King James Version
1 Samuel 15:25 in the King James Version says “Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD.” — study this verse from 1 Samuel chapter 15 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD.”
1 Samuel 15:25 · KJV
For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king. witchcraft: Heb. divination
And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.
Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD.
And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.
And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Now therefore I pray thee pardon”
H5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
'i pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the imperative or future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“my sin”
H2403an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
“and turn again”
H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
“with me that I may worship”
H7812to depress, i.e., prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or god)
“the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
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