1st Samuel Chapter 20 verse 19 Holy Bible

ASV 1stSamuel 20:19

And when thou hast stayed three days, thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when the business was in hand, and shalt remain by the stone Ezel.
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BBE 1stSamuel 20:19

And on the third day it will be specially noted, and you will go to the place where you took cover when the other business was in hand, waiting by the hill over there.
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DARBY 1stSamuel 20:19

but on the third day thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself on the day of the business, and abide by the stone Ezel.
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KJV 1stSamuel 20:19

And when thou hast stayed three days, then thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when the business was in hand, and shalt remain by the stone Ezel.
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WBT 1stSamuel 20:19

And when thou hast stayed three days, then thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when the business was in hand, and shalt remain by the stone Ezel.
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WEB 1stSamuel 20:19

When you have stayed three days, you shall go down quickly, and come to the place where you did hide yourself when the business was in hand, and shall remain by the stone Ezel.
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YLT 1stSamuel 20:19

and on the third day thou dost certainly come down, and hast come in unto the place where thou wast hidden in the day of the work, and hast remained near the stone Ezel.
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Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(19) Go down quickly.--"Quickly" represents, but not faithfully, the Hebrew m'od. "Quickly" comes from the Vulg., descende ergo festinus. The literal rendering of m'od is "greatly," and probably Dean Payne Smith's rendering, "and on the third day go a long way (greatly) down into the valley," represents the meaning of the original, which has been a general stumbling-block with the versions. The Chaldee, Arabic, and Syriac here interpret rather than translate, "on the third day thou will be missed the more." "It did not matter," writes the Dean, "whether David went fast or slow, as he was to hide there some time, but it was important that David should be far away, so that no prying eye might chance to catch sight of him."When the business was in hand.--The expression, b'yom hamma?seh, rendered in our version by "when the business was in hand," is one hard to understand. Perhaps the best translation is that adopted by Gesenius, De Wette, and Maurer, who render it quite literally "on the day of the deed," and understand by "deed" King Saul's design of killing David (see 1Samuel 19:2).By the stone Ezel.--This stone, or cairn, or possibly ruin, is mentioned nowhere else. Some have supposed it to have been a road-stone, or stone guide-post. The following ingenious conjecture is hazarded in the Speaker's Commentary:--"The LXX. here, and again in 1Samuel 20:41 (where the spot, but not the stone, is spoken of), read argab, or ergab, a word meaning a heap of stones. If this is the true reading, David's hiding place was either a natural cavernous rock, which was called argab, or some ruin of an ancient building equally suited for a hiding place." Ewald, slightly changing the text, understands the word as signifying "the lonely waste."Parallel Commentaries ...Hebrew[When] you have stayed three days,וְשִׁלַּשְׁתָּ֙ (wə·šil·laš·tā)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singularStrong's 8027: To do a third time, divide into three partshurryמְאֹ֔ד (mə·’ōḏ)AdverbStrong's 3966: Vehemence, vehemently, wholly, speedilydownתֵּרֵ֣ד (tê·rêḏ)Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singularStrong's 3381: To come or go down, descendtoאֶל־ (’el-)PrepositionStrong's 413: Near, with, among, tothe placeהַמָּק֔וֹם (ham·mā·qō·wm)Article | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 4725: A standing, a spot, a conditionyou hidנִסְתַּ֥רְתָּ (nis·tar·tā)Verb - Nifal - Perfect - second person masculine singularStrong's 5641: To hide, concealon the dayבְּי֣וֹם (bə·yō·wm)Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 3117: A daythis trouble began,הַֽמַּעֲשֶׂ֑ה (ham·ma·‘ă·śeh)Article | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 4639: An action, a transaction, activity, a product, propertyand remainוְיָ֣שַׁבְתָּ֔ (wə·yā·šaḇ·tā)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singularStrong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marrybesideאֵ֖צֶל (’ê·ṣel)PrepositionStrong's 681: A joining together, proximitythe stoneהָאֶ֥בֶן (hā·’e·ḇen)Article | Noun - feminine singular constructStrong's 68: A stoneEzel.הָאָֽזֶל׃ (hā·’ā·zel)Article | Noun - proper - feminine singularStrong's 237: Ezel -- a memorial stone in PalestineJump to PreviousAbide Business Cover Evening Ezel Hand Heap Hid Hide Hill Matter Missed Noted Quickly Specially Stone Third Three Thyself Tomorrow Trouble Wait Waiting Wast Work Yonder