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1 Samuel 13:13-14
English Standard Version
1 Samuel 13:13-14
English Standard Version
13 And Samuel said to Saul, (A)“You have done foolishly. (B)You have not kept the command of the Lord your God, with which he commanded you. For then the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever. 14 But now (C)your kingdom shall not continue. The Lord has sought out a man (D)after his own heart, and the Lord has commanded him to be prince[a] over his people, because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you.”
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1 Samuel 13:13-14
New International Version
1 Samuel 13:13-14
New International Version
13 “You have done a foolish thing,(A)” Samuel said. “You have not kept(B) the command the Lord your God gave you; if you had, he would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time.(C) 14 But now your kingdom(D) will not endure; the Lord has sought out a man after his own heart(E) and appointed(F) him ruler(G) of his people, because you have not kept(H) the Lord’s command.”
1 Samuel 13:13-14
King James Version
1 Samuel 13:13-14
King James Version
13 And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the Lord thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would the Lord have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever.
14 But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the Lord hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the Lord hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the Lord commanded thee.
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1 Samuel 15:23
English Standard Version
1 Samuel 15:23
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23 For rebellion is as the sin of divination,
and presumption is as iniquity and (A)idolatry.
Because (B)you have rejected the word of the Lord,
(C)he has also rejected you from being king.”
1 Samuel 15:23
New International Version
1 Samuel 15:23
New International Version
1 Samuel 15:23
King James Version
1 Samuel 15:23
King James Version
23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, he hath also rejected thee from being king.
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