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1 Samuel 20:41

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20:41When the servant had left, David got up from beside the mound,49 knelt50 with his face to the ground, and bowed three times. Then they kissed each other and they both wept, especially David.

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  1. 49 The translation follows the in reading “the mound,” rather than the ’s “the south.” It is hard to see what meaning the reading “from beside the south” would have as it stands, since such a location lacks specificity. The treats it as an elliptical expression, rendering the phrase as “from the south side of the stone (rock ).” This is perhaps possible, but it seems better to follow the rather than the here.
  2. 50 Heb “fell.”

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

And as soon as the boy had gone, David rose from beside the stone heap and fell on his face to the ground and bowed three times. And they kissed one another and wept with one another, David weeping the most.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

After the boy had gone, David got up from the south side of the stone and bowed down before Jonathan three times, with his face to the ground. Then they kissed each other and wept together—but David wept the most.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

When the servant had gone, David got up from the south side of the stone Ezel, fell facedown to the ground, and paid homage three times. Then he and Jonathan kissed each other and wept with each other, though David wept more.

NLTNew Living Translation

As soon as the boy was gone, David came out from where he had been hiding near the stone pile. Then David bowed three times to Jonathan with his face to the ground. Both of them were in tears as they embraced each other and said good-bye, especially David.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The boy left, and then David got up from the south side, and he fell on his face to the ground and bowed three times. And they kissed each other and wept together, but David wept the most.

KJV 1900King James Version

And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.