◄ 1 Samuel 20:20 ►
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Good News Translation
I will then shoot three arrows at it, as though it were a target.

New Revised Standard Version
I will shoot three arrows to the side of it, as though I shot at a mark.

Contemporary English Version
I'll shoot three arrows at a target off to the side of the rock,

New American Bible
On the third day of the month I will shoot arrows to the side of it, as though aiming at a target.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I will shoot three arrows near it, and will shoot as if I were exercising myself at a mark.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And I will shoot three arrows near it, and will shoot as if I were exercising myself at a mark.

Context
Jonathan and David Renew Their Covenant
…19For thy seat will be empty till after to morrow. So thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou must he hid, on the day when it is lawful to work, and thou shalt remain beside the stone, which is called Ezel. 20And I will shoot three arrows near it, and will shoot as if I were exercising myself at a mark.21And I will send a boy, saying to him: Go and fetch me the arrows.…
Cross References
1 Samuel 20:19
For thy seat will be empty till after to morrow. So thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou must he hid, on the day when it is lawful to work, and thou shalt remain beside the stone, which is called Ezel.

1 Samuel 20:21
And I will send a boy, saying to him: Go and fetch me the arrows.

1 Samuel 20:36
And he said to his boy: Go, and fetch me the arrows which I shoot. And when the boy ran, he shot another arrow beyond the boy.

1 Samuel 20:19
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