1 Samuel 15:13
11 It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.
12 And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.
And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD.
14 And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?
15 And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.
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Compare
- BSB
- When Samuel reached him, Saul said to him, “May the LORD bless you. I have carried out the LORD’s instructions.”
- KJV
- And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD.
- WEB
- Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said to him, “You are blessed by the LORD! I have performed the commandment of the LORD.”
- ASV
- And Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of Jehovah: I have performed the commandment of Jehovah.
- DARBY
- And Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said to him, Blessed art thou of Jehovah: I have fulfilled the word of Jehovah.
- BLB
- And Samuel went to Saul, and Saul said to him, “Blessed [are] you of YHWH! I have performed the commandment of YHWH.”
- ÅB
- Da nå Samuel kom til Saul, sa Saul til ham: Velsignet være du av Herren! Jeg har holdt meg etter Herrens ord.
- OTB
- Da Samuel nådde Saul, hilste Saul ham og sa: «Måtte du bli velsignet av Herren! Jeg har oppfylt Herrens befaling.»
- B1930
- Da nu Samuel kom til Saul, sa Saul til ham: Velsignet være du av Herren! Jeg har holdt mig efter Herrens ord.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Judges 17:2
And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my son.
Read in contextRuth 3:10
And he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my daughter: for thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.
Read in contextProverbs 28:13
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
Read in contextProverbs 30:13
There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
Read in contextLuke 18:11
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
Read in contextGenesis 3:12
And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
Read in contextGenesis 14:19
And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:
Read in context1 Samuel 15:11
It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.
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