1 Samuel 14:10
Good News Translation
But if they tell us to go to them, then we will, because that will be the sign that the LORD has given us victory over them."

New Revised Standard Version
But if they say, ‘Come up to us,’ then we will go up; for the LORD has given them into our hand. That will be the sign for us.”

Contemporary English Version
But we will go if they tell us to come up the hill and fight. That will mean the LORD is going to help us win."

New American Bible
But if they say, ‘Come up to us,’ we will go up, because the LORD has delivered them into our hand. That will be our sign.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
But if they shall say: Come up to us: let us go up, because the Lord hath delivered them into our hands, this shall be a sign unto us.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But if they shall say: Come up to us: let us go up, because the Lord hath delivered them into our hands, this shall be a sign unto us.

this shall be a sign

1 Samuel 10:7 When therefore these signs shall happen to thee, do whatsoever thy hand shall find, for the Lord is with thee.

Genesis 24:14 Now, therefore, the maid to whom I shall say: Let down thy pitcher that I may drink: and she shall answer, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let it be the same whom thou hast provided for thy servant Isaac: and by this, I shall understand that thou hast shewn kindness to my master.

Judges 7:11 And when thou shalt hear what they are saying, then shall thy hands be strengthened, and thou shalt go down more secure to the enemies' camp. And he went down with Phara his servant, into part of the camp, where was the watch of men in arms.

Isaiah 7:11-14 Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God, either unto the depth of hell, or unto the height above. . . .

Context
Jonathan's Victory over the Philistines
9If they shall speak thus to us: Stay till we come to you: let us stand still in our place, and not go up to them. 10But if they shall say: Come up to us: let us go up, because the Lord hath delivered them into our hands, this shall be a sign unto us.11So both of them discovered themselves to the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said: Behold the Hebrews come forth out of the holes wherein they were hid.…
Cross References
Genesis 24:14
Now, therefore, the maid to whom I shall say: Let down thy pitcher that I may drink: and she shall answer, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let it be the same whom thou hast provided for thy servant Isaac: and by this, I shall understand that thou hast shewn kindness to my master.

Judges 6:36
And Gedeon said to God: If thou wilt save Israel by my hand, as thou hast said,

Judges 7:11
And when thou shalt hear what they are saying, then shall thy hands be strengthened, and thou shalt go down more secure to the enemies' camp. And he went down with Phara his servant, into part of the camp, where was the watch of men in arms.

1 Samuel 14:9
If they shall speak thus to us: Stay till we come to you: let us stand still in our place, and not go up to them.

1 Samuel 14:9
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