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Parallel 1SA 20:41

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BI 1Sa 20:41 ©

OET (OET-RV)No OET-RV 1SA 20:41 verse available

OET-LVThe_boy he_went and_Dāvid he_arose from_side the_south and_fell on_face_his towards_land and_bowed three times and_kissed each DOM his/its_neighbour and_wept each DOM his/its_neighbour until Dāvid he_did_great_things.

UHBהַ⁠נַּעַר֮ בָּא֒ וְ⁠דָוִ֗ד קָ֚ם מֵ⁠אֵ֣צֶל הַ⁠נֶּ֔גֶב וַ⁠יִּפֹּ֨ל לְ⁠אַפָּ֥י⁠ו אַ֛רְצָ⁠ה וַ⁠יִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ שָׁלֹ֣שׁ פְּעָמִ֑ים וַֽ⁠יִּשְּׁק֣וּ ׀ אִ֣ישׁ אֶת־רֵעֵ֗⁠הוּ וַ⁠יִּבְכּוּ֙ אִ֣ישׁ אֶת־רֵעֵ֔⁠הוּ עַד־דָּוִ֖ד הִגְדִּֽיל׃ 
   (ha⁠nnaˊar bāʼ və⁠dāvid qām mē⁠ʼēʦel ha⁠nnegeⱱ va⁠yyipol lə⁠ʼapāy⁠v ʼarʦā⁠h va⁠yyishəttaḩū shālosh pəˊāmiym va⁠yyishshəqū ʼiysh ʼet-rēˊē⁠hū va⁠yyiⱱⱪū ʼiysh ʼet-rēˊē⁠hū ˊad-ddāvid higddiyl.)

Key: yellow:verbs.
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).

ULT The boy went, and David rose from beside the south, and fell before his face to the ground, and bowed three times. And they kissed, a man with his companion. And they wept, a man with his companion, until David did the most.[fn]


Modern versions interpret this passage in different ways because the Hebrew text is difficult to understand. It most likely refers to the south side of the rock Ezel referred to in verse 19.

UST When the boy left, David came out from behind the pile of stones, where he had been hiding. He went to Jonathan and bowed in front of Jonathan three times, with his face touching the ground. Then David and Jonathan kissed each other on the cheek, and they cried together. But David cried more than Jonathan.


BSB § When the young man had gone, David got up from the south side of the stone,[fn] fell facedown, and bowed three times. Then he and Jonathan kissed each other and wept together—though David wept more.


20:41 Hebrew from the south side; LXX from beside the stone

OEB As soon as the lad had gone, David rose from beside the stone heap, and fell on his face to the ground and prostrated himself three times, and they kissed each other and wept at length with each other.

WEB As soon as the boy was gone, David arose out of the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times. They kissed one another and wept with one another, and David wept the most.

NET When the servant had left, David got up from beside the mound, knelt with his face to the ground, and bowed three times. Then they kissed each other and they both wept, especially David.

LSV The youth has gone, and David has risen from Ezel, at the south, and falls on his face to the earth, and bows himself three times, and they kiss one another, and they weep with one another, until David exerted himself;

FBV After the boy had gone, David got up from beside the pile of stones, fell facedown to the ground, and bowed three times. Then he and Jonathan kissed each other and cried together as friends, though David cried the hardest.

T4T When the boy left, David came out from the south side of the pile of stones behind which he had been hiding. He went to Jonathan and bowed in front of Jonathan three times, with his face touching the ground. Then David and Jonathan kissed each other on the cheek/neck, and they cried together. But David cried more than Jonathan.

LEB The boy left, and then David got up from the south side,[fn] and he fell on his face to the ground and bowed three times. And they kissedeach other[fn] and wepttogether,[fn] but Davidwept the most.


?:? So Masoretic Hebrew text; LXX reads “from the mound” (of stones)

?:? Literally “each his friend”

?:? Literally “each with his friend”

BBE And when the boy had gone, David came from his secret place by the hill, and falling to the earth went down on his face three times: and they gave one another a kiss, weeping together, till David's grief was the greater.

MOFNo MOF 1SA book available

JPS And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the South, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed down three times; and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.

ASV And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the South, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.

DRA And when the boy was gone, David rose out of his place, which was towards the south, and falling on his face to the ground, adored thrice: and kissing one another, they wept together, but David more.

YLT The youth hath gone, and David hath risen from Ezel, at the south, and falleth on his face to the earth, and boweth himself three times, and they kiss one another, and they weep one with another, till David exerted himself;

DBY The lad went, and David arose from the side of the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times; and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.

RV And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the South, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.

WBSAnd as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place towards the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.

