1 Samuel 14:7

7 The young man answered, "Whatever you want to do, I'm with you."

1 Samuel 14:7 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 14:7

And his armourbearer said unto him
Very readily and cheerfully:

do all that is in thine heart;
whatever is thy pleasure, that thou hast a mind to do, that is upon thy heart, and thou art desirous of, and strongly inclined and affected to:

turn thee;
which way thou wilt, towards the garrison of the Philistines, or elsewhere:

behold, I am with thee, according to thy heart;
I will go with thee wherever thou goest, and do whatsoever thou wouldest have me to do; I am at thy command, and according to thy wish and desire, and in all things subject to thy will; I am as thine own heart.

1 Samuel 14:7 In-Context

5 One was on the north side of the pass, facing Michmash, and the other was on the south side, facing Geba.

6 Jonathan said to the young man, "Let's cross over to the camp of those heathen Philistines. Maybe the Lord will help us; if he does, nothing can keep him from giving us the victory, no matter how few of us there are."

7 The young man answered, "Whatever you want to do, I'm with you."

8 "All right," Jonathan said. "We will go across and let the Philistines see us.

9 If they tell us to wait for them to come to us, then we will stay where we are.

Footnotes

• [a]. [One ancient translation] you want to do; [Hebrew] you want to do. Turn.