1 Samuel 28:18 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁸ “Because you did not obey the voice of יהוה  nor execute His burning wrath upon Amalĕ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ because thou obeyedst not the voice of the LORD, nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the LORD done this thing unto thee this day.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ Because you did not obey the voice of the Lord or execute His fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore the Lord has done this thing to you this day.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ Because thou obeyedst not the voice of Jehovah, and didst not execute his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath Jehovah done this thing unto thee this day.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ The LORD has done this very thing to you today because you didn’t listen to the LORD’s voice and didn’t carry out his fierce anger against the Amalekites.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ For you did not obey the voice of the Lord, and you did not carry out the wrath of his fury upon Amalek. For this reason, the Lord has done to you what you are enduring this day.

1 Samuel 28:18 Cross References

1 Kings 20:42

And he said to him, “Thus said יהוה, ‘Because you have let slip out of your hand a man whom I put under the ban, therefore your life shall go for his life, and your people for his people.’ ”

1 Chronicles 10:13

Thus Sha’ul died for his trespass which he had trespassed against יהוה, because he did not guard the Word of יהוה, and also for asking a medium for to make inquiry,

Jeremiah 48:10

(Cursed is he who is slack in doing the work of יהוה, and cursed is he who withholds his sword from blood).

1 Samuel 13:9

And Sha’ul said, “Bring a burnt offering and peace offerings here to me.” And he offered the burnt offering.

1 Samuel 15:20

And Sha’ul said to Shemu’ĕ

1 Samuel 15:28

And Shemu’ĕ

1 Samuel 15:9

But Sha’ul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep, and the cattle, and the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not put them under the ban. But all goods despised and worthless, that they put under the ban.