KJV King James Version
If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked [leave] of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city: for [there is] a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.
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1 Samuel 20:6
If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked [leave] of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city: for [there is] a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
If your father misses me at all, tell him, ‘David urgently requested my permission to hurry to Bethlehem, his hometown, because there is an annual sacrifice for his whole clan.’
WEB World English Bible
If your father miss me at all, then say, ‘David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city; for it is the yearly sacrifice there for all the family.’
ASV American Standard Version
If thy father miss me at all, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Beth-lehem his city; for it is the yearly sacrifice there for all the family.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
if thy father at all look after me, and thou hast said, David asked earnestly of me to run to Beth-Lehem his city, for a sacrifice of the days is there for all the family.
Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 20
3 And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly [as] the LORD liveth, and [as] thy soul liveth, [there is] but a step between me and death.
4 Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I will even do [it] for thee.
5 And 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.
6 If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked [leave] of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city: for [there is] a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.
7 If he say thus, [It is] well; thy servant shall have peace: but if he be very wroth, [then] be sure that evil is determined by him.
8 Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the LORD with thee: notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?
9 And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee?
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אִם־H518 · imifפָּקֹ֥דH6485 · pa.qadto reckon: listיִפְקְדֵ֖נִיH6485 · pa.qadto reckon: listאָבִ֑יךָH1 · avfatherוְאָמַרְתָּ֗H559 · a.marto sayנִשְׁאֹל֩H7592 · sha.alto askנִשְׁאַ֨לH7592 · sha.alto askמִמֶּ֤נִּיH4480 · minfromדָוִד֙H1732 · da.vidDavidלָרוּץ֙H7323 · rutsto run: runבֵּֽית־H1035 · bet le.chemBethlehemלֶ֣חֶםH1035 · bet le.chemBethlehemעִיר֔וֹH5892 · irexcitementכִּ֣יH3588 · kiforזֶ֧בַחH2077 · ze.vachsacrificeהַיָּמִ֛יםH3117 · yomdayשָׁ֖םH8033 · shamthereלְכָל־H3605 · kolallהַמִּשְׁפָּחָֽה׃H4940 · mish.pa.chahfamily
Cross-references
1 Samuel 17:58And Saul said to him, Whose son [art] thou, [thou] young man? And David answered, [I am] the son of thy servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.1 Samuel 9:12And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, [he is] before you: make haste now, for he came to day to the city; for [there is] a sacrifice of the people to day in the high place:Deuteronomy 12:5But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, [even] unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:1 Samuel 16:2-5And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear [it], he will kill me. And the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the LORD.John 7:42Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?
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