20Now therefore, O king, come down, according to all the desire of your soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him up into the king's hand.|


In Context

17 He said to him, |Don't be afraid; for the hand of Saul my father shall not find you; and you shall be king over Israel, and I shall be next to you; and that also Saul my father knows.|

18 They both made a covenant before Yahweh: and David stayed in the woods, and Jonathan went to his house.

19 Then the Ziphites came up to Saul to Gibeah, saying, |Doesn't David hide himself with us in the strongholds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of the desert?

20 Now therefore, O king, come down, according to all the desire of your soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him up into the king's hand.|

21 Saul said, |You are blessed by Yahweh; for you have had compassion on me.

22 Please go make yet more sure, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who has seen him there; for it is told me that he deals very subtly.

1 Samuel 23:20 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:20Now, O king, come down whenever it pleases you to do so, and we will be responsible for handing him over to the king."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:20Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part [shall be] to deliver him into the king’s hand.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:20Now therefore come down, as thy soul hath desired to come down: and it shall be our business to deliver him into the king's hands.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:20Now therefore, O king, come down, according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him up into the king's hand.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:20And now, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and it will be for us to deliver him up into the king's hand.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:20Now therefore, O king, come down, according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part shall be to deriver him up into the king's hand.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:20Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him into the king's hand.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:20And, now, by all the desire of thy soul, O king, to come down, come down, and ours is to shut him up into the hand of the king.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:20Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of your soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him into the king's hand.