20:31 For as long as 1 this son of Jesse is alive on the earth, you and your kingdom will not be established. Now, send some men 2 and bring him to me. For he is as good as dead!” 3
1 Samuel 26:16
26:16 This failure on your part isn’t good! 4 As surely as the Lord lives, you people who have not protected your lord, the Lord’s chosen one, are as good as dead! 5 Now look where the king’s spear and the jug of water that was by his head are!”
1 tnHeb “all the days that.”
2 tn The words “some men” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
3 tnHeb “a son of death.”
4 tnHeb “Not good [is] this thing which you have done.”