King James Version (KJV)
1 Samuel 14:9
“If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you; then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them.”
Verse in context — 1 Samuel 14
And his armourbearer said unto him, Do all that [is] in thine heart: turn thee; behold, I [am] with thee according to thy heart.
Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto [these] men, and we will discover ourselves unto them.
If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you; then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them.
But if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we will go up: for the LORD hath delivered them into our hand: and this [shall be] a sign unto us.
And both of them discovered themselves unto the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves.
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