His armor bearer said to him, “Do all that is in your heart. Turn and, behold, I am with you according to your heart.”
Parallel translations
- KJV And his armourbearer said unto him, Do all that is in thine heart: turn thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy heart.
- BSB His armor-bearer replied, “Do all that is in your heart. Go ahead; I am with you heart and soul.”
- NKJV So his armorbearer said to him, “Do all that is in your heart. Go then; here I am with you, according to your heart.”
- NASB His armor bearer said to him, “Do everything that is in your heart; turn yourself to it, and here I am with you, as your heart desires.”
- NLT “Do what you think is best,” the armor bearer replied. “I’m with you completely, whatever you decide.”
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- 2 Sam 7:3Nathan said to the king, “Go, do all that is in your heart; for Yahweh is with you.”
- Zech 8:23Yahweh of Armies says: “In those days, ten men will take hold, out of all the languages of the nations, they will take hold of the skirt of him who is a Jew, saying, ‘We will go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.’”
- 1 Sam 10:7Let it be, when these signs have come to you, that you do what is appropriate for the occasion; for God is with you.
- Ps 46:7Yahweh of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
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