1 Samuel 14:40 - Revised Standard Version CI

⁴⁰ Then he said to all Israel, “You shall be on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side.” And the people said to Saul, “Do what seems good to you.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴⁰ Then said he unto all Israel, Be ye on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side. And the people said unto Saul, Do what seemeth good unto thee.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴⁰ Then he said to all Israel, You be on one side; and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side. The people said to Saul, Do what seems good to you.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴⁰ Then said he unto all Israel, Be ye on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side. And the people said unto Saul, Do what seemeth good unto thee.

Common English Bible

⁴⁰ So Saul said to all Israel, “You be on one side, and my son Jonathan and I will be on the other.” “Do whatever you think is best,” the troops said.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴⁰ And he said to all of Israel, "Separate yourselves on one side, and I, with my son Jonathan, will be on the other side." And the people responded to Saul, "Do what seems good in your eyes."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴⁰ And he said to all Israel: Be you on one side, and I with Jonathan my son will be on the other side. And the people answered Saul: Do what seemeth good in thy eyes.

1 Samuel 14:40 Cross References

2 Samuel 15:15

And the king's servants said to the king, “Behold, your servants are ready to do whatever my lord the king decides.”

1 Samuel 1:23

Elkanah her husband said to her, “Do what seems best to you, wait until you have weaned him; only, may the Lord establish his word.” So the woman remained and nursed her son, until she weaned him.

1 Samuel 14:36

Then Saul said, “Let us go down after the Philistines by night and despoil them until the morning light; let us not leave a man of them.” And they said, “Do whatever seems good to you.” But the priest said, “Let us draw near hither to God.”

1 Samuel 14:39

For as the Lord lives who saves Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die.” But there was not a man among all the people that answered him.

1 Samuel 14:41

Therefore Saul said, “O Lord God of Israel, why hast thou not answered thy servant this day? If this guilt is in me or in Jonathan my son, O Lord, God of Israel, give Urim; but if this guilt is in thy people Israel, give Thummim.” And Jonathan and Saul were taken, but the people escaped.

1 Samuel 14:7

And his armor-bearer said to him, “Do all that your mind inclines to; behold, I am with you, as is your mind so is mine.”