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1 Samuel 20:39

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But the lad knew not anything: only Jonathan and David knew the matter.

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1 Samuel 20:39 in other translations

But the boy didn’t know anything. Only Jonathan and David knew the matter.

1 Samuel 20:39 · World English Bible

1 Samuel 20:39 in context

  1. 37And 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?
  2. 38And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan’s lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.
  3. 39But the lad knew not anything: only Jonathan and David knew the matter.
  4. 40And Jonathan gave his weapons unto his lad, and said unto him, Go, carry them to the city.
  5. 41And 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.