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1 Samuel 14:39

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For, as Yahweh lives, who saves Israel, though it is in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die.” But there was not a man among all the people who answered him.

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1 Samuel 14:39 in other translations

For, as Jehovah liveth, who saveth Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all the people that answered him.

1 Samuel 14:39 · American Standard Version

1 Samuel 14:39 in context

  1. 37Saul asked counsel of God, “Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will you deliver them into the hand of Israel?” But he didn’t answer him that day.
  2. 38Saul said, “Draw near here, all you chiefs of the people; and know and see in which this sin has been today.
  3. 39For, as Yahweh lives, who saves Israel, though it is in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die.” But there was not a man among all the people who answered him.
  4. 40Then he said to all Israel, “You be on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side.”
    The people said to Saul, “Do what seems good to you.”
  5. 41Therefore Saul said to Yahweh, the God of Israel, “Show the right.”
    Jonathan and Saul were chosen, but the people escaped.