1 Samuel 23:20

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

Now, therefore, according to all the desire of thy soul O king, to come down, come! and, ours, will it be to surrender him into the hand of the king.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Now, whenever the king wants to come down, let him come down. Our part will be to hand him over to the king.”

Hebrew Names Version
Now therefore, O king, come down, according to all the desire of your soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him up into the king's hand.

King James Version
Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him into the king's hand.

Lexham English Bible
So then, O king, whenever you want to come down, come down, and it will be for us to deliver him into the hand of the king."

English Standard Version
Now come down, O king, according to all your heart's desire to come down, and our part shall be to surrender him into the king's hand."

New Century Version
Now, our king, come down anytime you want. It's our duty to hand David over to you."

New English Translation
Now at your own discretion, O king, come down. Delivering him into the king's hand will be our responsibility."

Amplified Bible
"Now then, O king, come down [to Ziph] in accordance with all your heart's desire to do so [and capture him]; and our part shall be to hand him over to the king."

New American Standard Bible
"Now then, O king, come down, since you fully desire to do so; and our part shall be to hand him over to the king."

Geneva Bible (1587)
Nowe therefore, O King, come downe according to all that thine heart can desire, and our part shall be to deliuer him into the Kinges handes.

Legacy Standard Bible
So now, O king, according to all the desire of your soul to come down, come down here; and our part shall be to surrender him into the king's hand."

Contemporary English Version
If you come, we will help you catch him."

Complete Jewish Bible
So now, king, since you've wanted so much to come down, come down! Our part will be to turn him over to you."

Darby Translation
And now, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and it will be for us to deliver him up into the king's hand.

Easy-to-Read Version
Now, King, come down any time you want. It is our duty to give David to you."

George Lamsa Translation
Now therefore, come down against us according to all the desire of your soul, and we shall deliver him into the kings hand.

Good News Translation
We know, Your Majesty, how much you want to capture him; so come to our territory, and we will make sure that you catch him."

Literal Translation
And now, come down according to all the desires of your soul, O king. Come down, and our duty is to deliver him up into the king's hand.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Let the kynge come downe now therfore acordinge to all the desyre of his hert, and we wyll delyuer him in to the kynges hande.

American Standard Version
Now therefore, O king, come down, according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him up into the king's hand.

Bible in Basic English
So now, O king, have your soul's desire and come down, and we, for our part, will give him up into the king's hands.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Nowe therfore O king, thou mayest come downe according to all the lust of thy soule, and our part shalbe to deliuer him into the kinges hande.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Now therefore, O king, come down, according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him up into the king's hand.'

King James Version (1611)
Now therefore, O king, come downe according to all the desire of thy soule to come downe, and our part shall be to deliuer him into the kings hand.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And now according to all the king’s desire to come down, let him come down to us; they have shut him up into the hands of the king.

English Revised Version
Now therefore, O king, come down, according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part shall be to deriver him up into the king’s hand.

Berean Standard Bible
Now, O king, come down whenever your soul desires, and we will be responsible for delivering him into your hands."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Now therfor come thou doun, as thi soule desiride, that thou schuldist come doun; forsothe it schal be oure, that we bitake hym in to the hondis of the kyng.

Young's Literal Translation
And, now, by all the desire of thy soul, O king, to come down, come down, and ours [is] to shut him up into the hand of the king.'

Update Bible Version
Now therefore, O king, come down, according to all the desire of your soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him up into the king's hand.

Webster's Bible Translation
Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part [shall be] to deliver him into the king's hand.

World English Bible
Now therefore, O king, come down, according to all the desire of your soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him up into the king's hand.

New King James Version
Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of your soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him into the king's hand."

New Living Translation
Come down whenever you're ready, O king, and we will catch him and hand him over to you!"

New Life Bible
Now come, O king, as you desire to come. And we will give David into the king's hand."

New Revised Standard
Now, O king, whenever you wish to come down, do so; and our part will be to surrender him into the king's hand."

Douay-Rheims Bible
Now therefore come down, as thy soul hath desired to come down: and it shall be our business to deliver him into the king’s hands.

