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OET (OET-RV) But as long as I’m still alive, please keep our agreement of faithfulness before Yahweh so I won’t die.

Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative, green:YHWH.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

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, )

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

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,

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

WMBB (Same as above)

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]

20:14 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!

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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,

Drby 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:

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

KJB-1769 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 show me the kindness of the LORD, that I die not: )

KJB-1611 And thou shalt not onely while yet I liue, shew me the kindnesse of the LORD, that I die not:
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps 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 mercy of the Lord, that I die not:)

Gnva 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 live: for I dout not but thou/you wilt/will show me the mercy of the Lord, that I die not. )

Cvdl 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,)

Wycl 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;)

Luth Tue ich‘s nicht, so tue keine Barmherzigkeit des HErr’s an mir, weil ich lebe, auch nicht, so ich sterbe.
(Tue ich‘s not, so do no compassion the LORD’s at mir, because I lebe, also not, so I die.)

ClVg Et si vixero, facies mihi misericordiam Domini: si vero mortuus fuero,
(And when/but_if vixero, faces to_me misericordiam Domini: when/but_if vero dead fuero, )

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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