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1 Samuel 14:8
1 Samuel 14:8 is verse 8 of 1 Samuel chapter 14, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
“Very well,” said Jonathan, “we will cross over toward these men and show ourselves to them.
King James Version
Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto these men, and we will discover ourselves unto them.
World English Bible
Then Jonathan said, “Behold, we will pass over to the men, and we will reveal ourselves to them.
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1 Samuel 14:6–10 · Berean Standard Bible
6 Jonathan said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the outpost of these uncircumcised men. Perhaps the LORD will work on our behalf. Nothing can hinder the LORD from saving, whether by many or by few.”
7 His armor-bearer replied, “Do all that is in your heart. Go ahead; I am with you heart and soul.”
8 “Very well,” said Jonathan, “we will cross over toward these men and show ourselves to them.
9 If they say, ‘Wait until we come to you,’ then we will stay where we are and will not go up to them.
10 But if they say, ‘Come on up,’ then we will go up, because this will be our sign that the LORD has delivered them into our hands.”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Judges 7:9That night the LORD said to Gideon, “Get up and go down against the camp, for I have delivered it into your hand.
Judges 7:10But if you are afraid to do so, then go down to the camp with your servant Purah
Judges 7:11and listen to what they are saying. Then your hands will be strengthened to attack the camp.” So he went with Purah his servant to the outposts where armed men were guarding the camp.
Judges 7:12Now the Midianites, Amalekites, and all the other people of the east had settled in the valley like a swarm of locusts, and their camels were as countless as the sand on the seashore.
Judges 7:13And as Gideon arrived, a man was telling his friend about a dream. “Behold, I had a dream,” he said, “and I saw a loaf of barley bread come tumbling into the Midianite camp. It struck the tent so hard that the tent overturned and collapsed.”
Judges 7:14His friend replied: “This is nothing less than the sword of Gideon son of Joash, the Israelite. God has delivered Midian and the whole camp into his hand.”