1 Samuel 15:30 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 15:30

“I have sinned,” Saul replied. “Please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel. Come back with me, so that I may worship the LORD your God.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Then he said, I have sinned: yet honor me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship Jehovah thy God.

KJV

Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the Lord thy God.

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Commentary

1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

The pertinacity with which Saul clings to Samuel for support is a striking testimony to Samuel’s integrity. With all his worldly-mindedness Saul could perceive and appreciate the purity of Samuel’s character as a man of God. The Lord thy God - As above, 1Sa 15:15.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
חָטָ֔אתִי	cha.Ta.ti	I have sinned	H2398 →
עַתָּ֗ה	'a.Tah	now	H6258 →
כַּבְּדֵ֥נִי	ka.be.De.ni	honor me	H3513 →
נָ֛א	na'	please	H4994 →
נֶ֥גֶד	Ne.ged	before	H5048 →
זִקְנֵֽי־	zik.nei-	[the] elders of	H2205 →
עַמִּ֖י	'a.Mi	people my	H5971 →
וְנֶ֣גֶד	ve.Ne.ged	and before	H5048 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
וְשׁ֣וּב	ve.Shuv	and return	H7725 →
עִמִּ֔י	'i.Mi	with me	H5973 →
וְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֵ֖יתִי	ve.hish.ta.cha.Vei.ti	and I will bow down	H7812 →
לַֽיהוָ֥ה	la.Yah.weh	to Yahweh	H3068 →
אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃	'e.lo.Hei.kha	God your	H430 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

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
Habakkuk 2:4
Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright—but the righteous will live by faith—
leads to
- Romans 1:17
  For the gospel reveals the righteousness of God that comes by faith from start to finish, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”
- Hebrews 10:38
  But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.”
- Galatians 3:11–12
  Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because, “The righteous will live by faith.”
Through
2 Timothy 3:5
having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these!
leads to
- Isaiah 29:13
  Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught…
- Titus 1:16
  They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.
- Matthew 23:27–28
  Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside, but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity.
- 1 Timothy 5:8
  If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
Through
Isaiah 29:13
Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught…
leads to
- Ezekiel 33:31–33
  So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest…