1 Samuel 15:3 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“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.”

1 Samuel 15:3 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

1 Samuel 15:3 in 6 Bible Translations

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1 Samuel 15:3 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Now go and strike Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and don’t spare them; but kill both man and woman, infant and nursing baby, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’””

1 Samuel 15:3 — World English Bible

1 Samuel 15:3 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“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. ”

1 Samuel 15:3 — American Standard Version

1 Samuel 15:3 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Now, go, and thou hast smitten Amalek, and devoted all that it hath, and thou hast no pity on it, and hast put to death from man unto woman, from infant unto suckling, from ox unto sheep, from camel unto ass.'”

1 Samuel 15:3 — Young's Literal Translation

1 Samuel 15:3 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Now go and smite Amalek, and destroy utterly all that they have, and spare them not, but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass. ”

1 Samuel 15:3 — Darby Translation

1 Samuel 15:3 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Nowe therefore goe, and sinite Amalek, and destroy ye all that perteyneth vnto them, and haue no compassion on them, but slay both man and woman, both infant and suckling, both oxe, and sheepe, both camell, and asse.”

1 Samuel 15:3 — Geneva Bible

1 Samuel 15:3 in Context — 1 Samuel 15

1 Samuel also said unto Saul, The Lord sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the Lord.

2 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt.

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.

4 And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.

5 And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.

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What Does 1 Samuel 15:3 Mean?

1 Samuel 15:3 is a verse from the Book of 1 Samuel, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 1 Samuel chapter 15. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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