1 Samuel 11:9 - Plain English Version

⁹ Those men told the messengers from Jabesh, “Tell that Jabesh mob, ‘Tomorrow morning we will hunt away that Ammon mob and then rescue you mob before the middle of the day.’ ” The Jabesh mob heard that, and they were very happy.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, To morrow, by that time the sun be hot, ye shall have help. And the messengers came and shewed it to the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ The messengers who came were told, Say to the men of Jabesh-gilead, Tomorrow, by the time the sun is hot, you shall have help. The messengers came and reported to the men of Jabesh, and they were glad.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, To-morrow, by the time the sun is hot, ye shall have deliverance. And the messengers came and told the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.

Common English Bible

⁹ The messengers who had come were then told, “Say this to the people of Jabesh-gilead: Tomorrow by the time the sun is hot, you will be saved.” When the messengers returned and reported this to the people of Jabesh, they were overjoyed.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ And they said to the messengers who had arrived: "So shall you say to the men who are of Jabesh Gilead: 'Tomorrow, when the sun will be hot, you shall have salvation.' " Therefore, the messengers went and announced it to the men of Jabesh, who became joyful.

1 Samuel 11:9 Cross References

1 Samuel 11:10

So they sent a messenger back to the boss from Ammon, to tell him a lie, and say, “Tomorrow we will give ourselves to you. You can do whatever you like to us then.”

1 Samuel 11:8

Saul gathered them all together at a place called Bezek. 300,000 men came from the Israel mob and 30,000 came from the Judah mob.

1 Samuel 31:11

The people from another place called Jabesh, in the Gilead country, they heard the bad news too. They remembered that Saul helped them before. They were very upset about the bad things the Philistia mob did to Saul.