1 Samuel 15:20 - The Scriptures 1998

²⁰ And Sha’ul said to Shemu’ĕ

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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

Job 33:9

‘I am clear, without transgression; I am innocent, and I have no crookedness.

Job 34:5

For Iyoḇ

Job 35:2

“Do you think this is right? Do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than that of Ě

Job 40:8

Would you also set aside My judgment? Would you pronounce Me wrong, and you be declared righteous?

Matthew 19:20

The young man said to Him, “All these I have watched over from my youth, what do I still lack?”

Luke 10:29

But he, wishing to declare himself righteous, said to יהושע, “And who is my neighbour?”

Luke 18:11

“The Pharisee stood and began to pray with himself this way, ‘Elohim, I thank You that I am not like the rest of men, swindlers, unrighteous, adulterers, or even as this tax collector.

Romans 10:3

For not knowing the righteousness of Elohim, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of Elohim.

1 Samuel 15:13

And Shemu’ĕ

1 Samuel 15:3

‘Now go, and you shall smite Amalĕ

1 Samuel 15:8

And he caught Agag sovereign of the Amalĕ

1 Samuel 28:18

“Because you did not obey the voice of יהוה  nor execute His burning wrath upon Amalĕ