And you shall not only while yet I live show me the kindness of the LORD, that I die not:
And you shall not only while yet I live show me the kindness of the LORD, that I die not:
And thou shalt not only while yet I live show me the lovingkindness of Jehovah, that I die not;
And may you, while I am still living, O may you be kind to me, as the Lord is kind, and keep me from death!
And thou shalt, not only while yet I live, show me the kindness of the LORD, that I may not die:
You shall not only while yet I live show me the loving kindness of Yahweh, that I not die;
And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of the LORD, that I die not:
Show me the kindness of the Lord - When thou comest to the kingdom, if I am alive, thou shalt show kindness to me, and thou shalt continue that kindness to my family after me.
The general meaning is: Jonathan had a presentiment, doubtless from God, that David would be established upon the throne. By God's mercy he had the comfort, which he well deserved, of knowing that his own posterity would receive kindness at David's hand (see the marginal references).
20:14 Kindness as the Lord - That kindness to which thou hast engaged thyself, in the covenant sworn between thee and me in God's presence.I die not - That thou do not kill me or mine, as princes of another line use to kill the nearest relations of the former line, from whom the kingdom was translated to them.