KJV King James Version
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.
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1 Samuel 15:32
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then Samuel said, “Bring me Agag king of the Amalekites.” Agag came to him cheerfully, for he thought, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.”
WEB World English Bible
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.”
ASV American Standard Version
Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him cheerfully. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and Samuel saith, ‘Bring ye nigh unto me Agag king of Amalek,’ and Agag cometh unto him daintily, and Agag saith, ‘Surely the bitterness of death hath turned aside.’
Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 15
29 And 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] 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.
31 So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the LORD.
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.
34 Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.
35 And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the LORD repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.
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וַיֹּ֣אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayשְׁמוּאֵ֗לH8050 · she.mu.elSamuelהַגִּ֤ישׁוּH5066 · na.gashto approach: approachאֵלַי֙H413 · elto(wards)אֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]אֲגַג֙H90 · a.gagAgagמֶ֣לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingעֲמָלֵ֔קH6002 · a.ma.leqAmalekוַיֵּ֣לֶךְH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentאֵלָ֔יוH413 · elto(wards)אֲגַ֖גH90 · a.gagAgagמַעֲדַנֹּ֑תH4575 · ma.a.dan.nahbondוַיֹּ֣אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayאֲגָ֔גH90 · a.gagAgagאָכֵ֖ןH403 · a.khensurelyסָ֥רH5493 · surto turn aside: removeמַר־H4751 · marbitterהַמָּֽוֶת׃ סH4194 · ma.vetdeath
Cross-references
Revelation 18:7How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.Jeremiah 48:44He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon it, [even] upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith the LORD.1 Thessalonians 5:3For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
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