1-Samuel - 14:7



7 His armor bearer said to him, "Do all that is in your heart. Turn and, behold, I am with you according to your heart."

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Explanation and meaning of 1-Samuel 14:7.

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And his armourbearer said unto him, Do all that is in thine heart: turn thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy heart.
And his armorbearer said unto him, Do all that is in thy heart: turn thee, behold, I am with thee according to thy heart.
And his armourbearer said to him: Do all that pleaseth thy mind: go whither thou wilt, and I will be with thee wheresoever thou hast a mind.
And his armour-bearer said to him, Do all that is in thy heart; turn thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy heart.
And his armor-bearer said to him, Do all that is in thy heart: turn thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy heart.
And the bearer of his weapons saith to him, 'Do all that is in thy heart; turn for thee; lo, I am with thee, as thine own heart.'
And his servant said to him, Do whatever is in your mind: see, I am with you in every impulse of your heart.
His armor bearer said to him, 'Do all that your heart inclines toward. Look, I am with you, my heart is as your heart.'
And his armor bearer said to him: "Do all that is pleasing to your soul. Go wherever you wish, and I will be with you, wherever you will choose."

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Behold, I am with thee - I shall accompany thee whithersoever thou goest, and share all thy dangers.

And his armourbearer said unto him, Do all that [is] in thine heart: turn thee; behold, (c) I [am] with thee according to thy heart.
(c) I will follow you wherever you go.

And his armourbearer said unto him,.... Very readily and cheerfully:
do all that is in thine heart; whatever is thy pleasure, that thou hast a mind to do, that is upon thy heart, and thou art desirous of, and strongly inclined and affected to:
turn thee; which way thou wilt, towards the garrison of the Philistines, or elsewhere:
behold, I am with thee, according to thy heart; I will go with thee wherever thou goest, and do whatsoever thou wouldest have me to do; I am at thy command, and according to thy wish and desire, and in all things subject to thy will; I am as thine own heart.

As the armour-bearer approved of Jonathan's resolution (לך נטה, turn hither), and was ready to follow him, Jonathan fixed upon a sign by which he would ascertain whether the Lord would prosper his undertaking.

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