King James Version (KJV)
1 Samuel 20:22
“But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows [are] beyond thee; go thy way: for the LORD hath sent thee away.”
Verse in context — 1 Samuel 20
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And I will shoot three arrows on the side [thereof], as though I shot at a mark.
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And, behold, I will send a lad, [saying], Go, find out the arrows. If I expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows [are] on this side of thee, take them; then come thou: for [there is] peace to thee, and no hurt; [as] the LORD liveth.
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But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows [are] beyond thee; go thy way: for the LORD hath sent thee away.
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And [as touching] the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, the LORD [be] between thee and me for ever.
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So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat.
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