1 Samuel 15:18 “and sent you on a mission, saying, ‘Go and devote to destruction the s…”

1 Samuel 15:18

and sent you on a mission, saying, ‘Go and devote to destruction the sinful Amalekites. Fight against them until you have wiped them out.’

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And the LORD sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.

World English Bible

and the LORD sent you on a journey, and said, ‘Go, and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are consumed.’

American Standard Version

and Jehovah sent thee on a journey, and said, Go, and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.

Geneva Bible 1599

And the Lord sent thee on a iourney, and saide, Goe, and destroy those sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them, vntill thou destroy them.

Darby Translation

And Jehovah sent thee on a way and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.

Young's Literal Translation

and Jehovah sendeth thee in the way, and saith, Go, and thou hast devoted the sinners, the Amalekite, and fought against them till they are consumed;

Bible in Basic English

And the Lord sent you on a journey and said, Go and put to the curse those sinners, the Amalekites, fighting against them till every one is dead.

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Cross references

“the sinners”

Genesis 13:13 Genesis 15:16 Numbers 16:38 Job 31:3 Proverbs 10:29 Proverbs 13:21

Genesis 13:13 · BSB

But the men of Sodom were wicked, sinning greatly against the LORD.

Genesis 15:16 · BSB

In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”

Numbers 16:38 · BSB

As for the censers of those who sinned at the cost of their own lives, hammer them into sheets to overlay the altar, for these were presented before the LORD, and so have become holy. They will serve as a sign to the Isr…

Job 31:3 · BSB

Does not disaster come to the unjust and calamity to the workers of iniquity?

Proverbs 10:29 · BSB

The way of the LORD is a refuge to the upright, but destruction awaits those who do evil.

Proverbs 13:21 · BSB

Disaster pursues sinners, but prosperity is the reward of the righteous.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

17And Samuel said, “Although you were once small in your own eyes, have you not become the head of the tribes of Israel? The LORD anointed you king over Israel

19So why did you not obey the LORD? Why did you rush upon the plunder and do evil in the sight of the LORD?”

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