His armor-bearer replied, “Do all that is in your heart. Go ahead; I am with you heart and soul.”
Parallel translations
- WEB His armor bearer said to him, “Do all that is in your heart. Turn and, behold, I am with you according to your heart.”
- 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.
- 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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Quick answer
Jonathan's armor bearer pledges full loyalty, ready to follow him in whatever he undertakes.
Overview
The armor bearer's wholehearted support models faithful companionship and shared courage in God's cause. His willingness to risk everything alongside Jonathan reflects unity of heart and purpose. Such loyalty, joined to faith, becomes the human instrument through which God works a great deliverance for Israel.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- 2 Sam 7:3And Nathan replied to the king, “Go and do all that is in your heart, for the LORD is with you.”
- Zech 8:23This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “In those days ten men from the nations of every tongue will tightly grasp the robe of a Jew, saying, ‘Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.’”
- 1 Sam 10:7When these signs have come, do as the occasion demands, for God is with you.
- Ps 46:7The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
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The rise of the anointed king after Israel's failed first choice points to the true Anointed One (Messiah means 'anointed'), the shepherd-king after God's own heart from Bethlehem.
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