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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)If they say to us, ‘Stay where you are or we’ll kill you,’ then we will stop and not go up to them.

Context of 1 Samuel 14:9

7“Do all that you have in mind,” his armor-bearer said. “Go ahead; I am with you heart and soul.” 8Jonathan said, “Come on, then; we will cross over toward them and let them see us. If they say to us, ‘Wait there until we come to you,’ we will stay where we are and not go up to them. 10But if they say, ‘Come up to us,’ we will climb up, because that will be our sign that the Lord has given them into our hands.” 11So both of them showed themselves to the Philistine outpost. “Look!” said the Philistines. “The Hebrews are crawling out of the holes they were hiding in.”

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 beside this spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water.
• Judges 6:36Gideon said to God, “If you will save Israel by my hand as you have promised—

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