1 Samuel 14:9

1 Samuel 14:9 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)If they say to us, ‘Wait there until we come to you,’ we will stay where we are and not go up to them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)If they say to us, 'Wait until we come to you,' then we will stand still in our place, and we will not go up to them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)If they say thus to us, ‘Wait until we come to you,’ then we will stand still in our place and not go up to them.

Context of 1 Samuel 14:9

7The young man said, ‘You must do whatever you think is right. I will serve you faithfully all the way.’ 8Jonathan said, ‘Listen! We will go across to the Philistines now. We will let them see us. They may tell us to stop and wait for them to come to us. If they say that, we will stay here. 10But they may ask us to go up and fight against them. Then we will do that. We will know that the Lord has put them under our power. It will be his sign to us.’ 11Jonathan and the young man stood where the Philistine soldiers could see them. The Philistines said, ‘Look! The Hebrews are coming out of the holes where they have been hiding.’

1 Samuel 14:9 word by word

אִם־כֹּ֤ה יֹֽאמְרוּ֙ אֵלֵ֔ינוּ דֹּ֕מּוּ עַד־הַגִּיעֵ֖נוּ אֲלֵיכֶ֑ם וְעָמַ֣דְנוּ תַחְתֵּ֔ינוּ וְלֹ֥א נַעֲלֶ֖ה אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• If they sayאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• thus unto us, Tarryדָּמַםdâmam · to silence: stationaryH1826
• until we comeנָגַעnâga‛ · to touchH5060
• to you; then we will stand stillעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975
• in our place, and will not go upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 14:9

• Genesis 24:13See, I am standing here near this well. The daughters of the people who live in the town will come to get water from the well.
• Judges 6:36Gideon said to God, ‘I want to know that you will do what you have promised to me. If you will really use me to rescue Israel, please show me that it is true.

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 14:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9If they say thus unto us - Jonathan had no doubt asked this as a sign from God; exactly as Eliezer the servant of Abraham did, Genesis 24:12.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-15Jonathan again fought in his father's battles (see also 1 Samuel 13:2–4; 31).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-109-10. 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 Ge 24:12).Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 14:9

• Jonathan
• Symbols and Similitudes

In the dictionaries

• Discomfiture
• Discover
• Enlighten
• Faulty
• Fight
• Flew
• Moabite
• Philistines
• Rod
• Taste

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings