1 Samuel 15:20

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

But Saul said to Samuel, 'I did obey the LORD. I went on the mission the LORD assigned me. I brought back Agag, the king of Amalek, and I utterly destroyed the Amalekites.'

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    And Saul said to Samuel, Yes, 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.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of Jehovah, and have gone the way which Jehovah sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    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.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Saul answered Samuel: Yee I haue herkened vnto the voyce of the LORDE, & haue gone the waye that ye LORDE sent me, and broughte Agag the kynge of the Amalechites, & damned the Amalechites:

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And Saul saide vnto Samuel, Yea, I haue obeyed the voyce of the Lorde, and haue gone the way which the Lord sent me, & haue brought Agag the King of Amalek, and haue destroyed the Amalekites.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And Saul sayde vnto Samuel: Yea, I haue hearkened vnto the voyce of the Lorde, and haue gone the way which the Lord sent me vnto, & haue brought Agag the kyng of Amalek, and haue destroyed the Amalekites.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Saul said to Samuel, Yes, I have obeyed the voice of Yahweh, and have gone the way which Yahweh sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And Saul saith unto Samuel, `Because -- I have hearkened to the voice of Jehovah, and I go in the way which Jehovah hath sent me, and bring in Agag king of Amalek, and Amalek I have devoted;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of Jehovah, and have gone the way which Jehovah sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of Jehovah, and have gone the way which Jehovah sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And Saul said, Truly, I have done the orders of the Lord and have gone the way the Lord sent me; I have taken Agag, the king of Amalek, and have given the Amalekites up to destruction.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Saul said to Samuel, "But I have obeyed the voice of Yahweh, and have gone the way which Yahweh sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Then Saul said to Samuel,“But I have obeyed the LORD! I went on the campaign the LORD sent me on. I brought back King Agag of the Amalekites after exterminating the Amalekites.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 15:13 : 13 When Samuel reached him, Saul said, 'Blessed are you of the LORD! I have carried out the LORD's instruction.'
  • Job 33:9 : 9 'I am pure, without sin; I am innocent, and there is no iniquity in me.'
  • Job 34:5 : 5 For Job has said, 'I am righteous, but God has taken away my justice.'
  • Job 35:2 : 2 Do you think this is justice, when you say, 'My righteousness is greater than God's'?
  • Job 40:8 : 8 Would you indeed annul My justice? Would you condemn Me that you may be justified?
  • Matt 19:20 : 20 The young man said to him, "I have kept all these. What do I still lack?"
  • Luke 10:29 : 29 But wishing to justify himself, he asked Jesus, 'And who is my neighbor?'
  • Luke 18:11 : 11 'The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, 'God, I thank you that I am not like other people: robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.'
  • Rom 10:3 : 3 For they are ignorant of the righteousness of God and seek to establish their own; they have not submitted to God’s righteousness.
  • 1 Sam 15:3 : 3 Now go and attack Amalek. Devote to destruction everything they have. Do not spare them; kill men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.'
  • 1 Sam 15:8 : 8 He captured Agag, king of Amalek, alive, but he utterly destroyed all the people with the sword.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 1 Sam 15:1-16
    16 verses
    84%

    1Samuel said to Saul, "The LORD sent me to anoint you as king over His people Israel. Now, listen to the words of the LORD.

    2This is what the LORD of Hosts says: 'I will punish Amalek for what they did to Israel, how they ambushed them on their way up from Egypt.'

    3Now go and attack Amalek. Devote to destruction everything they have. Do not spare them; kill men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.'

    4Saul summoned the people and mustered them at Telaim—200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men of Judah.

    5Saul advanced to the city of Amalek and set up an ambush in the valley.

    6Saul said to the Kenites, 'Go, depart, leave the Amalekites, so that I do not destroy you along with them. For you showed kindness to the Israelites when they came out of Egypt.' So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.

    7Then Saul defeated the Amalekites from Havilah as far as Shur, which is east of Egypt.

    8He captured Agag, king of Amalek, alive, but he utterly destroyed all the people with the sword.

    9Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep, cattle, fatlings, and lambs, and all that was good. They refused to utterly destroy them, but everything despised and worthless, they completely destroyed.

    10Then the word of the LORD came to Samuel, saying:

    11I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from following me and has not carried out my commands. This grieved Samuel, and he cried out to the LORD all night.

    12Early in the morning, Samuel got up to meet Saul, but he was told, 'Saul went to Carmel and has set up a monument in his own honor. Then he turned and went down to Gilgal.'

    13When Samuel reached him, Saul said, 'Blessed are you of the LORD! I have carried out the LORD's instruction.'

    14But Samuel said, 'What is this sound of sheep and cattle that I hear?'

    15Saul answered, 'They brought them from the Amalekites; the people spared the best of the sheep and cattle to sacrifice to the LORD your God, but the rest we have utterly destroyed.'

    16Then Samuel said to Saul, 'Stop! Let me tell you what the LORD said to me last night.' Saul replied, 'Speak.'

