1 Samuel 14:9
Good News Translation
If they tell us to wait for them to come to us, then we will stay where we are.

New Revised Standard Version
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.

Contemporary English Version
If they agree to come down the hill and fight where we are, then we won't climb up to their camp.

New American Bible
If they say to us, ‘Stay there until we can come to you,’ we will stop where we are; we will not go up to them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
If they shall speak thus to us: Stay till we come to you: let us stand still in our place, and not go up to them.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

If they shall speak thus to us: Stay till we come to you: let us stand still in our place, and not go up to them.

they

Genesis 24:13,14 Behold, I stand nigh the spring of water, and the daughters of the inhabitants of this city will come out to draw water: . . .

Judges 6:36-40 And Gedeon said to God: If thou wilt save Israel by my hand, as thou hast said, . . .

Tarry [heb] Be still

Context
Jonathan's Victory over the Philistines
8And Jonathan said: Behold we will go over to these men. And when we shall be seen by them, 9If they shall speak thus to us: Stay till we come to you: let us stand still in our place, and not go up to them.10But if they shall say: Come up to us: let us go up, because the Lord hath delivered them into our hands, this shall be a sign unto us.…
Cross References
Judges 7:11
And when thou shalt hear what they are saying, then shall thy hands be strengthened, and thou shalt go down more secure to the enemies' camp. And he went down with Phara his servant, into part of the camp, where was the watch of men in arms.

1 Samuel 14:8
And Jonathan said: Behold we will go over to these men. And when we shall be seen by them,

1 Samuel 14:10
But if they shall say: Come up to us: let us go up, because the Lord hath delivered them into our hands, this shall be a sign unto us.

1 Samuel 14:8
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