1 Samuel 20:38 “Then Jonathan cried out, “Hurry! Make haste! Do not delay!” So the boy…”

1 Samuel 20:38

Then Jonathan cried out, “Hurry! Make haste! Do not delay!” So the boy picked up the arrow and returned to his master.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan’s lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.

World English Bible

Jonathan cried after the boy, “Go fast! Hurry! Don’t delay!” Jonathan’s boy gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.

American Standard Version

And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan’s lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.

Geneva Bible 1599

And Ionathan cryed after the boy, Make speede, haste and stand not still: and Ionathans boy gathered vp the arrowes, and came to his master,

Darby Translation

And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not! And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.

Young's Literal Translation

and Jonathan calleth after the youth, 'Speed, haste, stand not;' and Jonathan's youth gathereth the arrows, and cometh unto his lord.

Bible in Basic English

And Jonathan went on crying out after the boy, Be quick, do not keep waiting about, go quickly. And Jonathan's boy got the arrow and came back to his master.

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Cross references

“And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.”

Psalm 55:6–9 Matthew 24:16–18 Mark 13:14–16 Proverbs 6:4 Proverbs 6:5 Luke 17:31

Psalm 55:6–9 · BSB

I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest.

Matthew 24:16–18 · BSB

then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

Mark 13:14–16 · BSB

So when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

Proverbs 6:4 · BSB

Allow no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.

Proverbs 6:5 · BSB

Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.

Luke 17:31 · BSB

On that day, let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve his possessions. Likewise, let no one in the field return for anything he has left behind.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

37When the boy reached the place where Jonathan’s arrow had fallen, Jonathan called to him, “Isn’t the arrow beyond you?”

39But the boy did not know anything; only Jonathan and David knew the arrangement.

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