1 Samuël 20:20

Staten Vertaling

Zo zal ik drie pijlen ter zijde schieten, als of ik naar een teken schoot.

Parallel Translations

Gereviseerde Lutherse Vertaling
Dan zal ik terzijde drie pijlen afschieten, alsof ik naar een doelwit schoot;

Gereviseerde Leidse Vertaling
Dan ga ik den dag daarna met pijlen schieten om het wit te treffen

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 20:36 - Run

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And I will shoot three arrows on the side [thereof],.... On the side of the stone Ezel; three are pitched upon, according to the number of the days David was missing:

as though I shot at a mark; as if he made the stone the mark he shot at; so that his shooting would not be taken notice of.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 20:20. I well shoot three arrows — Jonathan intended that David should stay at the stone Ezel, where probably there was some kind of cave, or hiding place; that, to prevent all suspicion, he would not go to him himself, but take his servant into the fields, and pretend to be exercising himself in archery; that he would shoot three arrows, the better to cover his design; and that, if he should say to his servant, who went to bring back the arrows, "The arrows are on this side of thee," this should be a sign to David that he might safely return to court, no evil being designed; but if he should say, "The arrows are beyond thee," then David should escape for his life, Saul having determined his destruction.