1 Samuel 15:6 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.”

1 Samuel 15:6 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

1 Samuel 15:6 in 6 Bible Translations

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1 Samuel 15:6 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Saul said to the Kenites, “Go, depart, go down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them; for you showed kindness to all the children of Israel when they came up out of Egypt.” So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.”

1 Samuel 15:6 — World English Bible

1 Samuel 15:6 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them; for ye showed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites. ”

1 Samuel 15:6 — American Standard Version

1 Samuel 15:6 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“and Saul saith unto the Kenite, `Go, turn aside, go down from the midst of Amalek, lest I consume thee with it, and thou didst kindness with all the sons of Israel, in their going up out of Egypt;' and the Kenite turneth aside from the midst of Amalek.”

1 Samuel 15:6 — Young's Literal Translation

1 Samuel 15:6 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And Saul said to the Kenites, Go, depart, and go down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them; for ye shewed kindness to all the children of Israel when they came up out of Egypt. And the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites. ”

1 Samuel 15:6 — Darby Translation

1 Samuel 15:6 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And Saul said vnto the Kenites, Goe, depart, and get you downe from among the Amalekites, least I destroy you with them: for ye shewed mercie to all the children of Israel, when they came vp from Egypt: and the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.”

1 Samuel 15:6 — Geneva Bible

1 Samuel 15:6 in Context — 1 Samuel 15

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.

6 And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.

7 And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt.

8 And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

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