You say, ‘I am clean, without transgression; I am pure, and there is no iniquity in me.
1 Samuel 15:20 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Saul said to Samuel, “I have obeyed the voice of the Lord. I have gone on the mission on which the Lord sent me. I have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and I have utterly destroyed the Amalekites. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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 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. Common English Bible “But I did obey the LORD!” Saul protested to Samuel. “I went on the mission the LORD sent me on. I captured Agag the Amalekite king, and I put the Amalekites under the ban. Catholic Public Domain Version And Saul said to Samuel: "On the contrary, I did listen to the voice of the Lord, and I walked in the way along which the Lord sent me, and I led back Agag, the king of Amalek, and I put to death Amalek. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Saul said to Samuel: Yea, I have hearkened to the voice of the Lord, and have walked in the way by which the Lord sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalec, and Amalec I have slain. |
You say, ‘I am clean, without transgression; I am pure, and there is no iniquity in me.
Will you even put me in the wrong? Will you condemn me that you may be justified?
The young man said to him, “I have kept all these; what do I still lack?”
But wanting to vindicate himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
The Pharisee, standing by himself, was praying thus, ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people: thieves, rogues, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.
Not knowing the righteousness of God and seeking to establish their own, they have not submitted to God’s righteousness.
When Samuel came to Saul, Saul said to him, “May you be blessed by the Lord; I have carried out the command of the Lord.”
Now go and attack Amalek and utterly destroy all that they have; do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.”
He took King Agag of the Amalekites alive but utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
Because you did not obey the voice of the Lord and did not carry out his fierce wrath against Amalek, therefore the Lord has done this thing to you today.