1 Samuel 15:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

And Saul said to the Kenites, Go, depart, get down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for you showed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Saul 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.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And Saul{H7586} said{H559} unto the Kenites,{H7017} Go,{H3212} depart,{H5493} get you down{H3381} from among{H8432} the Amalekites,{H6002} lest I destroy{H622} you with them; for ye showed{H6213} kindness{H2617} to all the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} when they came up{H5927} out of Egypt.{H4714} So the Kenites{H7017} departed{H5493} from among{H8432} the Amalekites.{H6003}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And Saul{H7586} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto the Kenites{H7017}, Go{H3212}{(H8798)}, depart{H5493}{(H8798)}, get you down{H3381}{(H8798)} from among{H8432} the Amalekites{H6002}, lest I destroy{H622}{(H8799)} you with them: for ye shewed{H6213}{(H8804)} kindness{H2617} to all the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}, when they came up{H5927}{(H8800)} out of Egypt{H4714}. So the Kenites{H7017} departed{H5493}{(H8799)} from among{H8432} the Amalekites{H6003}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    and sayde vnto ye Kenites: Get you hence, departe, and go downe from ye Amalechites, yt I smyte you not with them, for ye shewed mercy vnto all the children of Israel, wha they departed out of Egipte. So the Kenites gat them awaye from amonge the Amalechites.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And Saul said vnto the Kenites, Goe, depart, and get you downe from among the Amalekites, least I destroy you with them: for ye shewed mercie to all the children of Israel, when they came vp from Egypt: and the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And Saul saide vnto the Kenites: Go, & depart, & get you downe from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewed mercie to all the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt. And so the Kenites departed from among ye Amalekites.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Saul said to the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them; for you shown kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and Saul saith unto the Kenite, `Go, turn aside, go down from the midst of Amalek, lest I consume thee with it, and thou didst kindness with all the sons of Israel, in their going up out of Egypt;' and the Kenite turneth aside from the midst of Amalek.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them; for ye showed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them; for ye showed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And Saul said to the Kenites, Go away, take yourselves out from among the Amalekites, or destruction will overtake you with them: for you were kind to the children of Israel when they came out of Egypt. So the Kenites went away from among the Amalekites.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Saul said to the Kenites, "Go, depart, go down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them; for you showed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt." So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Saul said to the Kenites,“Go on and leave! Go down from among the Amalekites! Otherwise I will sweep you away with them! After all, you were kind to all the Israelites when they came up from Egypt.” So the Kenites withdrew from among the Amalekites.

Referenced Verses

  • Judg 1:16 : 16 And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, went up out of the City of Palms with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lies in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.
  • Exod 18:19 : 19 Listen now to my voice; I will give you counsel, and God will be with you. Be for the people a representative to God, that you may bring the causes to God.
  • Num 10:29-32 : 29 And Moses said to Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law, We are journeying to the place which the LORD said, I will give it to you: come with us, and we will do you good: for the LORD has spoken good concerning Israel. 30 And he said to him, I will not go; but I will depart to my own land, and to my kindred. 31 And he said, Do not leave us, I pray you; for you know how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and you may be to us instead of eyes. 32 And it shall be, if you go with us, yes, it shall be, that whatever good the LORD shall do to us, the same we will do to you.
  • Exod 18:9-9 : 9 And Jethro rejoiced for all the good which the LORD had done for Israel, whom He had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians. 10 And Jethro said, Blessed be the LORD, who has delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who has delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.
  • Num 24:21-22 : 21 And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is your dwelling place, and you put your nest in a rock. 22 Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry you away captive.
  • Judg 4:11 : 11 Now Heber the Kenite, of the children of Hobab, the father-in-law of Moses, had separated himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent by the great tree in Zaanaim, which is near Kedesh.
  • 1 Sam 27:10 : 10 And Achish said, Where have you made a raid today? And David said, Against the south of Judah, against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.
  • 1 Chr 2:55 : 55 And the families of the scribes that lived at Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.
  • Prov 9:6 : 6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
  • Acts 2:40 : 40 And with many other words he testified and encouraged them, saying, 'Save yourselves from this perverse generation.'
  • 2 Cor 6:17 : 17 Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, and I will receive you.
  • 2 Tim 1:16 : 16 The Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chain;
  • Rev 18:14 : 14 And the fruits that your soul longed for have departed from you, and all things which were luxurious and splendid have departed from you, and you shall find them no more at all.
  • Judg 5:24 : 24 Blessed above women shall Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, be; blessed shall she be above women in the tent.
  • Gen 18:25 : 25 Far be it from you to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be as the wicked; far be it from you! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
  • Gen 19:12-16 : 12 And the men said to Lot, Do you have anyone else here? Son-in-law, your sons, your daughters, and anyone you have in the city, bring them out of this place. 13 For we will destroy this place, because the outcry against them has grown great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD has sent us to destroy it. 14 So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who had married his daughters, and said, Get up, get out of this place, for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed to his sons-in-law as one who mocked. 15 And when the morning dawned, the angels urged Lot, saying, Arise, take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be consumed in the iniquity of the city. 16 And while he lingered, the men grabbed his hand, his wife's hand, and the hands of his two daughters, the LORD being merciful to him, and they brought him out and set him outside the city.
  • Num 16:26-27 : 26 And he spoke to the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be consumed in all their sins. 27 So they got up from the dwelling of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the door of their tents, with their wives, their sons, and their little children.
  • Num 16:34 : 34 And all Israel that were around them fled at their cry: for they said, Lest the earth swallows us up also.

