KJV King James Version
And his armourbearer said unto him, Do all that [is] in thine heart: turn thee; behold, I [am] with thee according to thy heart.
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1 Samuel 14:7
And his armourbearer said unto him, Do all that [is] in thine heart: turn thee; behold, I [am] with thee according to thy heart.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
His armor-bearer replied, “Do all that is in your heart. Go ahead; I am with you heart and soul.”
WEB World English Bible
His armor bearer said to him, “Do all that is in your heart. Turn and, behold, I am with you according to your heart.”
ASV American Standard Version
And his armorbearer said unto him, Do all that is in thy heart: turn thee, behold, I am with thee according to thy heart.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the bearer of his weapons saith to him, ‘Do all that is in thy heart; turn for thee; lo, I am with thee, as thine own heart.’
Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 14
4 And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go over unto the Philistines’ garrison, [there was] a sharp rock on the one side, and a sharp rock on the other side: and the name of the one [was] Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.
5 The forefront of the one [was] situate northward over against Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah.
6 And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the LORD will work for us: for [there is] no restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few.
7 And his armourbearer said unto him, Do all that [is] in thine heart: turn thee; behold, I [am] with thee according to thy heart.
8 Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto [these] men, and we will discover ourselves unto them.
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.
10 But if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we will go up: for the LORD hath delivered them into our hand: and this [shall be] a sign unto us.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיֹּ֤אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayלוֹ֙H9033 · ohimנֹשֵׂ֣אH5375 · na.sato lift: raiseכֵלָ֔יוH3627 · ke.liarticle/utensilעֲשֵׂ֖הH6213 · a.sahto make: doכָּל־H3605 · kolallאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichבִּלְבָבֶ֑ךָH3824 · le.vavheartנְטֵ֣הH5186 · na.tahto stretchלָ֔ךְH9032 · khyouהִנְנִ֥יH2005 · henlook!עִמְּךָ֖H5973 · imwithכִּלְבָבֶֽךָ׃ סH3824 · le.vavheart
Cross-references
2 Samuel 7:3And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that [is] in thine heart; for the LORD [is] with thee.Psalm 46:7The LORD of hosts [is] with us; the God of Jacob [is] our refuge. Selah.Zechariah 8:23Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days [it shall come to pass], that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard [that] God [is] with you.1 Samuel 10:7And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, [that] thou do as occasion serve thee; for God [is] with thee.
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