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1 Samuel 15:14

Samuel
Truth and honesty

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.

13 And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD.

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.

16 Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the LORD hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
But Samuel replied, “Then what is this bleating of sheep and lowing of cattle that I hear?”
KJV
And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?
WEB
Samuel said, “Then what does this bleating of the sheep in my ears and the lowing of the cattle which I hear mean?”
ASV
And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?
DARBY
And Samuel said, What [means] then this bleating of sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of oxen which I hear?
BLB
And Samuel said, “And what [is] this bleating of sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the herd that I am hearing?”
ÅB
Men Samuel sa: Hva er da dette for en bræken av småfe som lyder for mine ører, og hva er det for brøl av storfe jeg hører?
OTB
Men Samuel sa: «Hva er da dette brekingen av sauene i mine ører, og rautingen av oksene som jeg hører?»
B1930
Men Samuel sa: Hvad er da dette for en bræken av småfe som lyder for mine ører, og hvad er det for brøl av storfe jeg hører?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 36:2

    For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.

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  • Jeremiah 2:22–23

    For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.

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  • Romans 3:19

    Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.

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  • Malachi 3:13–15

    Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee?

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  • Jeremiah 2:18–19

    And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river?

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  • 1 Corinthians 4:5

    Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.

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  • Luke 19:22

    And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:

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  • Psalms 50:16–21

    But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?

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