Revised Standard Version
Now come down, O king, according to all your heart's desire to come down; and our part shall be to surrender him into the king's hand."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Now then, O king, come down according to all the desire of your soul to do so; and our part shall be to surrender him into the king's hand."

Contextual Overview

¹⁹ Then came up the Ziphites unto Saul in Gibeah, saying, - Is not David hiding himself with us, in the strongholds in the thicket, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the right of Jeshimon? ²⁰ Now, therefore, according to all the desire of thy soul O king, to come down, come! and, ours, will it be to surrender him into the hand of the king. ²¹ Then said Saul, Blessed, be ye, of Yahweh, - because ye have taken pity upon me. ²² Go, I pray you, make ready yet further, and get to know and see his place, where may be his track, who hath seen him there, - for it hath been said unto me, Cunning indeed, is, he! ²³ See, then, and get to know - of all the hiding places, where he hideth himself, and return unto me, for certainty, then will I go with you, - and it shall be, if he is in the land, that I will search him out, through all the thousands of Judah. ²⁴ So they arose and departed to Ziph, before Saul, - but, David and his men, were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah, to the right of Jeshimon. ²⁵ Then Saul and his men departed, to seek him ; but it had been told David, and he had gone down the cliff, and taken up his abode in the wilderness of Maon, - and when Saul had, heard it, he pursued David in the wilderness of Maon. ²⁶ And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and, David and his men, on that side of the mountain, - wherefore David became hurried, to get away from the presence of Saul, but, Saul and his men, were surrounding David and his men, to capture then: ²⁷ when, a messenger, came unto Saul, saying, - Haste thee and come! for the Philistines have spread over the land. ²⁸ Then returned Saul from pursuing David, and departed to meet the Philistines, - for which cause, they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth "the Cliff of Separation".

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

all the desire: Deuteronomy 18:6, 2 Samuel 3:21, Psalms 112:10, Proverbs 11:23

our part: 1 Kings 21:11-14, 2 Kings 10:5-7, Psalms 54:3, Proverbs 29:26

Reciprocal: Psalms 31:13 - while Psalms 62:9 - Surely Psalms 119:95 - wicked Psalms 142:4 - refuge Proverbs 24:15 - Lay

Cross-References

Genesis 23:7
And Abraham rose up, and bowed himself down to the people of the land, to the sons of Heth;

Genesis 23:10
Now, Ephron, was sitting in the midst of the sons of Heth, - so Ephron the Hittite responded to Abraham, in the ears of the sons of Heth, even all that were entering the gate of his city, saying:

Genesis 23:14
And Ephron responded to Abraham, saying to him,

Genesis 25:9
And Isaac and Ishmael his sons buried him, in the cave of Machpelah, - in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite, which is over against Mamre;

Genesis 50:5
My father, made me swear saying, - Lo! I, am about to die, - in my grave which I digged for myself in the land of Canaan, there, shalt thou bury me. Now, therefore, let me go up, I pray thee and bury my father, and return.

Genesis 50:13
so his sons carried him to the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, - which Abraham bought - with the field - for a possession of a buryingplace from Ephron the Hittite over against Mamre.

2 Samuel 24:24
But the king said unto Araunah - Nay! but I will, buy, it of thee, for a price, and will not cause to ascend unto Yahweh my God, offerings that have cost me nothing. So David bought the threshing-floor, and the oxen, for fifty shekels of silver;

2 Kings 21:18
And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza, - and, Amon his son, reigned, in his stead.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now therefore, O king, come down,.... From Gibeah to Ziph, and the wilderness of it, where David was:

according to all the desires of thy soul to come down; to seize such a prey which he was greatly desirous of, and of nothing more so than of that according to Abarbinel, the sense is, that the thing was ready in whatever way he should desire it; if he chose to come down himself, and lay hold on him, they invite him to come down; but if he did not choose to come down himself, they would seize him, and bring him to him, and deliver him up into his hand, and so he would be under no necessity of going down after him:

and our part [shall be] to deliver him into the king's hand; this we will take upon us to do, and save the king the trouble of coming down.