1 Samuel 20:23
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And concerning the word which I and thou have spoken, the Lord be between thee and me forever.

the matter

1 Samuel 20:14,15 And if I live, thou shalt shew me the kindness of the Lord: but if I die, . . .

the Lord

1 Samuel 20:42 And Jonathan said to David: Go in peace: and let all stand that we have sworn both of us in the name of the Lord, saying: The Lord be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. [43] And David arose, and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.

Genesis 16:5 And Sarai said to Abram: Thou dost unjustly with me: I gave my handmaid into thy bosom, and she perceiving herself to be with child, despiseth me. The Lord judge between me and thee.

Genesis 31:50 If thou afflict my daughters, and if thou bring in other wives over them: none is witness of our speech but God, who is present and beholdeth.

Context
Jonathan and David Renew Their Covenant
22If I shall say to the boy: Behold the arrows are on this side of thee, take them up: come thou to me, because there is peace to thee, and there is no evil, as the Lord liveth. But if I shall speak thus to the boy: Behold the arrows are beyond thee: go in peace, for the Lord hath sent thee away. 23And concerning the word which I and thou have spoken, the Lord be between thee and me forever.24So David was hid in the field, and the new moon came, and the king sat down to eat bread.…
Cross References
Genesis 31:49
The Lord behold and judge between us, when we shall be gone one from the other.

Genesis 31:53
The God of Abraham, and the God of Nachor, the God of their father, judge between us. And Jacob swore by the fear of his father Isaac:

1 Samuel 20:14
And if I live, thou shalt shew me the kindness of the Lord: but if I die,

1 Samuel 20:15
Thou shalt not take away thy kindness from my house for ever, when the Lord shall have rooted out the enemies of David, every one of them from the earth, may he take away Jonathan from his house, and may the Lord require it at the hands of David's enemies.

1 Samuel 20:24
So David was hid in the field, and the new moon came, and the king sat down to eat bread.

1 Samuel 20:42
And Jonathan said to David: Go in peace: and let all stand that we have sworn both of us in the name of the Lord, saying: The Lord be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. [43] And David arose, and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.

Lexicon
And as for the matter
וְהַ֨דָּבָ֔ר (wə·had·dā·ḇār)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

you
וָאָ֑תָּה (wā·’āt·tāh)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

and I
אֲנִ֣י (’ă·nî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 589: I

have discussed,
דִּבַּ֖רְנוּ (dib·bar·nū)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

the LORD
יְהוָ֛ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

is a witness between
בֵּינִ֥י (bê·nî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 996: An interval, space between

you and me
וּבֵינְךָ֖ (ū·ḇê·nə·ḵā)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 996: An interval, space between

forever.”
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while


Additional Translations
And as for the matter you and I have discussed, the LORD is a witness between you and me forever.”And as touching the matter which you and I have spoken of, behold, the LORD be between you and me for ever.

And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, Jehovah is between thee and me for ever.

And as for the word which thou and I have spoken, behold, the Lord is witness between me and thee for ever.

And as to the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, Jehovah is between me and thee for ever.

And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, the LORD is between thee and me for ever.

And as to the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, the LORD be between thee and me for ever.

Concerning the matter which you and I have spoken of, behold, Yahweh is between you and me forever."

as to the thing which we have spoken, I and thou, lo, Jehovah is between me and thee -- unto the age.'
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