1Sa 20:3 | NETfull | STEP | Taking an oath, David again said, “Your father is very much aware of the fact that I have found favor with you, and he has thought, ‘Don’t let Jonathan know about this, or he will be upset.’ But as surely as the Lord lives and you live, there is about one step between me and death!”

1 Samuel 20:3

3 Taking an oath, David again ^{▼▼ The LXX and the Syriac Peshitta lack the word “again.”} said, “Your father is very much aware of the fact ^{▼▼ The infinitive absolute appears before the finite verb for emphasis.} that I have found favor with you, and he has thought, ^{▼▼ Heb “said,” that is, to himself. So also in v. 25.} ‘Don’t let Jonathan know about this, or he will be upset.’ But as surely as the Lord lives and you live, there is about one step between me and death!”