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1 Samuel 15:11

“I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from following Me and has not carried out My instructions.” And Samuel was distressed and cried out to the LORD all that night.

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ASV

It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king; for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And Samuel was wroth; and he cried unto Jehovah all night.

KJV

It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the Lord all night.

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20 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
נִחַ֗מְתִּיni.Cham.tiI regretH5162 →
כִּֽי־ki-thatH3588 →
הִמְלַ֤כְתִּיhim.Lakh.tiI have made kingH4427 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
שָׁאוּל֙sha.'UlSaulH7586 →
לְמֶ֔לֶךְle.Me.lekhto kingH4428 →
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
שָׁב֙shavhe has turned backH7725 →
מֵאַֽחֲרַ֔יme.'a.cha.Raifrom after meH310 →
וְאֶת־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853 →
דְּבָרַ֖יde.va.Raiwords myH1697 →
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808 →
הֵקִ֑יםhe.Kimhe has carried outH6965 →
וַיִּ֙חַר֙vai.Yi.charand it burnedH2734 →
לִשְׁמוּאֵ֔לlish.mu.'Elto SamuelH8050 →
וַיִּזְעַ֥קvai.yiz.'Akand he cried outH2199 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
הַלָּֽיְלָה׃ha.La.ye.lahthe nightH3915 →

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Genesis 6:6And the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.1 Samuel 13:13“You have acted foolishly,” Samuel declared. “You have not kept the command that the LORD your God gave you; if you had, the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time.2 Corinthians 12:8Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.Job 34:27because they turned aside from Him and had no regard for any of His ways.Psalms 119:136My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed.2 Samuel 24:16But when the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.1 Samuel 8:6But when they said, “Give us a king to judge us,” their demand was displeasing in the sight of Samuel; so he prayed to the LORD.1 Samuel 16:1Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have selected from his sons a king for Myself.”Hebrews 10:39But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.Ezekiel 18:24But if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and practices iniquity, committing the same abominations as the wicked, will he live? None of the righteous acts he did will be remembered. Because of the unfaithfulness and sin he has committed, he will die.Jeremiah 9:18Let them come quickly and take up a lament over us, that our eyes may overflow with tears, and our eyelids may gush with water.1 Samuel 15:3Now go and attack the Amalekites and devote to destruction all that belongs to them. Do not spare them, but put to death men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”1 Samuel 15:9Saul and his troops spared Agag, along with the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves and lambs, and the best of everything else. They were unwilling to destroy them, but they devoted to destruction all that was despised and worthless.Psalms 36:3The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing.1 Samuel 15:35And to the day of his death, Samuel never again visited Saul. Samuel mourned for Saul, and the LORD regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel.Jeremiah 18:10and if it does evil in My sight and does not listen to My voice, then I will relent of the good I had intended for it.Jeremiah 11:10They have returned to the sins of their forefathers who refused to obey My words. They have followed other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken the covenant I made with their fathers.Psalms 18:21For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God.

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