1 Samuel 15:18 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

And the Lord sent you on a mission, and said, ‘Go, utterly destroy the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are consumed.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And the Lord sent you on a mission and said, Go, utterly destroy the sinners, the Amalekites; and fight against them until they are consumed.

American Standard Version (1901)

and Jehovah sent thee on a journey, and said, Go, and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.

Common English Bible

The LORD sent you on a mission, instructing you, ‘Go, and put the sinful Amalekites under the ban. Fight against them until you’ve wiped them out.’

Catholic Public Domain Version

And the Lord sent you on the way, and he said: 'Go and put to death the sinners of Amalek. And you shall fight against them, even unto utter annihilation.'

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And the Lord sent thee on the way, and said: Go, and kill the sinners of Amalec; and thou shalt fight against them until thou hast utterly destroyed them.

1 Samuel 15:18 Cross References

Genesis 13:13

Now the men of Sodom were wicked, great sinners against the Lord.

Genesis 14:7

then they turned back and came to Enmishpat (that is, Kadesh), and subdued all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites who dwelt in Hazazon-tamar.

Genesis 15:16

And they shall come back here in the fourth generation; for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”

Job 31:3

Does not calamity befall the unrighteous, and disaster the workers of iniquity?

Proverbs 10:29

The Lord is a stronghold to him whose way is upright, but destruction to evildoers.

Proverbs 13:21

Misfortune pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.

Numbers 16:38

the censers of these men who have sinned at the cost of their lives; so let them be made into hammered plates as a covering for the altar, for they offered them before the Lord; therefore they are holy. Thus they shall be a sign to the people of Israel.”

Galatians 2:15

We ourselves, who are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners,

1 Samuel 15:3

Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have; do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.’ ”