Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

and he catcheth Agag king of Amalek alive, and all the people he hath devoted by the mouth of the sword;

New American Standard Bible

He captured Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

King James Version

And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

Holman Bible

He captured Agag king of Amalek alive, but he completely destroyed all the rest of the people with the sword.

International Standard Version

He captured alive Agag king of Amalek, but he completely destroyed all the people, executing them with swords.

A Conservative Version

And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

American Standard Version

And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

Amplified

He captured Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, though he totally destroyed all [the rest of] the people with the sword.

Bible in Basic English

He took Agag, king of the Amalekites, prisoner, and put all the people to the sword without mercy.

Darby Translation

And he took Agag the king of Amalek alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

Julia Smith Translation

And he will seize Agag, king of Amalek, living, and be exterminated all the people with the mouth of the sword.

King James 2000

And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

Lexham Expanded Bible

He captured Agag the king of Amalek alive, but all the people he utterly destroyed with the {edge} of the sword.

Modern King James verseion

And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive. And he completely destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

and took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

NET Bible

He captured King Agag of the Amalekites alive, but he executed all Agag's people with the sword.

New Heart English Bible

He took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

The Emphasized Bible

And he took Agag, king of Amalek, alive, - but, all the people, devoted he to destruction at the edge of the sword.

Webster

And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

World English Bible

He took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And he took
תּפשׂ 
Taphas 
Usage: 65

H90
אגג 
'Agag 
Usage: 8

the king
מלך 
melek 
Usage: 2521

of the Amalekites
עמלק 
`Amaleq 
Usage: 35

חי 
Chay 
Usage: 502

all the people
עם 
`am 
Usage: 1867

with the edge
פּה 
Peh 
Usage: 497

References

American

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Context Readings

Israel Defeats The Amalekites

7 And Saul smiteth Amalek from Havilah -- thy going in to Shur, which is on the front of Egypt, 8 and he catcheth Agag king of Amalek alive, and all the people he hath devoted by the mouth of the sword; 9 and Saul hath pity -- also the people -- on Agag, and on the best of the flock, and of the herd, and of the seconds, and on the lambs, and on all that is good, and have not been willing to devote them; and all the work, despised and wasted -- it they devoted.

Cross References

1 Samuel 30:1

And it cometh to pass, in the coming in of David and his men to Ziklag, on the third day, that the Amalekites have pushed unto the south, and unto Ziklag, and smite Ziklag, and burn it with fire,

Numbers 24:7

He maketh water flow from his buckets, And his seed is in many waters; And higher than Agag is his king, And exalted is his kingdom.

Esther 3:1

After these things hath the king Ahasuerus exalted Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and lifteth him up, and setteth his throne above all the heads who are with him,

Joshua 10:39

and captureth it, and its king, and all its cities, and they smite them by the mouth of the sword, and devote every person who is in it -- he hath not left a remnant; as he did to Hebron so he did to Debir, and to its king, and as he did to Libnah, and to its king.

Joshua 11:12

and all the cities of these kings, and all their kings, hath Joshua captured, and he smiteth them by the mouth of the sword; he devoted them, as Moses, servant of Jehovah, commanded.

1 Samuel 15:3

Now, go, and thou hast smitten Amalek, and devoted all that it hath, and thou hast no pity on it, and hast put to death from man unto woman, from infant unto suckling, from ox unto sheep, from camel unto ass.'

1 Samuel 27:8-9

and David goeth up and his men, and they push unto the Geshurite, and the Gerizite, and the Amalekite, (for they are inhabitants of the land from of old), as thou comest in to Shur and unto the land of Egypt,

1 Kings 20:30

And those left flee to Aphek, unto the city, and the wall falleth on twenty and seven chief men who are left, and Ben-Hadad hath fled, and cometh in unto the city, into the innermost part.

1 Kings 20:34-42

And he saith unto him, 'The cities that my father took from thy father, I give back, and streets thou dost make for thee in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria;' -- 'and I, with a covenant, send thee away;' and he maketh with him a covenant, and sendeth him away.

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