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ULT And if I am still alive, then you will do the covenant faithfulness of Yahweh with me, and I will not die.[fn]

UST But while I am still alive, please act kindly toward me because of the oath that we both swore in Yahweh’s sight; do not kill me when you become king.

BSB And as long as I live, treat me with the LORD’s loving devotion,[fn] that I may not die,

20:14 Forms of the Hebrew chesed are translated here and in most cases throughout the Scriptures as loving devotion; the range of meaning includes love, goodness, kindness, faithfulness, and mercy, as well as loyalty to a covenant.

OEB If I am yet alive, show me the kindness of the Lord! But if I should die,

WEB You shall not only show me the loving kindness of Yahweh while I still live, that I not die;

WMB You shall not only show me the loving kindness of the LORD while I still live, that I not die;

NET While I am still alive, extend to me the loyalty of the Lord, or else I will die!

LSV and not only while I am alive do you do the kindness of YHWH with me, and I do not die,

FBV While I live, please show me trustworthy love like that of the Lord so I don't die,

T4T But while I am still alive, please be kind to me in the same way that Yahweh is kind to me, and do not kill me when you become king.

LEB And not while I am still alive, will you not show the loyal love of Yahweh with me, that I may not die?[fn]

?:? Or perhaps “and if I die, may you not …”

BBE 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!

MOF No MOF 1SA book available

JPS And thou shalt not only while yet I live show me the kindness of the LORD, that I die not;

ASV And thou shalt not only while yet I live show me the lovingkindness of Jehovah, that I die not;

DRA And if I live, thou shalt shew me the kindness of the Lord: but if I die,

YLT and not only while I am alive dost thou do with me the kindness of Jehovah, and I die not,

DBY And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of Jehovah, that I die not,

RV And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of the LORD, that I die not:

WBS And thou shalt, not only while yet I live, show me the kindness of the LORD, that I may not die:

KJB And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of the LORD, that I die not:
(And thou/you shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of the LORD, that I die not: )

BB And I require not whiles I liue, for I dout not but thou wilt shewe me the mercie of the Lord, that I die not:
(And I require not whiles I live, for I dout not but thou/you wilt/will show me the mercie of the Lord, that I die not:)

GNV Likewise I require not whiles I liue: for I dout not but thou wilt shew me the mercy of the Lord, that I die not.
(Likewise I require not whiles I liue: for I dout not but thou/you wilt/will shew me the mercy of the Lord, that I die not. )

CB Yf I do it not, then do thou no mercy of the LORDE on me, while I lyue, no not whan I dye,
(If I do it not, then do thou/you no mercy of the LORD on me, while I live, no not when I dye,)

WYC And if Y lyue, do thou the mercies of the Lord to me;
(And if I live, do thou/you the mercies of the Lord to me;)

LUT Tue ich‘s nicht, so tue keine Barmherzigkeit des HErrn an mir, weil ich lebe, auch nicht, so ich sterbe.
(Tue ich‘s not, so tue no compassion the HErrn at mir, weil I lebe, also not, so I die.)

CLV Et si vixero, facies mihi misericordiam Domini: si vero mortuus fuero,
(And when/but_if vixero, facies mihi misericordiam Domini: when/but_if vero mortuus fuero, )

BRN And if indeed [fn]I continue to live, then shalt thou deal mercifully with me; and if I indeed die,

20:14 Gr. I yet being alive.

BrLXX Καὶ ἐὰν μὲν ἔτι μου ζῶντος, καὶ ποιήσεις ἔλεος μετʼ ἐμοῦ· καὶ ἐὰν θανάτῳ ἀποθάνω,
(Kai ean men eti mou zōntos, kai poiaʸseis eleos metʼ emou; kai ean thanatōi apothanō, )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

General Information:

Jonathan asks David not to completely kill all his offspring so that a remnant will remain.

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

(Occurrence 0) will you not show me the covenant faithfulness of Yahweh, that I may not die?

(Some words not found in UHB: and=not if still,I living_(creature) and=not show with=me kindness YHWH and=not die )

Jonathan asks this question to confirm that David will do this. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this question as a statement. Alternate translation: “please show me the covenant faithfulness of Yahweh, that I may not die”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

(Occurrence 0) show me the covenant faithfulness of Yahweh

(Some words not found in UHB: and=not if still,I living_(creature) and=not show with=me kindness YHWH and=not die )

The abstract noun faithfulness can be stated as faithful. Here, of Yahweh could mean: (1) “be faithful to me as Yahweh is faithful” or (2) “be faithful to me as Yahweh requires”

Parallel 1SA 20:14

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