1 Samuel 10:7
New International Version
Once these signs are fulfilled, do whatever your hand finds to do, for God is with you.

New Living Translation
After these signs take place, do what must be done, for God is with you.

English Standard Version
Now when these signs meet you, do what your hand finds to do, for God is with you.

Berean Standard Bible
When these signs have come, do as the occasion demands, for God is with you.

King James Bible
And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, that thou do as occasion serve thee; for God is with thee.

New King James Version
And let it be, when these signs come to you, that you do as the occasion demands; for God is with you.

New American Standard Bible
And it shall be when these signs come to you, do for yourself what the occasion requires, because God is with you.

NASB 1995
“It shall be when these signs come to you, do for yourself what the occasion requires, for God is with you.

NASB 1977
“And it shall be when these signs come to you, do for yourself what the occasion requires; for God is with you.

Legacy Standard Bible
Now it will be when these signs come to you, do for yourself whatever your hand finds to do, for God is with you.

Amplified Bible
When these signs come to you, do for yourself whatever the situation requires, for God is with you.

Christian Standard Bible
When these signs have happened to you, do whatever your circumstances require because God is with you.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When these signs have happened to you, do whatever your circumstances require because God is with you.

American Standard Version
And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, that thou do as occasion shall serve thee; for God is with thee.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And it will be, when these signs will come upon you, use for yourself whatever ability is in your hands, because God is with you

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And it shall come to pass when these signs shall come upon thee, - then do thou whatsoever thy hand shall find, because God is with thee.

Contemporary English Version
After these things happen, do whatever you think is right! God will help you.

Douay-Rheims Bible
When therefore these signs shall happen to thee, do whatsoever thy hand shall find, for the Lord is with thee.

English Revised Version
And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, that thou do as occasion serve thee; for God is with thee.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
When these signs happen to you, do what you must, because God is with you.

Good News Translation
When these things happen, do whatever God leads you to do.

International Standard Version
When these signs occur, do whatever you want to do, because the LORD is with you.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, that thou do as thy hand shall find; for God is with thee.

Literal Standard Version
and it has been, when these signs come to you—do for yourself as your hand finds, for God [is] with you.

Majority Standard Bible
When these signs have come, do as the occasion demands, for God is with you.

New American Bible
When these signs have come to pass, do whatever lies to hand, because God is with you.

NET Bible
"When these signs have taken place, do whatever your hand finds to do, for God will be with you.

New Revised Standard Version
Now when these signs meet you, do whatever you see fit to do, for God is with you.

New Heart English Bible
Let it be, when these signs have come to you, that you do as occasion shall serve you; for God is with you.

Webster's Bible Translation
And let it be, when these signs have come to thee, that thou do as occasion shall serve thee; for God is with thee.

World English Bible
Let it be, when these signs have come to you, that you do what is appropriate for the occasion; for God is with you.

Young's Literal Translation
and it hath been, when these signs come to thee -- do for thyself as thy hand findeth, for God is with thee.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Samuel Anoints Saul
6Then the Spirit of the LORD will rush upon you, and you will prophesy with them; and you will be transformed into a different person. 7 When these signs have come, do as the occasion demands, for God is with you. 8And you shall go before me to Gilgal, and surely I will come to you to offer burnt offerings and to sacrifice peace offerings. Wait seven days until I come to you and show you what you are to do.”…

Cross References
Hebrews 13:5
Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: "Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you."

Joshua 1:5
No one shall stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.

Judges 6:12
And the angel of the LORD appeared to Gideon and said, "The LORD is with you, O mighty man of valor."

Judges 9:33
And in the morning at sunrise, get up and advance against the city. When Gaal and his men come out against you, do to them whatever you are able."

1 Samuel 2:34
And this sign shall come to you concerning your two sons Hophni and Phinehas: They will both die on the same day.

Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.


Treasury of Scripture

And let it be, when these signs are come to you, that you do as occasion serve you; for God is with you.

Exodus 4:8
And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.

Luke 2:12
And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.

John 6:14
Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.

that thou do as occasion, etc.

Judges 9:33
And it shall be, that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, thou shalt rise early, and set upon the city: and, behold, when he and the people that is with him come out against thee, then mayest thou do to them as thou shalt find occasion.

God

Genesis 21:20
And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.

Deuteronomy 20:1
When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the LORD thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

Judges 6:12
And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.

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1 Samuel 10
1. Samuel anoints Saul
2. He confirms him by prediction of three signs
9. Saul's heart is changed, and he prophesies
14. He conceals the matter of the kingdom from his uncle
17. Saul is chosen at Mizpeh by lot
26. The different affections of his subjects














(7) When these signs are come unto thee.--When these varied circumstances have happened to thee, then be sure that the splendid and glorious life which I have foretold as thy lot will assuredly lie before thee in the immediate future. I will give thee no imperious directions by which thou art to shape thy course. Go bravely on; do well and truly whatever thy hand findeth to do, being confident that God will be with thee, and that His glorious Arm shall be thy guide along that road of honour and of peril which thou art destined to travel.

Verse 7. - Do as occasion serve thee. Literally, "do for thyself as thy hand shall find," i.e. follow the lead of circumstances, and do thy best. This is the flood time of thy fortunes; press onward, and the kingdom is thine own, for God is with thee, and success is sure.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
When
כִּ֥י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

these
הָאֵ֖לֶּה (hā·’êl·leh)
Article | Pronoun - common plural
Strong's 428: These, those

signs
הָאֹת֥וֹת (hā·’ō·ṯō·wṯ)
Article | Noun - common plural
Strong's 226: A signal, as a, flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence

have come,
תָבֹ֛אנָה (ṯā·ḇō·nāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

do
עֲשֵׂ֤ה (‘ă·śêh)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

as the occasion
אֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

demands,
תִּמְצָ֣א (tim·ṣā)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present

for
כִּ֥י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

God [is]
הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

with you.
עִמָּֽךְ׃ (‘im·māḵ)
Preposition | second person feminine singular
Strong's 5973: With, equally with


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