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 15:7-10
    4 verses
    81%

    7 And Saul struck the Amalekites from Havilah until you come to Shur, which is opposite Egypt.

    8 And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

    9 But 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 were not willing to utterly destroy them: but everything that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.

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

  • 1 Sam 15:5
    77%

    5 And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and lay in wait in the valley.

  • 1 Sam 15:18-21
    4 verses
    76%

    18 And the LORD sent you on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are consumed.

    19 Why then did you not obey the voice of the LORD, but flew upon the spoil, and did evil in the sight of the LORD?

    20 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.

    21 But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice to the LORD your God in Gilgal.

  • 1 Sam 15:1-3
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    76%

    1 Samuel also said to Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint you to be king over His people, over Israel: now therefore listen to the voice of the words of the LORD.

    2 Thus says the LORD of hosts, I remember what Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him on the way, when he came up from Egypt.

    3 Now go and strike Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but kill both man and woman, infant and nursing child, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.

  • 1 Sam 15:15
    76%

    15 And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice to the LORD your God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.

  • 1 Sam 14:48
    73%

    48 He gathered an army, struck the Amalekites, and delivered Israel from those who plundered them.

  • Deut 25:17-19
    3 verses
    73%

    17 Remember what Amalek did to you on the way, when you came forth out of Egypt;

    18 How he met you on the way and attacked your rear, all who were feeble behind you, when you were faint and weary; and he did not fear God.

    19 Therefore it shall be, when the LORD your God has given you rest from all your enemies all around, in the land which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance to possess, that you shall blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; you shall not forget it.

  • Gen 15:19
    72%

    19 The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,

  • 1 Sam 28:18
    71%

    18 Because you did not obey the voice of the LORD, nor execute his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore the LORD has done this thing to you today.

  • Num 24:20-22
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    71%

    20 And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations, but his latter end shall be that he perish forever.

    21 And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is your dwelling place, and you put your nest in a rock.

    22 Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry you away captive.

  • Num 14:43
    71%

    43 For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and you shall fall by the sword: because you have turned away from the LORD, therefore the LORD will not be with you.

  • Judg 1:16
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    16 And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, went up out of the City of Palms with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lies in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.

  • 1 Chr 4:43
    70%

    43 And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that had escaped, and dwelt there to this day.

  • 1 Sam 23:13
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    13 Then David and his men, who were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went wherever they could go. And it was told Saul that David had escaped from Keilah; and he refrained from going forth.

  • 1 Sam 27:10
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    10 And Achish said, Where have you made a raid today? And David said, Against the south of Judah, against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.

  • Judg 6:3
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    3 And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them;

  • 1 Sam 14:36
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    36 Saul said, "Let us go down after the Philistines by night and take spoil among them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man among them." They said, "Do whatever seems good to you." Then the priest said, "Let us draw near to God here."

  • Num 14:25
    69%

    25 (Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) Tomorrow turn you, and get into the wilderness by the way of the Red Sea.

  • Judg 4:11
    69%

    11 Now Heber the Kenite, of the children of Hobab, the father-in-law of Moses, had separated himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent by the great tree in Zaanaim, which is near Kedesh.

  • 2 Sam 2:6
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    6 And now the LORD show kindness and truth to you: and I also will repay you this kindness, because you have done this thing.

  • 1 Sam 14:46
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    46 Then Saul stopped pursuing the Philistines, and the Philistines went to their own place.

  • Gen 14:7
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    7 And they returned and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh, and struck all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelled in Hazezontamar.

  • 1 Sam 15:32
    68%

    32 Then said Samuel, Bring here to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came to him delicately, and Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.

  • Exod 17:8
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    8 Then Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim.

  • 2 Sam 7:15
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    15 But my mercy shall not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before you.

  • 2 Sam 9:1
    67%

    1 And David said, Is there still anyone left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan's sake?

  • 1 Sam 23:21
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    21 And Saul said, Blessed be you of the LORD; for you have compassion on me.

  • Num 14:45
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    45 Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites who dwelt in that hill, and struck them, and beat them down, even to Hormah.

  • 1 Sam 9:5
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    5 And when they came to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant who was with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father stop caring about the donkeys and become worried about us.

  • 2 Sam 1:13
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    13 And David said to the young man who told him, Where are you from? And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.

  • 1 Sam 15:26-27
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    67%

    26 And Samuel said to Saul, I will not return with you: for you have rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD has rejected you from being king over Israel.

    27 And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it tore.

  • 1 Sam 14:21
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    21 Moreover, the Hebrews who had been with the Philistines before that time, who went up with them into the camp, also turned to be with the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan.

  • 1 Sam 6:6
    67%

    6 Why then do you harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When He had worked wonders among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed?

  • 1 Sam 27:8
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    8 And David and his men went up and invaded the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites, for those nations were the inhabitants of the land from long ago, as you go to Shur, even to the land of Egypt.

  • 1 Sam 18:12
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    12 And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and had departed from Saul.