14But Samuel said, "What then is this bleating of sheep in my ears? What is this lowing of cattle that I hear?"


In Context

11 "I am grieved that I have made Saul king, because he has turned away from me and has not carried out my instructions." Samuel was troubled, and he cried out to the Lord all that night.

12 Early in the morning Samuel got up and went to meet Saul, but he was told, "Saul has gone to Carmel. There he has set up a monument in his own honor and has turned and gone on down to Gilgal."

13 When Samuel reached him, Saul said, "The Lord bless you! I have carried out the Lord 's instructions."

14 But Samuel said, "What then is this bleating of sheep in my ears? What is this lowing of cattle that I hear?"

15 Saul answered, "The soldiers brought them from the Amalekites; they spared the best of the sheep and cattle to sacrifice to the Lord your God, but we totally destroyed the rest."

16 "Stop!" Samuel said to Saul. "Let me tell you what the Lord said to me last night." "Tell me," Saul replied.

1st Samuel 15:14 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:14And Samuel said, What [meaneth] then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

15:14And Samuel said: What meaneth then this bleating of the flocks, which soundeth in my ears, and the lowing of the herds, which I hear?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

15:14And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:14And Samuel said, What means then this bleating of sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of oxen which I hear?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

15:14And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:14And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:14Samuel said, |Then what does this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the cattle which I hear mean?|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

15:14And Samuel saith, 'And what is the noise of this flock in mine ears — and the noise of the herd which I am hearing?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:14And Samuel said, What means then this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?