KJB ¶ And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.
  (¶ And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowd himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded. )

BB And assoone as the lad was gone, Dauid arose out of a place that was towarde the south, & fel on his face to the ground, & bowed him selfe three times, And they kissed either other, and wept together, so long till Dauid exceeded.
  (And as soon as the lad was gone, Dauid arose out of a place that was towarde the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowd himself three times, And they kissed either other, and wept together, so long till Dauid exceeded.)

GNV Assoone as the boy was gone, Dauid arose out of a place that was towarde the South, and fel on his face to the ground, and bowed him selfe three times: and they kissed one another, and wept both twaine, till Dauid exceeded.
  (Assoone as the boy was gone, Dauid arose out of a place that was towarde the South, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowd himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept both twaine, till Dauid exceeded. )

CB And whan the boy was gone, Dauid arose from the place towarde the south, and fell vpon his face to the groude, and worshipped thre tymes, and they kissed one another, and wepte together. But Dauid most specially.
  (And when the boy was gone, Dauid arose from the place towarde the south, and fell upon his face to the groude, and worshipped three times, and they kissed one another, and wept together. But Dauid most specially.)

WYC And whanne the child hadde go, Dauid roos fro the place that `yede to the south; and he felde low `in to the erthe, and worschipide the thridde tyme, and thei kissiden hem silf to gidere, and `wepten to gidere; forsothe Dauid wepte more.
  (And when the child had go, Dauid rose from the place that `yede to the south; and he field low `in to the earth, and worshipped the third time, and they kissiden them self to gidere, and `wepten to gidere; forsothe Dauid wept more.)

LUT Da der Knabe hineinkam, stund David auf vom Ort gegen Mittag und fiel auf sein Antlitz zur Erde und betete dreimal an; und küsseten sich miteinander und weineten miteinander, David aber am allermeisten.
  (So the Knabe hineinkam, stood David on from_the location gegen Mittag and fiel on his Antlitz zur earth and betete threemal an; and küsseten itself/yourself/themselves miteinander and weineten miteinander, David but in/at/on_the allermeisten.)

CLV Cumque abiisset puer, surrexit David de loco qui vergebat ad austrum, et cadens pronus in terram, adoravit tertio: et osculantes se alterutrum, fleverunt pariter, David autem amplius.
  (Cumque abiisset puer, surrexit David about instead who vergebat to austrum, and cadens pronus in the_earth/land, adoravit tertio: and osculantes se alterutrum, fleverunt pariter, David however amplius. )

BRN And when the lad went in, then David arose from the [fn]argab, and fell upon his face, and did obeisance to him three times, and they kissed each other, and wept for each other, for a great while.


20:41 Gr. See v. 19.

BrLXX Καὶ ὡς εἰσῆλθε τὸ παιδάριον, καὶ Δαυὶδ ἀνέστη ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀργὰβ, καὶ ἔπεσεν ἐπὶ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ, καὶ προσεκύνησεν αὐτῷ τρίς, καὶ κατεφίλησεν ἕκαστος τὸν πλησίον αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔκλαυσεν ἕκαστος τῷ πλησίον αὐτοῦ, ἕως συντελείας μεγάλης.
  (Kai hōs eisaʸlthe to paidarion, kai Dawid anestaʸ apo tou argab, kai epesen epi prosōpon autou, kai prosekunaʸsen autōi tris, kai katefilaʸsen hekastos ton plaʸsion autou, kai eklausen hekastos tōi plaʸsion autou, heōs sunteleias megalaʸs. )


TSNTyndale Study Notes:

20:41 David bowed: Jonathan had the higher social rank, so David’s homage was fitting.
• Both of them were in tears: For the first time, the record of the emotion between these two men shows mutuality (see 18:1, 3-4; 20:17).


UTNuW Translation Notes:

(Occurrence 0) the mound

(Some words not found in UHB: the,boy he/it_came and,David got_up from,side the,south and,fell on,face,his towards=land and,bowed three times and,kissed (a)_man DOM his/its=neighbour and,wept (a)_man DOM his/its=neighbour until Dāvid more )

It seems that David had hidden behind a pile of earth or stones.

(Occurrence 0) lay facedown on the ground, and bowed himself three times.

(Some words not found in UHB: the,boy he/it_came and,David got_up from,side the,south and,fell on,face,his towards=land and,bowed three times and,kissed (a)_man DOM his/its=neighbour and,wept (a)_man DOM his/its=neighbour until Dāvid more )

David bowed before Jonathan, who was still the King’s son, worthy of such respect. Also, this was the last time David met with Jonathan.

BI 1Sa 20:41 ©