  • 1 Sam 15:18-19
    2 verses
    83%

    18And the LORD sent you on a mission, saying, 'Go and utterly destroy the sinful Amalekites; wage war against them until you completely wipe them out.'

    19Why then did you not obey the LORD? Why did you rush for the spoil and do what is evil in the eyes of the LORD?

  • 1 Sam 15:30-34
    5 verses
    79%

    30Saul replied, 'I have sinned, but please honor me now in front of the elders of my people and before Israel. Come back with me so that I may worship the LORD your God.'

    31So Samuel went back with Saul, and Saul worshiped the LORD.

    32Then Samuel said, 'Bring Agag, king of Amalek, to me.' Agag came to him cheerfully, thinking, 'Surely the bitterness of death is past.'

    33Samuel said, 'As your sword has made women childless, so will your mother be childless among women.' Then Samuel cut Agag to pieces before the LORD at Gilgal.

    34Then Samuel went to Ramah, but Saul went up to his home in Gibeah of Saul.

  • 1 Sam 15:21-22
    2 verses
    78%

    21But the people took sheep and cattle from the plunder—the best of what was devoted to destruction—to sacrifice to the LORD your God in Gilgal.

    22Then Samuel said, 'Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams.'

  • 1 Sam 15:24
    76%

    24Then Saul said to Samuel, 'I have sinned. I disregarded the command of the LORD and your words, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.'

  • 1 Sam 28:17-18
    2 verses
    76%

    17The LORD has done as he spoke through me. He has torn the kingdom out of your hand and given it to your neighbor, to David.

    18Because you did not obey the voice of the LORD or carry out his fierce wrath against Amalek, the LORD has done this to you today.

  • 1 Sam 14:48
    75%

    48He fought valiantly and defeated the Amalekites, delivering Israel from the hands of those who had plundered them.

  • 1 Sam 28:21
    73%

    21When the woman came to Saul and saw that he was greatly distressed, she said to him, "Behold, your servant has obeyed you. I have taken my life in my hands and done as you requested.

  • 1 Sam 13:10-13
    4 verses
    72%

    10Just as he finished offering the burnt sacrifice, Samuel came. Saul went out to meet him and to greet him.

    11Samuel said, "What have you done?" Saul answered, "When I saw that the people were scattering from me, and you did not come within the appointed days, and that the Philistines were assembling at Michmash,

    12I said, 'Now the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal, and I have not sought the Lord’s favor.' So I forced myself and offered the burnt offering."

    13Samuel said to Saul, "You have acted foolishly. You have not kept the command of the Lord your God, which He gave you. If you had, the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever.

  • 1 Sam 16:2
    72%

    2Samuel said, "How can I go? If Saul hears about it, he will kill me." The LORD replied, "Take a young cow with you and say, 'I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.'

  • 1 Sam 15:26
    72%

    26But Samuel replied to Saul, 'I will not go back with you, because you have rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD has rejected you from being king over Israel.'

  • 1 Sam 28:15
    71%

    15Samuel said to Saul, "Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?" Saul answered, "I am deeply distressed. The Philistines are waging war against me, and God has turned away from me. He no longer answers me, not by prophets or by dreams. Therefore, I have called upon you to tell me what I should do."

  • 1 Sam 12:1
    71%

    1Then Samuel said to all Israel, 'Here I am; I have listened to you in everything you have said to me, and I have set a king over you.'

  • 1 Sam 11:12
    71%

    12Then the people said to Samuel, "Who was it that said, 'Shall Saul reign over us?' Bring those men to us, and we will put them to death."

  • 2 Sam 1:8-9
    2 verses
    70%

    8He asked me, 'Who are you?' I answered him, 'I am an Amalekite.'

    9He said to me, 'Please stand over me and kill me, for I am in agony and my life still lingers in me.'

  • 1 Sam 22:12
    70%

    12Saul said, 'Listen now, son of Ahitub!' And he replied, 'Here I am, my lord.'

  • 1 Sam 9:15
    70%

    15Now the LORD had revealed to Samuel the day before Saul came,

  • 1 Sam 17:57
    70%

    57As soon as David returned from killing the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul, with the Philistine's head still in his hand.

  • 1 Sam 12:20
    70%

    20Samuel said to the people, 'Do not be afraid. You have done all this evil, yet do not turn away from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart.'

  • 1 Chr 10:11
    69%

    11When all the people of Jabesh-Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul, they acted.

  • 2 Sam 22:38
    69%

    38I pursued my enemies and destroyed them, and I did not turn back until they were consumed.

  • 1 Sam 14:38
    69%

    38Then Saul said, 'Come here, all you chiefs of the people. Investigate and find out what sin has been committed today.

  • 2 Sam 1:13
    69%

    13David said to the young man who brought him the report, 'Where are you from?' He answered, 'I am the son of an Amalekite sojourner.'

  • Deut 25:19
    69%

    19Therefore, when the LORD your God has given you rest from all your enemies around you in the land He is giving you as an inheritance to possess, you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven. Do not forget!