1 Samuel 20:15
But also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever: no, not when the Lord hath cut off the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth.
1 Samuel 20:15 in other translations
| BSB | and do not ever cut off your loving devotion from my household—not even when the LORD cuts off every one of David’s enemies from the face of the earth.” |
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| WEB | but you shall also not cut off your kindness from my house forever, no, not when the LORD has cut off every one of the enemies of David from the surface of the earth.” |
| ASV | but also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever; no, not when Jehovah hath cut off the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth. |
| YLT | but thou dost not cut off thy kindness from my house unto the age, nor in Jehovah's cutting off the enemies of David, each one from off the face of the ground.' |
| DARBY | but thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever, no, not when Jehovah cuts off the enemies of David, every one from the face of the earth. |
| BBE | And let not your mercy ever be cut off from my family, even when the Lord has sent destruction on all David's haters, cutting them off from the face of the earth. |
| Webster | But also thou shalt not withdraw thy kindness from my house for ever: no, not when the LORD hath cut off the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth. |
What does 1 Samuel 20:15 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 20:11-23
Jonathan faithfully promises that he would let David know how he found his father affected towards him. It will be kindness to ourselves and to ours, to secure an interest in those whom God favours, and to make his friends ours. True friendship rests on a firm basis, and is able to silence ambition, self-love, and undue regard for others. But who can fully understand the love of Jesus, who gave himself as a…
1 Samuel 20:15 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Samuel 20:15
- 2 Samuel 21:7
But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the Lord’s oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
- 2 Samuel 9:1-7
And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may shew him kindness for Jonathan’s sake? And there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba. And when they had called him unto David, the king said unto him, Art thou Ziba? And he said, Thy servant is he. And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may shew the kindness of God unto him? And Ziba said unto the king, Jonathan hath yet a son, which is lame on his feet. And the king said unto him, Where is he? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in Lo–debar. …
- 1 Samuel 24:21
Swear now therefore unto me by the Lord, that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my father’s house.
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Context
- 1 Samuel 20:14
And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of the Lord, that I die not:
- 1 Samuel 20:15
But also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever: no, not when the Lord hath cut off the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth.
- 1 Samuel 20:16
So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let the Lord even require it at the hand of David’s enemies.
1 Samuel 20:15 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | No quitarás perpetuamente tu misericordia de mi casa. Cuando desarraigare Jehová uno por uno los enemigos de David de la tierra, aun á Jonathán quite de su casa, si te faltare. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et tu ne retireras point ta bonté de ma maison, à jamais, non pas même lorsque l’ Éternel retranchera chacun des ennemis de David de dessus la face de la terre? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | auch meinem Hause sollst du deine Güte nicht entziehen ewiglich, auch nicht, wenn Jehova die Feinde Davids ausrotten wird, einen jeden vom Erdboden hinweg! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | non auferes misericordiam tuam a domo mea usque in sempiternum, quando eradicaverit Dominus inimicos David, unumquemque de terra: auferat Jonathan de domo sua, et requirat Dominus de manu inimicorum David. |