1 Samuel 15:20
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And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the Lord, and have gone the way which the Lord sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.“But I did obey the LORD,” Saul replied. “I went on the mission that the LORD gave me. I brought back Agag king of Amalek and devoted the Amalekites to destruction.
In other translations
And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the Lord, and have gone the way which the Lord sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.“But I did obey the LORD,” Saul replied. “I went on the mission that the LORD gave me. I brought back Agag king of Amalek and devoted the Amalekites to destruction.
Hebrew words
וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559שָׁאוּלsha'ulSaulH7586אֶל־'el-toH413שְׁמוּאֵלshemu'elSamuelH8050אֲשֶׁר'asherthatH834שָׁמַעְתִּיshama'tiI listenedH8085בְּקוֹלbekolto [the] voice ofH6963יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068וָאֵלֵךְva'elekhand I wentH1980בַּדֶּרֶךְbaderekhon the journeyH1870אֲשֶׁר־'asher-whichH834שְׁלָחַנִיshelachanihe sent meH7971יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068וָאָבִיאva'avi'and I broughtH935אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853אֲגַג'agagAgagH90מֶלֶךְmelekh[the] king ofH4428עֲמָלֵק'amalekAmalekH6002וְאֶת־ve'etand <obj.>H853עֲמָלֵק'amalekAmalekH6002הֶחֱרַמְתִּי׃hecheramtiI totally destroyedH2763
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- 1 Samuel 15:13And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the Lord: I have performed the commandment of the Lord.When Samuel reached him, Saul said to him, “May the LORD bless you. I have carried out the LORD’s instructions.”
- Matthew 19:20The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?“All these I have kept,” said the young man. “What do I still lack?”
- Romans 10:3For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.
- Job 35:2Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God’s?“Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am more righteous than God.’
- Job 33:9I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me.‘I am pure, without transgression; I am clean, with no iniquity in me.
- Job 34:5For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.For Job has declared, ‘I am righteous, yet God has deprived me of justice.
- Luke 10:29But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
- 1 Samuel 15:8And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.He captured Agag king of Amalek alive, but devoted all the others to destruction with the sword.
- Luke 18:11The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like the other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.
- 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.’”
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