Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then Saul defeated [the] Amalekites from Havilah as one goes to Shur which [is] {east of} Egypt.
New American Standard Bible
So
King James Version
And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt.
Holman Bible
Then Saul struck down the Amalekites
International Standard Version
Saul attacked the Amalekites from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt.
A Conservative Version
And Saul smote the Amalekites, from Havilah as thou go to Shur, that is before Egypt.
American Standard Version
And Saul smote the Amalekites, from Havilah as thou goest to Shur, that is before Egypt.
Amplified
Saul defeated the Amalekites, from Havilah as far as Shur, which is east of Egypt.
Bible in Basic English
And Saul made an attack on the Amalekites from Havilah on the road to Shur, which is before Egypt.
Darby Translation
And Saul smote Amalek from Havilah as thou comest to Shur, which is opposite to Egypt.
Julia Smith Translation
And Saul will strike Amalek from Havilah thy coming to Shur, which is upon the face of Egypt
King James 2000
And Saul struck down the Amalekites from Havilah until you come to Shur, that is east of Egypt.
Modern King James verseion
And Saul struck the Amalekites from Havilah, as you come to Shur, which is over across from Egypt.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And Saul slew the Amalekites from Havilah to Shur that lieth before Egypt,
NET Bible
Then Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, which is next to Egypt.
New Heart English Bible
Saul struck the Amalekites, from Havilah as you go to Shur, that is before Egypt.
The Emphasized Bible
And Saul smote Amalek, - from Havilah, till thou enterest Shur, which is over against Egypt.
Webster
And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah, until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt.
World English Bible
Saul struck the Amalekites, from Havilah as you go to Shur, that is before Egypt.
Youngs Literal Translation
And Saul smiteth Amalek from Havilah -- thy going in to Shur, which is on the front of Egypt,
Themes
Agency » In executing judgments
Amalekites » A people inhabiting the country south of idumea and east of the red sea
Amalekites, the » saul » Massacred
Amalekites, the » Country of » Extended from havilah to shur
Havilah » A district » A district east of amalek
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Repentance » Instances of » Saul, at the rebuke of samuel for not destroying the amalekites
Retaliation » Instances of » The israelites on the amalekites
Interlinear
Nakah
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Samuel 15:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel Defeats The Amalekites
6 Saul said to the Kenites, "Go, leave! Withdraw from among the Amalekites so that I do not destroy you with them. You have shown loyal love to all the {Israelites} when they came up from Egypt." So the Kenites left from among [the] Amalekites. 7 Then Saul defeated [the] Amalekites from Havilah as one goes to Shur which [is] {east of} Egypt. 8 He captured Agag the king of Amalek alive, but all the people he utterly destroyed with the {edge} of the sword.
Cross References
Genesis 16:7
And the angel of Yahweh found her at a spring of water in the wilderness, at the spring by the road of Shur.
Genesis 25:18
They settled from Havilah to Shur, which [was] opposite Egypt, going toward Asshur, opposite; he {settled} opposite all his brothers.
1 Samuel 14:48
He acted bravely and defeated [the] Amalekites and rescued Israel from the hand of those who plundered it.
1 Samuel 27:8
Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites and the Girzites and the Amalekites, for they had been living [in] the land for a long time {in the direction of} Shur and {as far as} the land of Egypt.
Genesis 2:11
The name of the first [is] the Pishon. It went around all the land of Havilah, where [there is] gold.
Exodus 15:22
And Moses caused Israel to set out from the {Red Sea}, and they went out into the desert of Shur, and they traveled three days in the desert, and they did not find water.
Job 21:30
Indeed, [the] wicked is spared from [the] day of disaster; he is delivered from [the] day of wrath.
Ecclesiastes 8:13
But it will not go well with the wicked, and they will not prolong [their] days, like the shadow; because there is no fearing {God's presence}.