1SA 20:14 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal (All still tentative.)

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 not still alive, then you shall not do the covenant faithfulness of Yahweh with me, so I do not die,

UST While Yahweh was listening, we swore an oath that we would always be friends. So I know you will not kill me when you become king. But suppose I have already died when you become king. Then our oath would not apply to me personally.

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!

Moff No Moff 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,

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 whilst/while 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 whilst/while 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/act no compassion the LORD’s at/to to_me, because I live, 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 mercy Domini: when/but_if indeed/however dead fuero, )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וְ⁠לֹ֖א אִם־עוֹדֶ֣⁠נִּי חָ֑י

and=not if still,I living_(creature)

Jonathan is referring to the time when David becomes king. You could indicate this explicitly in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [And if I am not still alive when you become king]

Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-condition-hypothetical

וְ⁠לֹ֖א אִם־עוֹדֶ֣⁠נִּי חָ֑י

and=not if still,I living_(creature)

Jonathan is describing a condition in which a second event will take place only if a first event does. Express this condition in a way that would be natural in your language. Alternate translation: [Suppose I am not still alive when I become king.]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וְ⁠לֹֽא־תַעֲשֶׂ֧ה עִמָּדִ֛⁠י חֶ֥סֶד יְהוָ֖ה וְ⁠לֹ֥א אָמֽוּת

and=not show with=me kindness_of YHWH and=not die

Jonathan is certain that if he were still alive when David became king, David would spare his life because of the covenant they have made together. But he also wants to be certain that David will spare the lives of his descendants if he is no longer alive. You could indicate this explicitly in your translation, translating this in a way that would lead naturally to that statement in the next verse. Alternate translation: [then rather than doing the covenant faithfulness of Yahweh with me so that I do not die]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

וְ⁠לֹֽא־תַעֲשֶׂ֧ה עִמָּדִ֛⁠י חֶ֥סֶד יְהוָ֖ה

and=not show with=me kindness_of YHWH

See how you translated the similar expression in [20:8](../20/08.md). Alternate translation: [then rather than being faithful to the covenant of Yahweh you made with me]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

וְ⁠לֹֽא־תַעֲשֶׂ֧ה עִמָּדִ֛⁠י חֶ֥סֶד יְהוָ֖ה

and=not show with=me kindness_of YHWH

Jonathan is using this possessive form to describe the covenant that he and David made with Yahweh as their witness. Alternate translation: [then rather than being faithful to the sworn covenant between us that Yahweh has witnessed]

Parallel 1SA 20:14