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OET (OET-RV) So Yonatan made a multi-generational agreement with David, adding, “And may Yahweh punish David’s enemies.”
OET-LV And_made_a_covenant Yōnātān/(Jonathan) with the_house of_Dāvid and_call_toaccount YHWH at_hands of_the_enemies of_Dāvid.
UHB וַיִּכְרֹ֥ת יְהוֹנָתָ֖ן עִם־בֵּ֣ית דָּוִ֑ד וּבִקֵּ֣שׁ יְהוָ֔ה מִיַּ֖ד אֹיְבֵ֥י דָוִֽד׃ ‡
(vayyikrot yəhōnātān ˊim-bēyt dāvid ūⱱiqqēsh yhwh miyyad ʼoyⱱēy dāvid.)
Key: khaki:verbs, 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 εὑρεθῆναι τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ Ἰωνάθαν ἀπὸ τοῦ οἴκου Δαυὶδ, καὶ ἐκζητῆσαι Κύριος ἐχθροὺς τοῦ Δαυίδ.
(heurethaʸnai to onoma tou Yōnathan apo tou oikou Dawid, kai ekzaʸtaʸsai Kurios eⱪthrous tou Dawid. )
BrTr should it happen that the name of Jonathan be discovered by the house of David, then let the Lord seek out the enemies of David.
ULT And Jonathan cut with the house of David, “And may Yahweh seek from the hand of the enemies of David!”
UST So Jonathan made a solemn agreement with David and his descendants. And he said, “I hope that Yahweh will get rid of all your enemies.”
BSB § So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, “May the LORD hold David’s enemies accountable.”
OEB So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, ‘May the Lord seek out the enemies of David.’
WEBBE So Jonathan made a covenant with David’s house, saying, “The LORD will require it at the hand of David’s enemies.”
WMBB (Same as above)
NET and called David’s enemies to account.” So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David.
LSV So Jonathan cuts [a covenant] with the house of David, and YHWH has sought [it] from the hand of the enemies of David;
FBV Jonathan made a solemn agreement with the family of David, saying, “May the Lord impose retribution on David's enemies.”[fn]
20:16 This and the previous verses have a number of problems in translation.
T4T David agreed. So Jonathan made a solemn agreement with David. And he said, “I hope/desire that Yahweh will get rid of all your enemies.”
LEB So Jonathan made a covenant[fn] with the house of David, saying, “May Yahweh call the enemies of David to account.”[fn]
BBE And if it comes about that the name of Jonathan is cut off from the family of David, the Lord will make David responsible.
Moff No Moff 1SA book available
JPS So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David: 'The LORD even require it at the hand of David's enemies.'
ASV So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, And Jehovah will require it at the hand of David’s enemies.
DRA Jonathan therefore made a covenant with the house of David: and the Lord required it at the hands of David’s enemies.
YLT And Jonathan covenanteth with the house of David, and Jehovah hath sought [it] from the hand of the enemies of David;
Drby And Jonathan made [a covenant] with the house of David, [saying,] Let Jehovah even require [it] at the hand of David's enemies!
RV So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, And the LORD shall require it at the hand of David’s enemies.
Wbstr So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying , Let the LORD even require it at the hand of David's enemies.
KJB-1769 So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let the LORD even require it at the hand of David’s enemies.[fn]
20.16 made: Heb. cut
KJB-1611 [fn]So Ionathan made a couenant with the house of Dauid, saying, Let the LORD euen require it at the hande of Dauids enemies.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)
20:16 Heb. cut.
Bshps And so Ionathan made a bonde with the house of Dauid, saying: Let the lord require it at the handes of Dauids enemies.
(And so Yonathan made a bonde with the house of David, saying: Let the lord require it at the hands of Davids enemies.)
Gnva So Ionathan made a bond with the house of Dauid, saying, Let the Lord require it at the hands of Dauids enemies.
(So Yonathan made a bond with the house of David, saying, Let the Lord require it at the hands of Davids enemies. )
Cvdl then let Dauid rote out Ionathas also with his house, and the LORDE requyre it of the hande of Dauids enemies.
(then let David root out Yonathas also with his house, and the LORD requyre it of the hand of Davids enemies.)
Wycl Therfor Jonathas made boond of pees with the hows of Dauid, and the Lord souyte of the hond of enemyes of Dauid.
(Therefore Yonathas made bond of peace with the house of David, and the Lord souyte of the hand of enemies of David.)
Luth Also machte Jonathan einen Bund mit dem Hause Davids und sprach: Der HErr fordere es von der Hand der Feinde Davids!
(So made Yonathan a Bund with to_him house Davids and spoke: The LORD fordere it from the/of_the hand the/of_the enemies Davids!)
ClVg Pepigit ergo Jonathas fœdus cum domo David: et requisivit Dominus de manu inimicorum David.[fn]
(Pepigit therefore Yonathas fœdus when/with domo David: and requisivit Master about by_hand of_enemies David. )
20.16 Et requisivit. ID. Prolepsis est, id est, anticipatio, etc., usque ad sed Domino pro illo vindicante.
20.16 And requisivit. ID. Prolepsis it_is, id it_is, anticipatio, etc., until to but Master for illo vindicante.
20:14-16 faithful love: Hebrew khesed (see study note on 20:8). Jonathan was reminding David to keep his commitment to him when he became king. It was reasonable for Jonathan to be concerned that David might kill any descendant of Saul who could make a rival claim to his throne. Saul later made a similar request of David (24:21).
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
(Occurrence 0) house of David
(Some words not found in UHB: and,made_a_covenant Yōnātān/(Jonathan) with house_of Dāvid and,call_~_toaccount YHWH at,hands enemies Dāvid's )
The word “house” is a metonym for the people who live in the house. Alternate translation: “David’s family”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche
(Occurrence 0) May Yahweh require an accounting from the hand of the enemies of David
(Some words not found in UHB: and,made_a_covenant Yōnātān/(Jonathan) with house_of Dāvid and,call_~_toaccount YHWH at,hands enemies Dāvid's )
The hand is a synecdoche for the person. This could mean: (1) “May Yahweh use David’s enemies to punish David if David breaks this promise” or (2) “May Yahweh destroy the enemies of David.”