KJV King James Version
Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To morrow we will come out unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you.
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1 Samuel 11:10
Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To morrow we will come out unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, “Tomorrow we will come out, and you can do with us whatever seems good to you.”
WEB World English Bible
Therefore the men of Jabesh said, “Tomorrow we will come out to you, and you shall do with us all that seems good to you.”
ASV American Standard Version
Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To-morrow we will come out unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and the men of Jabesh say to the Ammonites, ‘To-morrow we come out unto you, and ye have done to us according to all that is good in your eyes.’
Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 11
7 And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent [them] throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.
8 And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
9 And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabeshgilead, To morrow, by [that time] the sun be hot, ye shall have help. And the messengers came and shewed [it] to the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.
10 Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To morrow we will come out unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you.
11 And it was [so] on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the host in the morning watch, and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it came to pass, that they which remained were scattered, so that two of them were not left together.
12 And the people said unto Samuel, Who [is] he that said, Shall Saul reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death.
13 And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day: for to day the LORD hath wrought salvation in Israel.
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וַֽיֹּאמְרוּ֙H559 · a.marto sayאַנְשֵׁ֣יH582 · e.noshhumanיָבֵ֔ישׁH3003 · ya.veshJabesh (Gilead)מָחָ֖רH4279 · ma.chartomorrowנֵצֵ֣אH3318 · ya.tsato come out: comeאֲלֵיכֶ֑םH413 · elto(wards)וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֣םH6213 · a.sahto make: doלָּ֔נוּH9035 · nuusכְּכָל־H3605 · kolallהַטּ֖וֹבH2896 · tovpleasantבְּעֵינֵיכֶֽם׃ סH5869 · a.yineye
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