1 Samuel 20:39
But the lad knew not any thing: only Jonathan and David knew the matter.
1 Samuel 20:39 in other translations
| BSB | But the boy did not know anything; only Jonathan and David knew the arrangement. |
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| WEB | But the boy didn’t know anything. Only Jonathan and David knew the matter. |
| ASV | But the lad knew not anything: only Jonathan and David knew the matter. |
| YLT | And the youth hath not known anything, only Jonathan and David knew the word. |
| DARBY | And the lad knew nothing: only Jonathan and David knew the matter. |
| BBE | But the boy had no idea what was going on; only Jonathan and David had knowledge of it. |
| Webster | But the lad knew not any thing: only Jonathan and David knew the matter. |
What does 1 Samuel 20:39 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 20:35-42
The separation of two such faithful friends was grievous to both, but David's case was the more deplorable, for David was leaving all his comforts, even those of God's sanctuary. Christians need not sorrow, as men without hope; but being one with Christ, they are one with each other, and will meet in his presence ere long, to part no more; to meet where all tears shall be wiped from their eyes.
1 Samuel 20:39 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- 1 Samuel 20:38
And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan’s lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.
- 1 Samuel 20:39
But the lad knew not any thing: only Jonathan and David knew the matter.
- 1 Samuel 20:40
And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad, and said unto him, Go, carry them to the city.
1 Samuel 20:39 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Empero ninguna cosa entendió el muchacho: solamente Jonathán y David entendían el negocio. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Or le garçon ne savait rien, Jonathan et David seuls savaient l’affaire. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Der Knabe aber wußte um nichts; nur Jonathan und David wußten um die Sache. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | et quid ageretur, penitus ignorabat, tantummodo enim Jonathas et David rem noverant. |