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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Passages linked to 1 Samuel 14:9 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Genesis 24:13-14 Behold, I am standing by the spring of water. The daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water. Let it happen, that the young lady to whom I will say, ‘Please let down your pitcher, that I may drink,’ then she says, ‘Drink, and I will also give your camels a drink,’—let her be the one you have appointed for your servant Isaac. By this I will know that you have shown kindness to my master.”
- Judges 6:36-40 Gideon said to God, “If you will save Israel by my hand, as you have spoken, behold, I will put a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If there is dew on the fleece only, and it is dry on all the ground, then I’ll know that you will save Israel by my hand, as you have spoken.” It was so; for he rose up early on the next day, and pressed the fleece together, and wrung the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water. Gideon said to God, “Don’t let your anger be kindled against me, and I will speak but this once. Please let me make a trial just this once with the fleece. Let it now be dry only on the fleece, and on all the ground let there be dew.” God did so that night; for it was dry on the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain This he spake by the spirit of prophecy, forasmuch…
This he spake by the spirit of prophecy, forasmuch hereby God gave him assurance of the victory.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Sa 14:9 If they say thus unto us, Tarry…
1Sa 14:9 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.
Ver. 9. If they say thus unto us.] This sign was Nec superstitiosum nec Dei tentativum, sed religiosum aeque ac animosum: it was given him in answer to his earnest prayer, saith Josephus, as was also that of Abraham’s servant. {Gen 24:13-14} So was not that of the Pazones in Herodotus, who warring upon the Perinthians, had this answer from the oracle, If the Perinthians call you by your name, and challenge you, then set upon them: as if otherwise, not: They did accordingly, and had the better. {a} Satan is God’s ape, as they say.
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{a} Herod., lib. v. initio.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain If they say thus unto us,.... By this and…
If they say thus unto us,.... By this and what follows he gives his man a sign by which both might know how they should conduct themselves in this expedition, and what would be the issue, whether they should succeed or not: should they say,
tarry until we come to you; this, as it would express boldness in the men of the garrison, and show that they were ready to come out and fight, would portend evil, and then what they had to do was to be upon the defensive:
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then we will stand still in our place; wait till they came to them, and make the best defence of themselves as they could, showing as little fear as possible, and not attempting to retreat and flee:
and will not go up unto them; neither go backwards nor forwards; not backward, which would show fear; nor forward, to expose themselves to too much danger from the garrison, they appearing to be bold and intrepid.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 9. If they say thus unto us] Jonathan…
Verse 9. If they say thus unto us] Jonathan had no doubt asked this as a sign from God; exactly as Eliezer the servant of Abraham did, Ge 24:12.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain if they say, Come up unto us; then we…
if they say, Come up unto us; then we will go up: for the Lord hath delivered them into our hand--When Jonathan appears here to prescribe a sign or token of God's will, we may infer that the same spirit which inspired this enterprise suggested the means of its execution, and put into his heart what to ask of God. (See on Gen 24:12).
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 9. Then we will stand still — For if…
9. Then we will stand still — For if they come to us they will discover our hostile intentions.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Tarry. Hebrew, "be still," "stand still," the word used…
Tarry. Hebrew, "be still," "stand still," the word used by Joshua of the sun; (Jos_10:12, Jos_10:13) but not the word rendered stand still just below, where the Hebrew has, "We will stand under us," i.e. we will stop just where we were.
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