1 Samuel 15:14
What does 1 Samuel 15:14 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Samuel 15:14 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?
KJV
King James Version · 1611And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And Samuel said, What then is this sound of the crying of sheep and the noise of oxen which comes to my ears?
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And Samuel saith, `And what <FI>is<Fi> the noise of this flock in mine ears--and the noise of the herd which I am hearing?'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And Samuel said: What meaneth then this bleating of the flocks, which soundeth in my ears, and the lowing of the herds, which I hear?
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And Samuel said, What [means] then this bleating of sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of oxen which I hear?
Context
v.13And Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of Jehovah: I have performed the commandment of Jehovah.
v.14This passage
v.15And 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 Jehovah thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 50:16
But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, And that thou hast taken my covenant in thy mouth,
- Jeremiah 2:18
And now what hast thou to do in the way to Egypt, to drink the waters of the Shihor? or what hast thou to do in the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?
- Romans 3:19
Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it speaketh to them that are under the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God:
- Jeremiah 2:34
Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the innocent poor: thou didst not find them breaking in; but it is because of all these things.
- Psalms 36:2
For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, That his iniquity will not be found out and be hated.
- Jeremiah 2:22
For though thou wash thee with lye, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord Jehovah.
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