1 Samuel 23:20 - The Scriptures 2009

²⁰ “And now, O sovereign, by all the desire of your being, come down, come down, and our part is to surrender him into the sovereign’s hand.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ Now come down, O king, according to all your heart's desire to come down, and our part shall be to deliver him into the king's hands.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ 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.

Common English Bible

²⁰ “So whenever you want to come down, Your Majesty, do it! Leave it to us to hand him over to the king.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ Now therefore, if your soul has desired to descend, then descend. Then it will be for us to deliver him into the hands of the king."

1 Samuel 23:20 Cross References

1 Samuel 23:12

And Dawiḏ said, “Are the landowners of Qe‛ilah going to surrender me and my men into the hand of Sha’ul?” And יהוה said, “They are going to surrender you.”

Proverbs 29:26

Many seek the face of a ruler, But right-ruling for man comes from יהוה.

Proverbs 11:23

The desire of the righteous is only good, The expectancy of the wrong is wrath.

Psalm 112:10

Rĕsh The wrong one sees it and shall be vexed; Shin He gnashes his teeth and shall melt. Taw The desire of the wrong ones does perish.

Psalm 54:3

For strangers have risen up against me, And cruel men have sought after my life; They have not set Elohim before them. Selah.

2 Samuel 3:21

And Aḇnĕr said to Dawiḏ, “Let me arise and go, and gather all Yisra’ĕl to my master the sovereign, and let them make a covenant with you, and you shall reign over all that your being desires.” And Dawiḏ sent Aḇnĕr away, and he went in peace.

Deuteronomy 18:6

“And when the Lĕwite comes from one of your gates, from where he has sojourned among all Yisra’ĕl, and shall come with all the desire of his being to the place which יהוה chooses,

1 Samuel 23:21

And Sha’ul said, “Blessed are you of יהוה, for you have sympathy with me.

Proverbs 24:15

Do not lie in wait, O wrong one, Against the dwelling of the righteous; Do not ravage his resting place;