1 Samuel 15:25 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 15:25

Now therefore, please forgive my sin and return with me so I can worship the LORD.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship Jehovah.

KJV

Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the Lord.

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Pardon my sin - Literally, bear my sin; take it away; forgive what I have done against thee, and be my intercessor with God, that he may forgive my offense against him; turn again with me, that I may worship the Lord.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Pardon my sin - Neither can it be proved that there was any hypocrisy in this. Rather charity requires us to believe, that he sincerely desired pardon, both from God and man, as he now knew, he had sinned against both.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְעַתָּ֕ה	ve.'a.Tah	and therefore	H6258 →
שָׂ֥א	sa'	forgive	H5375 →
נָ֖א	na'	please	H4994 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
חַטָּאתִ֑י	cha.ta.Ti	sin my	H2403 →
וְשׁ֣וּב	ve.Shuv	and return	H7725 →
עִמִּ֔י	'i.Mi	with me	H5973 →
וְאֶֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֖ה	ve.'esh.ta.cha.Veh	so I may bow down	H7812 →
לַֽיהוָֽה׃	la.Yah.weh	to Yahweh	H3068 →

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The walk

The walk5

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Exodus 10:17
Now please forgive my sin once more and appeal to the LORD your God, that He may remove this death from me.”
leads to
- Exodus 8:8
  Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray to the LORD to take the frogs away from me and my people. Then I will let your people go, that they may sacrifice to the…
- Exodus 9:28
  Pray to the LORD, for there has been enough of God’s thunder and hail. I will let you go; you do not need to stay any longer.”
- 1 Kings 13:6
  Then the king responded to the man of God, “Intercede with the LORD your God and pray that my hand may be restored.” So the man of God interceded with the LORD, and the…
- Acts 8:24
  Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord for me, so that nothing you have said may happen to me.”
- 2 Kings 4:40
  And they poured it out for the men to eat, but when they tasted the stew they cried out, “There is death in the pot, O man of God!” And they could not eat…