1 Samuel 14:8

Bible in Basic English

Then Jonathan said, Now we will go over to these men and let them see us.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“All right,” Jonathan replied, “we’ll cross over to the men and then let them see us.

Hebrew Names Version
Then said Yonatan, Behold, we will pass over to the men, and we will disclose ourselves to them.

King James Version
Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto these men, and we will discover ourselves unto them.

Lexham English Bible
Then Jonathan said, "Look, we are about to go over to the men; and we will show ourselves to them.

English Standard Version
Then Jonathan said, "Behold, we will cross over to the men, and we will show ourselves to them.

New Century Version
Jonathan said, "Then come. We will cross over to the Philistines and let them see us.

New English Translation
Jonathan replied, "All right! We'll go over to these men and fight them.

Amplified Bible
Jonathan said, "See now, we are going to cross over to the [Philistine] men and reveal ourselves to them.

New American Standard Bible
Then Jonathan said, "Behold, we are going to cross over to the men and reveal ourselves to them.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then said Ionathan, Beholde, we goe ouer vnto those men, and will shewe our selues vnto them.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Jonathan said, "Behold, we will cross over to the men and reveal ourselves to them.

Contemporary English Version
"This is what we will do," Jonathan said. "We will go across and let them see us.

Complete Jewish Bible
Y'honatan said, "Here, we'll cross over to those men and let them know we're there.

Darby Translation
Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over to the men, and we will shew ourselves to them.

Easy-to-Read Version
Jonathan said, "Let's go! We'll cross the valley and go to the Philistine guards. We'll let them see us.

George Lamsa Translation
Then Jonathan said to him, Behold, we will cross over against these men, and we will show ourselves to them.

Good News Translation
"All right," Jonathan said. "We will go across and let the Philistines see us.

Literal Translation
And Jonathan said, Behold, we will cross over to the men and show ourselves to them.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Ionathas sayde: Well than, Whan we are gone ouer to the men, and come within the sighte of them,

American Standard Version
Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto the men, and we will disclose ourselves unto them.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then sayd Ionathan: Beholde, we go ouer vnto these men, and shall shewe our selues vnto them.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then said Jonathan: 'Behold, we will pass over unto the men, and we will disclose ourselves unto them.

King James Version (1611)
Then said Ionathan, Behold, we will passe ouer vnto these men, and we will discouer our selues vnto them.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Jonathan said, Behold, we will go over to the men, and will come down suddenly upon them.

English Revised Version
Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto the men, and we will discover ourselves unto them.

Berean Standard Bible
"Very well," said Jonathan, "we will cross over toward these men and show ourselves to them.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Jonathas seide, Lo! we passen to these men; and whanne we apperen to hem,

Young's Literal Translation
And Jonathan saith, `Lo, we are passing over unto the men, and are revealed unto them;

Update Bible Version
Then said Jonathan, Look, we will pass over to the men, and we will disclose ourselves to them.

Webster's Bible Translation
Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over to [these] men, and we will discover ourselves to them.

World English Bible
Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over to the men, and we will disclose ourselves to them.

New King James Version
Then Jonathan said, "Very well, let us cross over to these men, and we will show ourselves to them.

New Living Translation
"All right, then," Jonathan told him. "We will cross over and let them see us.

New Life Bible
Jonathan said, "We will cross over to the men and show ourselves to them.

New Revised Standard
Then Jonathan said, "Now we will cross over to those men and will show ourselves to them.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then said Jonathan, Lo! we, are crossing over unto the men, - and will discover ourselves unto them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Jonathan said: Behold we will go over to these men. And when we shall be seen by them,

Revised Standard Version
Then said Jonathan, "Behold, we will cross over to the men, and we will show ourselves to them.

THE MESSAGE
Jonathan said, "Here's what we'll do. We'll cross over the pass and let the men see we're there. If they say, ‘Halt! Don't move until we check you out,' we'll stay put and not go up. But if they say, ‘Come on up,' we'll go right up—and we'll know God has given them to us. That will be our sign."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Jonathan said, "Behold, we will cross over to the men and reveal ourselves to them.

Contextual Overview

¹ Now one day Jonathan, the son of Saul, said to the young man who was with him, looking after his arms, Come, let us go over to the Philistine force over there. But he said nothing to his father. ² And Saul was still waiting in the farthest part of Geba, under the fruit-tree in Migron: there were about six hundred men with him; ³ And Ahijah, the son of Ahitub, brother of Ichabod, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the priest of the Lord in Shiloh, who had the ephod. And the people had no idea that Jonathan had gone. ⁴ Now between the narrow roads over the mountains by which Jonathan was making his way to the Philistines' forces, there was a sharp overhanging rock on one side, and a sharp rock on the other side: one was named Bozez and the other Seneh. ⁵ The one rock went up on the north in front of Michmash and the other on the south in front of Geba. ⁶ And Jonathan said to his young servant who had his arms, Come, let us go over to the armies of these men who have no circumcision: it may be that the Lord will give us help, for there is no limit to his power; the Lord is able to give salvation by a great army or by a small band. ⁷ And his servant said to him, Do whatever is in your mind: see, I am with you in every impulse of your heart. ⁸ Then Jonathan said, Now we will go over to these men and let them see us. ⁹ If they say to us, Keep quiet where you are till we come to you; then we will keep our places and not go up to them. ¹⁰ But if they say, Come up to us; then we will go up, for the Lord has given them into our hands: and this will be the sign to us.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

we will pass: Judges 7:9-14

Reciprocal: Genesis 24:14 - thereby Judges 7:11 - thou shalt Psalms 33:16 - no king

Cross-References

Genesis 13:10
And Lot, lifting up his eyes and looking an the valley of Jordan, saw that it was well watered everywhere, before the Lord had sent destruction on Sodom and Gomorrah; it was like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, on the way to Zoar.

Genesis 14:2
They made war with Bera, king of Sodom, and with Birsha, king of Gomorrah, Shinab, king of Admah, and Shemeber, king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (which is Zoar).

Genesis 14:3
All these came together in the valley of Siddim (which is the Salt Sea).

Genesis 14:10
Now the valley of Siddim was full of holes of sticky earth; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah were put to flight and came to their end there, but the rest got away to the mountain.

Genesis 19:20
This town, now, is near, and it is a little one: O, let me go there (is it not a little one?) so that my life may be safe.

Genesis 19:22
Go there quickly, for I am not able to do anything till you have come there. For this reason, the town was named Zoar.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then said Jonathan, behold, we will pass over to these men,.... Over the precipices to them, as steep and as cragged as they are:

and we will discover ourselves to them; present themselves to them at daylight, and let them know plainly who they were, that they were Hebrews.