1 Samuel 15:20 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

²⁰ 5 But now bear, I beseech thee, my sin, and return with me, that I may adore the Lord.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ 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

²⁰ 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)

²⁰ 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

²⁰ “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

²⁰ 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.

1 Samuel 15:20 Cross References

1 Samuel 15:13

8 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.

Romans 10:3

1 For the scripture saith: Whosoever believeth in him, shall not be confounded.

Luke 18:11

9 And Jesus said to him: Why dost thou call me good? None is good but God alone.

Luke 10:29

7 But he said: He that shewed mercy to him. And Jesus said to him: Go, and do thou in like manner.

Matthew 19:20

8 And Jesus said to them: Amen, I say to you, that you, who have followed me, in the regeneration, when the Son of man shall sit on the seat of his majesty, you also shall sit on twelve seats judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Job 40:8

5 Behold behemoth whom I made with thee, he eateth grass like an ox.

Job 35:2

Thy wickedness may hurt a man that is like thee : and thy justice may help the son of man.

Job 34:5

1 For he will render to a man his work, and according to the ways of every one he will reward them.

Job 33:9

5 By a dream in a vision by night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, and they are sleeping in their beds :

1 Samuel 15:8

3 And when Samuel was come to Saul, Saul said to him: Blessed be thou of the Lord, I have fulfilled the word of the Lord.

1 Samuel 15:3

And he took Agag the king of Amalec alive: but all the common people he slew with the edge of the sword.

1 Samuel 28:18

3 But he refused, and said: I will not eat. But his servants and the woman forced him, and at length hearkening to their voice, he arose from the ground and sat upon the bed.