1 Samuel 14:9
7 And his armourbearer said unto him, Do all that is in thine heart: turn thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy heart.
8 Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto these men, and we will discover ourselves unto them.
If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you; then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them.
10 But if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we will go up: for the LORD hath delivered them into our hand: and this shall be a sign unto us.
11 And both of them discovered themselves unto the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- If they say, ‘Wait until we come to you,’ then we will stay where we are and will not go up to them.
- KJV
- If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you; then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them.
- WEB
- If they say this to us, ‘Wait until we come to you!’ then we will stand still in our place and will not go up to them.
- ASV
- If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you; then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them.
- DARBY
- If they say thus to us, Stand still until we come to you, then we will stay in our place, and will not go up to them.
- BLB
- If they say thus to us, ‘Wait until we come to you⁺,’ we will stand still in our place and not go up to them.
- ÅB
- Hvis de da sier til oss: Stå stille til vi kommer bort til dere! - så blir vi stående hvor vi er, og går ikke opp til dem.
- OTB
- Hvis de sier til oss: ‘Vent til vi kommer til dere,’ da vil vi bli stående der vi er og ikke gå opp til dem.
- B1930
- Hvis de da sier til oss: Stå stille til vi kommer bort til eder! - så blir vi stående hvor vi er, og går ikke op til dem.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Judges 6:36–40
And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said,
Read in contextGenesis 24:13–14
Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water:
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