1 Samuel 15:14
And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?
1 Samuel 15:14 in other translations
| BSB | But Samuel replied, “Then what is this bleating of sheep and lowing of cattle that I hear?” |
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| 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? |
| YLT | And Samuel saith, ‘And what is the noise of this flock in mine ears--and the noise of the herd which I am hearing?' |
| DARBY | And Samuel said, What means then this bleating of sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of oxen which I hear? |
| BBE | And Samuel said, What then is this sound of the crying of sheep and the noise of oxen which comes to my ears? |
| Webster | And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear? |
What does 1 Samuel 15:14 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 15:13-23
13-23. Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the Lord: I have performed the commandment of the Lord--Saul was either blinded by a partial and delusive self-love, or he was, in his declaration to Samuel, acting the part of a bold and artful hypocrite. He professed to have fulfilled the divine command, and that the blame of any defects in the execution lay with the people. Samuel saw the real state of the case, and…
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 15:14 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Samuel 15:14
- Psalms 36:2
For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.
- 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. How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
- 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.
- 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? Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of hosts? And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.
- 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? Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord God of hosts.
- 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.
- 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:
- 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? Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee. When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers. Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit. …
- Jeremiah 2:34-37
Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these. Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned. Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria. Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands upon thine head: for the Lord hath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper in them.
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Context
- 1 Samuel 15:13
And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the Lord: I have performed the commandment of the Lord.
- 1 Samuel 15:14
And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?
- 1 Samuel 15:15
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.
1 Samuel 15:14 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Samuel entonces dijo: ¿Pues qué balido de ganados y bramido de bueyes es este que yo oigo con mis oídos? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Samuel dit: Quel est donc ce bêlement de brebis à mes oreilles, et ce beuglement de bœufs que j’entends? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Samuel sprach: Was ist denn das für ein Blöken von Kleinvieh in meinen Ohren, und ein Brüllen von Rindern, das ich höre? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Dixitque Samuel: Et quæ est hæc vox gregum, quæ resonat in auribus meis, et armentorum, quam ego audio? |