1 Samuel 15 · Verse 19

1 Samuel 15:19

Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the Lord, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the Lord?
1 Samuel 15:19, King James Version

1 Samuel 15:19 in other translations

BSBSo why did you not obey the LORD? Why did you rush upon the plunder and do evil in the sight of the LORD?”
WEBWhy then didn’t you obey the LORD’s voice, but took the plunder, and did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight?”
ASVWherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of Jehovah, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah?
YLTand why hast thou not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah--and dost fly unto the spoil, and dost do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah?'
DARBYWhy then didst thou not hearken to the voice of Jehovah, but didst fall upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of Jehovah?
BBEWhy then did you not do the orders of the Lord, but by violently taking their goods did evil in the eyes of the Lord?
WebsterWhy then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the LORD?

What does 1 Samuel 15:19 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 15:19 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.

וְלָ֥מָּהve.La.mahand <to> why?H4100
לֹא\־lo'-notH3808
שָׁמַ֖עְתָּsha.Ma'.tadid you listenH8085
בְּק֣וֹלbe.Kolto [the] voice ofH6963
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068
וַתַּ֙עַט֙va.Ta.'atand did you rush?H5860
אֶל\־'el-toH413
הַשָּׁלָ֔לha.sha.Lalthe plunderH7998
וַתַּ֥עַשׂva.Ta.'asand did you do?H6213
הָרַ֖עha.Ra'the evilH7451
בְּעֵינֵ֥יbe.'ei.Neiin [the] eyes ofH5869
יְהוָֽה\׃\ \סYah.wehYahwehH3068

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

Cross references for 1 Samuel 15:19

  • 1 Samuel 14:32

    And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground: and the people did eat them with the blood.

  • 2 Chronicles 33:6

    And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.

  • 2 Chronicles 36:12

    And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord his God, and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of the Lord.

  • Jeremiah 7:11

    Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the Lord.

  • Habakkuk 2:9-12

    Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil! Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul. For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it. Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!

  • Proverbs 15:27

    He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.

  • 2 Chronicles 33:2

    But did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, like unto the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord had cast out before the children of Israel.

  • 2 Timothy 4:10

    For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.

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fly upon.
Pr 15:27; Jer 7:11; Hab 2:9-12; 2Ti 4:10
didst evil.
2Ch 33:2,6; 36:12

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Context

  • 1 Samuel 15:18

    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.

  • 1 Samuel 15:19

    Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the Lord, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the Lord?

  • 1 Samuel 15:20

    And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the Lord, and have gone the way which the Lord sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.

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1 Samuel 15:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		¿Por qué pues no has oído la voz de Jehová, sino que vuelto al despojo, has hecho lo malo en los ojos de Jehová?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et pourquoi n’as-tu pas écouté la voix de l’ Éternel, et t’es-tu jeté sur le butin, et as-tu fait ce qui est mauvais aux yeux de l’ Éternel?
German
Elberfelder 1871		Warum hast du denn der Stimme Jehovas nicht gehorcht, und bist über die Beute hergefallen und hast getan, was böse ist in den Augen Jehovas?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Quare ergo non audisti vocem Domini: sed versus ad prædam es, et fecisti malum in oculis Domini?