1 Samuel 15:5
Modern Translations
New International Version
Saul went to the city of Amalek and set an ambush in the ravine.

New Living Translation
Then Saul and his army went to a town of the Amalekites and lay in wait in the valley.

English Standard Version
And Saul came to the city of Amalek and lay in wait in the valley.

Berean Study Bible
Saul came to the city of Amalek and lay in wait in the valley.

New American Standard Bible
And Saul came to the city of Amalek and set an ambush in the wadi.

NASB 1995
Saul came to the city of Amalek and set an ambush in the valley.

NASB 1977
And Saul came to the city of Amalek, and set an ambush in the valley.

Amplified Bible
Saul came to the city of Amalek and set an ambush in the valley.

Christian Standard Bible
Saul came to the city of Amalek and set up an ambush in the wadi.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Saul came to the city of Amalek and set up an ambush in the wadi.

Contemporary English Version
then led them to a valley near one of the towns in Amalek, where they got ready to make a surprise attack.

Good News Translation
Then he and his men went to the city of Amalek and waited in ambush in a dry riverbed.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Saul went to the city of Amalek and set an ambush in the valley.

International Standard Version
Saul came to the city of Amalek and set an ambush in the valley.

NET Bible
Saul proceeded to the city of Amalek, where he set an ambush in the wadi.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.

New King James Version
And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and lay in wait in the valley.

King James 2000 Bible
And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.

New Heart English Bible
Saul came to the city of Amalek, and lay in wait in the valley.

World English Bible
Saul came to the city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.

American King James Version
And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.

American Standard Version
And Saul came to the city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.

A Faithful Version
And Saul came to a city of Amalek and lay in wait in the valley.

Darby Bible Translation
And Saul came to the city of the Amalekites, and set an ambush in the valley.

English Revised Version
And Saul came to the city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And Saul came to a citie of Amalek, and set watch at the riuer.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And Saul came vnto a citie of Amalek, and set watch in the brooke.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
And whan Saul came to the cite of the Amalechites, he set an hynder watch by the ryuer,
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And Saul comes to a city of Amalek, and lays wait in a valley;

Young's Literal Translation
And Saul cometh in unto a city of Amalek, and layeth wait in a valley;

Smith's Literal Translation
And Saul will come even to a city of Amalek, and he will lie in wait by the torrent.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And when Saul was come to the city of Amalec, he laid ambushes in the torrent.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And when Saul had arrived as far as the city of Amalek, he placed ambushes at the torrent.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And Shaul came unto the city of Amaleq and he pronounced judgment in the valley

Lamsa Bible
And Saul came to a city of the Amalekites, and issued a directive in the valley.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And Saul came to the city of Amalek, and lay in wait in the valley.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Saul came to the cities of Amalec, and laid wait in the valley.
















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