撒母耳记上 14:9

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

如果他們對我們這樣說：‘你們站住！等我們到你們那裡去。’我們就站在原地，不上他們那裡去。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
他 们 若 对 我 们 说 ： 你 们 站 住 ， 等 我 们 到 你 们 那 里 去 ， 我 们 就 站 住 ， 不 上 他 们 那 里 去 。

Contextual Overview

¹ One day Jonathan, Saul's son, said to the officer who carried his armor, "Come, let's go over to the Philistine camp on the other side." But Jonathan did not tell his father. ² Saul was sitting under a pomegranate tree at the threshing floor near Gibeah. He had about six hundred men with him. ³ One man was Ahijah who was wearing the holy vest. (Ahijah was a son of Ichabod's brother Ahitub. Ichabod was the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the Lord 's priest in Shiloh.) No one knew Jonathan had left. ⁴ There was a steep slope on each side of the pass that Jonathan planned to go through to reach the Philistine camp. The cliff on one side was named Bozez, and the cliff on the other side was named Seneh. ⁵ One cliff faced north toward Micmash. The other faced south toward Geba. ⁶ Jonathan said to his officer who carried his armor, "Come. Let's go to the camp of those men who are not circumcised. Maybe the Lord will help us. The Lord can give us victory if we have many people, or just a few." ⁷ The officer who carried Jonathan's armor said to him, "Do whatever you think is best. Go ahead. I'm with you." ⁸ Jonathan said, "Then come. We will cross over to the Philistines and let them see us. ⁹ If they say to us, ‘Stay there until we come to you,' we will stay where we are. We won't go up to them. ¹⁰ But if they say, ‘Come up to us,' we will climb up, and the Lord will let us defeat them. This will be the sign for us."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

they: Genesis 24:13, Genesis 24:14, Judges 6:36-40

Tarry: Heb. Be still

Reciprocal: Genesis 15:8 - General 2 Samuel 5:24 - thou shalt bestir 1 Chronicles 14:15 - then thou

Gill's Notes on the Bible

If they say thus unto us,.... By this and what follows he gives his man a sign by which both might know how they should conduct themselves in this expedition, and what would be the issue, whether they should succeed or not: should they say,

tarry until we come to you; this, as it would express boldness in the men of the garrison, and show that they were ready to come out and fight, would portend evil, and then what they had to do was to be upon the defensive:

then we will stand still in our place; wait till they came to them, and make the best defence of themselves as they could, showing as little fear as possible, and not attempting to retreat and flee:

and will not go up unto them; neither go backwards nor forwards; not backward, which would show fear; nor forward, to expose themselves to too much danger from the garrison, they appearing to be bold and intrepid.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 14:9. If they say thus unto us — Jonathan had no doubt asked this as a sign from God; exactly as Eliezer the servant of Abraham did, Genesis 24:12.