1 Samuel 15:33 — compare English translations
Compare translations1 Samuel 15:33 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל
Shᵉmûwʼêl
H8050
Samuel
כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
שִׁכְּלָ֤ה
shâkôl
H7921
to be bereaved
נָשִׁים֙
ʼishshâh
H802
woman
חַרְבֶּ֔ךָ
chereb
H2719
sword
כֵּן
kên
H3651
thus
תִּשְׁכַּ֥ל
shâkôl
H7921
to be bereaved
מִנָּשִׁ֖ים
ʼishshâh
H802
woman
אִמֶּ֑ךָ
ʼêm
H517
mother
וַיְשַׁסֵּ֨ף
shâçaph
H8158
to hew
שְׁמוּאֵ֧ל
Shᵉmûwʼêl
H8050
Samuel
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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אֲגָ֛ג
ʼĂgag
H90
Agag
לִפְנֵ֥י
pânîym
H6440
face
יְהוָ֖ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
בַּגִּלְגָּֽל
Gilgâl
H1537
Gilgal
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World English Bible Public Domain
Samuel said, As your sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women. Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before Yahweh in Gilgal.
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King James Version Public Domain
And Samuel said, As the 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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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
But Samuel said, “Just as your sword has made women childless, so your mother will be childless among women.” And Samuel hacked Agag to pieces to the face of Yahweh at Gilgal.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).