Let it be, when these signs have come to you, that you do what is appropriate for the occasion; for God is with you.
Parallel translations
- KJV And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, that thou do as occasion serve thee; for God is with thee.
- BSB When these signs have come, do as the occasion demands, for God is with you.
- NKJV And let it be, when these signs come to you, that you do as the occasion demands; for God is with you.
- NASB And it shall be when these signs come to you, do for yourself what the occasion requires, because God is with you.
- NLT After these signs take place, do what must be done, for God is with you.
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Quick answer
Once the signs come true, Saul is free to act as the occasion requires, because God is with him. His commission is grounded in God's presence.
Overview
Samuel gives Saul both confirmation and a charge: act decisively, since God himself stands behind him. 'God is with you' is the assurance that undergirds every faithful leader in Scripture. Yet verse 8 immediately attaches a condition, showing that Saul's freedom to act must still be exercised in obedient dependence on the Lord and His prophet.
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- Judg 6:12Yahweh’s angel appeared to him, and said to him, “Yahweh is with you, you mighty man of valor!”
- Josh 1:5No man will be able to stand before you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not fail you nor forsake you.
- Exod 4:8“It will happen, if they will not believe you or listen to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.
- Isa 7:14Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin will conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
- Heb 13:5Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”
- Matt 28:20teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
- Deut 20:1When you go out to battle against your enemies, and see horses, chariots, and a people more than you, you shall not be afraid of them; for Yahweh your God is with you, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
- Luke 2:12This is the sign to you: you will find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth, lying in a feeding trough.”
- Gen 21:20God was with the boy, and he grew. He lived in the wilderness, and became, as he grew up, an archer.
- Eccl 9:10Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.
- Judg 9:33It shall be that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, you shall rise early, and rush on the city. Behold, when he and the people who are with him come out against you, then may you do to them as you shall find occasion.”
- Matt 1:23“Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall give birth to a son. They shall call his name Immanuel”; which is, being interpreted, “God with us.”
- John 6:14When therefore the people saw the sign which Jesus did, they said, “This is truly the prophet who comes into the world.”
- Isa 45:1–2Yahweh says to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have held, to subdue nations before him, and strip kings of their armor; to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut:
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