 6

1 Samuel 19:6

And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As the Lord liveth, he shall not be slain.
1 Samuel 19:6, King James Version

1 Samuel 19:6 in other translations

BSBSaul listened to the voice of Jonathan and swore an oath: “As surely as the LORD lives, David will not be put to death.”
WEBSaul listened to the voice of Jonathan; and Saul swore, “As the LORD lives, he shall not be put to death.”
ASVAnd Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As Jehovah liveth, he shall not be put to death.
YLTAnd Saul hearkeneth to the voice of Jonathan, and Saul sweareth, ‘Jehovah liveth--he doth not die.'
DARBYAnd Saul hearkened to the voice of Jonathan, and Saul swore, As Jehovah liveth, he shall not be put to death!
BBEAnd 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.
WebsterAnd Saul hearkened to the voice of Jonathan: and Saul swore, As the LORD liveth, he shall not be slain.

What does 1 Samuel 19:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 19:4-7

4-7. Jonathan spake good of David--He told his father he was committing a great sin to plot against the life of a man who had rendered the most invaluable services to his country and whose loyalty had been uniformly steady and devoted. The strong remonstrances of Jonathan produced an effect on the impulsive mind of his father. As he was still susceptible of good and honest impressions, he bound himself by an oath to…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 He shall not be slain - In consequence of this oath, we may suppose he issued orders contrary to those which he had given the preceding day.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 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.

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1 Samuel 19:6 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּשְׁמַ֥עvai.yish.Ma'and he listenedH8085
שָׁא֖וּלsha.'UlSaulH7586
בְּק֣וֹלbe.Kolto [the] voice ofH6963
יְהוֹנָתָ֑ןye.ho.na.TanJonathanH3083
וַיִּשָּׁבַ֣עvai.yi.sha.Va'and he swore an oathH7650
שָׁא֔וּלsha.'UlSaulH7586
חַי\־chai-[by] [the] lifeH2416
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehof YahwehH3068
אִם\־'im-ifH518
יוּמָֽת\׃yu.Mathe will be put to deathH4191

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Samuel 19:6

  • Proverbs 26:24-25

    He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him; When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.

  • Jeremiah 5:2

    And though they say, The Lord liveth; surely they swear falsely.

  • 1 Samuel 28:10

    And Saul sware to her by the Lord, saying, As the Lord liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.

  • 1 Samuel 19:10-11

    And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin; but he slipped away out of Saul’s presence, and he smote the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night. Saul also sent messengers unto David’s house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David’s wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain.

  • Psalms 15:4

    In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the Lord. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.

  • 1 Samuel 14:39

    For, as the Lord liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all the people that answered him.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
sware.
14:39; 28:10; Ps 15:4; Pr 26:24,25; Jer 5:2
he shalt not.
10,11

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Context

  • 1 Samuel 19:5

    For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the Lord wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?

  • 1 Samuel 19:6

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

  • 1 Samuel 19:7

    And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan shewed him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as in times past.

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1 Samuel 19:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y oyendo Saúl la voz de Jonathán, juró: Vive Jehová, que no morirá.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Saül écouta la voix de Jonathan, et Saül jura: L’ Éternel est vivant, si on le fait mourir!
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Saul hörte auf die Stimme Jonathans, und Saul schwur: So wahr Jehova lebt, wenn er getötet wird!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Quod cum audisset Saul, placatus voce Jonathæ, juravit: Vivit Dominus, quia non occidetur.