1 Samuel 15 · Verse 16

1 Samuel 15:16

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.
1 Samuel 15:16, King James Version

1 Samuel 15:16 in other translations

BSB“Stop!” exclaimed Samuel. “Let me tell you what the LORD said to me last night.” “Tell me,” Saul replied.
WEBThen Samuel said to Saul, “Stay, and I will tell you what the LORD said to me last night.” He said to him, “Say on.”
ASVThen Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what Jehovah hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on.
YLTAnd Samuel saith unto Saul, ‘Desist, and I declare to thee that which Jehovah hath spoken unto me to-night;' and he saith to him, ‘Speak.'
DARBYAnd Samuel said to Saul, Stay, that I may tell thee what Jehovah has said to me this night. And he said to him, Say on.
BBEThen Samuel said to Saul, Say no more! Let me give you word of what the Lord has said to me this night. And he said to him, Say on.
WebsterThen Samuel said to Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the LORD hath said to me this night. And he said to him, Say on.

What does 1 Samuel 15:16 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…

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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…

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1 Samuel 15:16 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
שְׁמוּאֵל֙she.mu.'ElSamuelH8050
אֶל\־'el-toH413
שָׁא֔וּלsha.'UlSaulH7586
הֶ֚רֶףHe.refbe quietH7503
וְאַגִּ֣ידָהve.'a.Gi.dahso let me tellH5046
לְּךָ֔le.Khato <the> you
אֵת֩'et<obj.>H853
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.Sher[that] whichH834
דִּבֶּ֧רdi.Berhe saidH1696
יְהוָ֛הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֵלַ֖י'e.Laito meH413
הַלָּ֑יְלָהha.La.ye.lahthis nightH3915
וַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.yo.me.ruand he saidH559
ל֖וֹloto <the> him
דַּבֵּֽר\׃\ \סda.BerspeakH1696

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Samuel 15:16

  • 1 Samuel 9:27

    And as they were going down to the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us, (and he passed on,) but stand thou still a while, that I may shew thee the word of God.

  • 1 Kings 22:16

    And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the Lord?

  • 1 Samuel 12:7

    Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the Lord of all the righteous acts of the Lord, which he did to you and to your fathers.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Stay.
9:27; 12:7; 1Ki 22:16

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Context

  • 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 15:16

    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.

  • 1 Samuel 15:17

    And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the Lord anointed thee king over Israel?

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1 Samuel 15:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Entonces dijo Samuel á Saúl: Déjame declararte lo que Jehová me ha dicho esta noche. Y él le respondió: Di.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Samuel dit à Saül: Arrête, et je te déclarerai ce que l’ Éternel m’a dit cette nuit. Et il lui dit: Parle.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Da sprach Samuel zu Saul: Halt, daß ich dir kundtue, was Jehova diese Nacht zu mir geredet hat. Und er sprach zu ihm: Rede!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Ait autem Samuel ad Saul: Sine me, et indicabo tibi quæ locutus sit Dominus ad me nocte. Dixitque ei: Loquere.