When the boy had come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the boy, and said, “Isn’t the arrow beyond you?”
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When the boy had come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the boy, and said, “Isn’t the arrow beyond you?”
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And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, Is not the arrow beyond thee?
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And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said: 'Is not the arrow beyond thee?'
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- 1 Samuel 20:22 But if I say this to the boy, ‘Behold, the arrows are beyond you;’ then go your way; for Yahweh has sent you away.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Sa 20:37 And when the lad was come to…
1Sa 20:37 And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, [Is] not the arrow beyond thee?
Ver. 37. Is not the arrow beyond thee?] This was an item to David to be packing. See 1Sa 20:22.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain To the place, i.e. near to the place. Or,…
To the place, i.e. near to the place. Or, and the lad went, or was going on to the place; for the words following show the he was not yet come thither. The Hebrew verb bo, which properly signifies to come, sometimes signifies to go; as here, and Rth 3:7; Jon 1:3.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And when the lad was come to the place…
And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot,.... To the mark which he told him he should shoot at, and whereabout he might expect to find the arrow:
Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, is not the arrow beyond thee? he cried with a loud voice and said this, not so much that the lad might hear him, but that David, who lay hid near the place, might hear him; so that if they had no opportunity of seeing and conversing with each other through any person going by at that time, David might know by this sign that evil was determined against him, and must flee for his life; the Syriac and Vulgate Latin versions read, "behold, the arrow is beyond thee"; so Noldius (k).
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(k) Concord. Ebr. Part. p. 265. No. 1141.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain To - That is, near the place. For the…
To - That is, near the place. For the words following shew, that he was not yet come thither.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 1Sa 20:37. When the lad was come to the…
1Sa 20:37. When the lad was come to the place — That is, near to the place: or, and the lad went; or, was going on to the place; for the words following show that he was not yet come thither. The Hebrew word בואbo, signifies either to come or to go. See Rth 3:7; and Jon 1:3.
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