David and Jonathan’s Covenant

20 Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and he came and (A)said [a]to Jonathan, “What have I done? What is my guilt? And what is my sin before your father, that he is seeking my life?”

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  1. 1 Samuel 20:1 Lit before

David and Jonathan

20 Then David fled from Naioth at Ramah and went to Jonathan and asked, “What have I done? What is my crime? How have I wronged(A) your father, that he is trying to kill me?”(B)

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20 And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life?

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29 Should anyone rise up to pursue you and to seek your [a]life, then the [b]life of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living with the Lord your God; but the [c]lives of your enemies (A)He will sling out [d]as from the hollow of a sling.

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  1. 1 Samuel 25:29 Lit soul
  2. 1 Samuel 25:29 Lit soul
  3. 1 Samuel 25:29 Lit soul
  4. 1 Samuel 25:29 Lit in the midst of

29 Even though someone is pursuing you to take your life,(A) the life of my lord will be bound securely in the bundle of the living by the Lord your God, but the lives of your enemies he will hurl(B) away as from the pocket of a sling.(C)

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29 Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the Lord thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling.

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14 May those be (A)ashamed and humiliated together
Who (B)seek my [a]life to destroy it;
May those be turned back and dishonored
Who delight [b]in my hurt.

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  1. Psalm 40:14 Or soul
  2. Psalm 40:14 Or to injure me

14 May all who want to take my life(A)
    be put to shame and confusion;(B)
may all who desire my ruin(C)
    be turned back in disgrace.

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14 Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.

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But those who (A)seek my [a]life to destroy it,
Will go into the [b](B)depths of the earth.

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  1. Psalm 63:9 Lit soul
  2. Psalm 63:9 Lit lowest places

Those who want to kill me will be destroyed;(A)
    they will go down to the depths of the earth.(B)

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But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

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(A)May those who seek my [a]life
Be put to shame and humiliated;
May those who delight [b]in my harm
Be turned back and dishonored.

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  1. Psalm 70:2 Or soul
  2. Psalm 70:2 Or to injure me

May those who want to take my life(A)
    be put to shame and confusion;
may all who desire my ruin
    be turned back in disgrace.(B)

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Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.

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