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1 Samuel 15:32-33
Easy-to-Read Version
1 Samuel 15:32-33
Easy-to-Read Version
32 Samuel said, “Bring King Agag of the Amalekites to me.”
Agag came to Samuel. Agag was tied with chains and thought, “Surely he won’t kill me.”[a]
33 But Samuel said to Agag, “Your sword took babies from their mothers. So now, your mother will have no children.” And Samuel cut Agag to pieces before the Lord at Gilgal.
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- 1 Samuel 15:32 Surely … kill me The ancient Greek version has “This treatment is worse than death.”
1 Samuel 15:32-33
New American Standard Bible
1 Samuel 15:32-33
New American Standard Bible
32 Then Samuel said, “Bring me Agag, the king of the Amalekites.” And Agag came to him [a]cheerfully. And Agag said, “Surely the bitterness of death is gone!” 33 But Samuel said, “(A)As your sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women.” And Samuel cut Agag to pieces before the Lord at Gilgal.
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- 1 Samuel 15:32 Or in chains
1 Samuel 15:32-33
New International Version
1 Samuel 15:32-33
New International Version
32 Then Samuel said, “Bring me Agag king of the Amalekites.”
Agag came to him in chains.[a] And he thought, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.”
33 But Samuel said,
“As your sword has made women childless,
so will your mother be childless among women.”(A)
And Samuel put Agag to death before the Lord at Gilgal.
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- 1 Samuel 15:32 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
1 Samuel 15:32-33
King James Version
1 Samuel 15:32-33
King James Version
32 Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.
33 And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the Lord in Gilgal.
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