1 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.
1 Samuel 15:11 in other translations
| BSB | “I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from following Me and has not carried out My instructions.” And Samuel was distressed and cried out to the LORD all that night. |
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| WEB | “It grieves me that I have set up Saul to be king, for he has turned back from following me, and has not performed my commandments.” Samuel was angry; and he cried to the LORD all night. |
| ASV | 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 Samuel was wroth; and he cried unto Jehovah all night. |
| YLT | ‘I have repented that I caused Saul to reign for king, for he hath turned back from after Me, and My words he hath not performed;' and it is displeasing to Samuel, and he crieth unto Jehovah all the night. |
| DARBY | It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king; for he is turned away from following me, and hath not fulfilled my words. And Samuel was much grieved; and he cried to Jehovah all night. |
| BBE | It is no longer my pleasure for Saul to be king; for he is turned back from going in my ways, and has not done my orders. And Samuel was very sad, crying to the Lord in prayer all night. |
| Webster | I repent 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 to the LORD all night. |
What does 1 Samuel 15:11 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 15:10-11
10-11. Then came the word of the Lord unto Samuel, saying, It repenteth me that I have set up Saul--Repentance is attributed in Scripture to Him when bad men give Him cause to alter His course and method of procedure, and to treat them as if He did "repent" of kindness shown. To the heart of a man like Samuel, who was above all envious considerations, and really attached to the king, so painful an announcement moved…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 15:10-23
Repentance in God is not a change of mind, as it is in us, but a change of method. The change was in Saul; "He is turned back from following me." Hereby he made God his enemy. Samuel spent a whole night in pleading for Saul. The rejection of sinners is the grief of believers: God delights not in their death, nor should we. Saul boasts to Samuel of his obedience. Thus sinners think, by justifying themselves, to…
1 Samuel 15:11 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Samuel 15:11
- 1 Samuel 13:13
And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the Lord thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would the Lord have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever.
- Genesis 6:6
And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
- Psalms 119:136
Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.
- 2 Samuel 24:16
And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the Lord was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.
- Jeremiah 9:18
And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.
- 1 Samuel 15:9
But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.
- 1 Samuel 15:35-16:1
And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the Lord repented that he had made Saul king over Israel. And the Lord said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth–lehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.
- 1 Samuel 15:3
Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
- Psalms 36:3
The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.
- Joshua 22:16
Thus saith the whole congregation of the Lord, What trespass is this that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following the Lord, in that ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel this day against the Lord?
- Jeremiah 13:17
But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the Lord’s flock is carried away captive.
- Psalms 125:5
As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the Lord shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
35; Ge 6:6; 2Sa 24:16; Ps 110:4; Jer 18:7-10; Am 7:3; Jon 3:10; 4:2
turned.
Jos 22:16; 1Ki 9:6; Ps 36:3; 78:41,57; 125:5; Zep 1:6; Mt 24:13
Heb 10:38
hath not performed.
3,9; 13:13
it grieved.
35; 16:1; Ps 119:136; Jer 9:1,18; 13:17; Lu 19:41-44; Ro 9:1-3
he cried.
12:23; Ps 109:4; Mt 5:44; Lu 6:12
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Context
- 1 Samuel 15:10
Then came the word of the Lord unto Samuel, saying,
- 1 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.
- 1 Samuel 15:12
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.
1 Samuel 15:11 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Pésame de haber puesto por rey á Saúl, porque se ha vuelto de en pos de mí, y no ha cumplido mis palabras. Y apesadumbróse Samuel, y clamó á Jehová toda aquella noche. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Je me repens d’avoir établi Saül pour roi; car il s’est détourné de moi et n’a point exécuté mes paroles. Et Samuel fut fort attristé, et il cria à l’ Éternel toute la nuit. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Es reut mich, daß ich Saul zum König gemacht habe; denn er hat sich hinter mir abgewandt und hat meine Worte nicht erfüllt. Und Samuel entbrannte und schrie zu Jehova die ganze Nacht. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Pœnitet me quod constituerim Saul regem: quia dereliquit me, et verba mea opere non implevit. Contristatusque est Samuel, et clamavit ad Dominum tota nocte. |