1 Samuel 15:25
Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the Lord.
1 Samuel 15:25 in other translations
| BSB | Now therefore, please forgive my sin and return with me so I can worship the LORD.” |
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| WEB | Now therefore, please pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD.” |
| ASV | Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship Jehovah. |
| YLT | and now, bear, I pray thee, with my sin, and turn back with me, and I bow myself to Jehovah.' |
| DARBY | And now, I pray thee, forgive my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship Jehovah. |
| BBE | So now, let my sin have forgiveness, and go back with me to give worship to the Lord. |
| Webster | Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD. |
What does 1 Samuel 15:25 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 15:24-26
24-26. I have sinned ... turn again with me, that I may worship the Lord--The erring, but proud and obstinate monarch was now humbled. He was conscience-smitten for the moment, but his confession proceeded not from sincere repentance, but from a sense of danger and desire of averting the sentence denounced against him. For the sake of public appearance, he besought Samuel not to allow their serious differences to…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 15:24-31
There were several signs of hypocrisy in Saul's repentance. 1. He besought Samuel only, and seemed most anxious to stand right in his opinion, and to gain his favour. 2. He excuses his fault, even when confessing it; that is never the way of a true penitent. 3. All his care was to save his credit, and preserve his interest in the people. Men are fickle and alter their minds, feeble and cannot effect their purposes…
1 Samuel 15:25 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Samuel 15:25
- Exodus 10:17
Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the Lord your God, that he may take away from me this death only.
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Context
- 1 Samuel 15:24
And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.
- 1 Samuel 15:25
Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the Lord.
- 1 Samuel 15:26
And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.
1 Samuel 15:25 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y vuelve conmigo para que adore á Jehová. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et maintenant, pardonne, je te prie, mon péché, et retourne-t’en avec moi, et je me prosternerai devant l’ Éternel. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und nun, vergib doch meine Sünde, und kehre mit mir um, daß ich vor Jehova anbete. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Sed nunc porta, quæso, peccatum meum, et revertere mecum, ut adorem Dominum. |