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


In Context

11 I repent that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried to the LORD all night.

12 And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and behold, he set him up a place, and has gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.

13 And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said to him, Blessed be thou of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD.

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

15 And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice to the LORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.

16 Then Samuel said to Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the LORD hath said to me this night. And he said to him, Say on.

1 Samuel 15:14 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

15:14But Samuel said, "What then is this bleating of sheep in my ears? What is this lowing of cattle that I hear?"

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 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?