When these signs have come, do as the occasion demands, for God is with you.
Parallel translations
- WEB Let it be, when these signs have come to you, that you do what is appropriate for the occasion; for God is with you.
- KJV And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, that thou do as occasion serve thee; for God is with thee.
- 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 6:12And the angel of the LORD appeared to Gideon and said, “The LORD is with you, O mighty man of valor.”
- Josh 1:5No 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.
- Exod 4:8And the LORD said, “If they refuse to believe you or heed the witness of the first sign, they may believe that of the second.
- Isa 7:14Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel.
- Heb 13:5Keep 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.”
- Matt 28:20and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
- Deut 20:1When you go out to war against your enemies and see horses, chariots, and an army larger than yours, do not be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, is with you.
- Luke 2:12And this will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.”
- Gen 21:20And God was with the boy, and he grew up and settled in the wilderness and became a great archer.
- Eccl 9:10Whatever 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.
- Judg 9:33And 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.”
- Matt 1:23“Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call Him Immanuel” (which means, “God with us”).
- John 6:14When the people saw the sign that Jesus had performed, they began to say, “Truly this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.”
- Isa 45:1–2This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to disarm kings, to open the doors before him, so that the gates will not be shut:
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