KJV King James Version
And [when] thou hast stayed three days, [then] thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when the business was [in hand], and shalt remain by the stone Ezel.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
1 Samuel 20:19
And [when] thou hast stayed three days, [then] thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when the business was [in hand], and shalt remain by the stone Ezel.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
When you have stayed three days, hurry down to the place you hid on the day this trouble began, and remain beside the stone Ezel.
WEB World English Bible
When you have stayed three days, you shall go down quickly, and come to the place where you hid yourself when this started, and shall remain by the stone Ezel.
ASV American Standard Version
And when thou hast stayed three days, thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when the business was in hand, and shalt remain by the stone Ezel.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and on the third day thou dost certainly come down, and hast come in unto the place where thou wast hidden in the day of the work, and hast remained near the stone Ezel.
Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 20
16 So Jonathan made [a covenant] with the house of David, [saying], Let the LORD even require [it] at the hand of David’s enemies.
17 And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
18 Then Jonathan said to David, To morrow [is] the new moon: and thou shalt be missed, because thy seat will be empty.
19 And [when] thou hast stayed three days, [then] thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when the business was [in hand], and shalt remain by the stone Ezel.
20 And I will shoot three arrows on the side [thereof], as though I shot at a mark.
21 And, behold, I will send a lad, [saying], Go, find out the arrows. If I expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows [are] on this side of thee, take them; then come thou: for [there is] peace to thee, and no hurt; [as] the LORD liveth.
22 But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows [are] beyond thee; go thy way: for the LORD hath sent thee away.
Topics connected to this verse
Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְשִׁלַּשְׁתָּ֙H8027 · sha.lashto do threeתֵּרֵ֣דH3381 · ya.radto go downמְאֹ֔דH3966 · me.odmuchוּבָאתָ֙H935 · boto come (in): comeאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)הַמָּק֔וֹםH4725 · ma.qomplaceאֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichנִסְתַּ֥רְתָּH5641 · sa.tarto hideשָּׁ֖םH8033 · shamthereבְּי֣וֹםH3117 · yomdayהַֽמַּעֲשֶׂ֑הH4639 · ma.a.sehdeed: workוְיָ֣שַׁבְתָּ֔H3427 · ya.shavto dwellאֵ֖צֶלH681 · e.tselbesideהָאֶ֥בֶןH68 · e.venstoneהָאָֽזֶל׃H237 · e.zelEzel
Cross-references
1 Samuel 19:2But Jonathan Saul’s son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret [place], and hide thyself:1 Samuel 20:5And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow [is] the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the third [day] at even.
HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION
Compare classic commentaries on 1 Samuel 20:19
Put Matthew Henry, Adam Clarke, Calvin, Wesley, Barnes, Jamieson–Fausset–Brown, Aquinas’ Catena and other public-domain sources beside the passage.
Compare commentaries →