6 And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As the Lord liveth, he shall not be slain.
6 Saul listened to Jonathan and took this oath: "As surely as the Lord lives, David will not be put to death."
6 And Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan. Saul swore, "As the Lord lives, he shall not be put to death."
6 Saul listened to Jonathan and said, "You're right. As God lives, David lives. He will not be killed."
6 So Saul heeded the voice of Jonathan, and Saul swore, "As the Lord lives, he shall not be killed."
6 So Saul listened to Jonathan and vowed, "As surely as the Lord lives, David will not be killed."
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Samuel 19:6
Commentary on 1 Samuel 19:1-10
(Read 1 Samuel 19:1-10)
How forcible are right words! Saul was, for a time, convinced of the unreasonableness of his enmity to David; but he continued his malice against David. So incurable is the hatred of the seed of the serpent against that of the woman; so deceitful and desperately wicked is the heart of man without the grace of God, Jeremiah 17:9.