30Then he said, |I have sinned: yet please honor me now before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and come back with me, that I may worship Yahweh your God.|


In Context

27 As Samuel turned about to go away, Saul grabbed the skirt of his robe, and it tore.

28 Samuel said to him, |Yahweh has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day, and has given it to a neighbor of yours who is better than you.

29 Also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent; for he is not a man, that he should repent.|

30 Then he said, |I have sinned: yet please honor me now before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and come back with me, that I may worship Yahweh your God.|

31 So Samuel went back with Saul; and Saul worshiped Yahweh.

32 Then Samuel said, |Bring here to me Agag the king of the Amalekites!| Agag came to him cheerfully. Agag said, |Surely the bitterness of death is past.|

1 Samuel 15:30 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

15:30Saul replied, "I have sinned. But please honor me before the elders of my people and before Israel; come back with me, so that I may worship the Lord your God."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:30Then he said, I have sinned: [yet] honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD thy God.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

15:30Then he said: I have sinned: yet honour me now before the ancients of my people, and before Israel, and return with me, that I may adore the Lord thy God.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

15:30Then he said, I have sinned: yet honor me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship Jehovah thy God.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:30And he said, I have sinned; honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship Jehovah thy God.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

15:30Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD thy God.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:30Then he said, I have sinned: yet honor me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD thy God.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

15:30And he saith, 'I have sinned; now, honour me, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn back with me; and I have bowed myself to Jehovah thy God.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:30Then he said, I have sinned: yet honor me now, I pray you, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD your God.