1 Samuel 15:11
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It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the Lord all night.“I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from following Me and has not carried out My instructions.” And Samuel was distressed and cried out to the LORD all that night.
In other translations
It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the Lord all night.“I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from following Me and has not carried out My instructions.” And Samuel was distressed and cried out to the LORD all that night.
Hebrew words
נִחַמְתִּיnichamtiI regretH5162כִּי־ki-thatH3588הִמְלַכְתִּיhimlakhtiI have made kingH4427אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853שָׁאוּלsha'ulSaulH7586לְמֶלֶךְlemelekhto kingH4428כִּי־ki-forH3588שָׁבshavhe has turned backH7725מֵאַחֲרַיme'acharaifrom after meH310וְאֶת־ve'etand <obj.>H853דְּבָרַיdevaraiwords myH1697לֹאlo'notH3808הֵקִיםhekimhe has carried outH6965וַיִּחַרvaiyicharand it burnedH2734לִשְׁמוּאֵלlishmu'elto SamuelH8050וַיִּזְעַקvaiyiz'akand he cried outH2199אֶל־'el-toH413יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068כָּל־kol-allH3605הַלָּיְלָה׃halayelahthe nightH3915
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Genesis 6:6And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.And the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.
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- 2 Samuel 24:16And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the Lord was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.But when the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
- Psalm 119:136Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed.
- 1 Samuel 15:9But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.Saul and his troops spared Agag, along with the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves and lambs, and the best of everything else. They were unwilling to destroy them, but they devoted to destruction all that was despised and worthless.
- 1 Samuel 15:3Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.Now go and attack the Amalekites and devote to destruction all that belongs to them. Do not spare them, but put to death men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”
- Jeremiah 9:18And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.Let them come quickly and take up a lament over us, that our eyes may overflow with tears, and our eyelids may gush with water.
- Psalm 36:3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing.
- 1 Samuel 15:35-16:1And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the Lord repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.And to the day of his death, Samuel never again visited Saul. Samuel mourned for Saul, and the LORD regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel.
- Psalm 109:4For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.
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