1 Samuel 14:9

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“If they say, ‘Wait until we come to you,’ then we will stay where we are and will not go up to them.”

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BSBPD

“If they say, ‘Wait until we come to you,’ then we will stay where we are and will not go up to them.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“if thus they say unto us, `Stand still till we have come unto you,' then we have stood in our place, and do not go up unto them;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Samuel 14:9 — 2 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 24:13Here I am, standing beside the spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water.
  2. Judges 6:36Then Gideon said to God, “If You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said,

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