1 Samuel 15:18
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And the Lord sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.and sent you on a mission, saying, ‘Go and devote to destruction the sinful Amalekites. Fight against them until you have wiped them out.’
In other translations
And the Lord sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.and sent you on a mission, saying, ‘Go and devote to destruction the sinful Amalekites. Fight against them until you have wiped them out.’
Hebrew words
וַיִּשְׁלָחֲךָvaiyishlachakhaand he sent youH7971יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068בְּדָרֶךְbedarekhon a journeyH1870וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559לֵךְlekhgoH1980וְהַחֲרַמְתָּהvehacharamtahand you will totally destroyH2763אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853הַחַטָּאִיםhachata'imthe sinnersH2400אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853עֲמָלֵק'amalekAmalekH6002וְנִלְחַמְתָּvenilchamtaand you will wage warH3898בוֹvoagainst <the> itעַד'aduntilH5704כַּלּוֹתָםkalotamdestroy theyH3615אֹתָם׃'otam<obj.> themH853
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Related verses
- Proverbs 10:29The way of the Lord is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.The way of the LORD is a refuge to the upright, but destruction awaits those who do evil.
- Job 31:3Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?Does not disaster come to the unjust and calamity to the workers of iniquity?
- Numbers 16:38The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the Lord, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.As for the censers of those who sinned at the cost of their own lives, hammer them into sheets to overlay the altar, for these were presented before the LORD, and so have become holy. They will serve as a sign to the Israelites.”
- Genesis 13:13But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly.But the men of Sodom were wicked, sinning greatly against the LORD.
- Genesis 15:16But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”
- Proverbs 13:21Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.Disaster pursues sinners, but prosperity is the reward of the righteous.
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