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OET (OET-RV)Then Shemuel told him, ⇔ “Just as your sword has made women childless, ⇔ so too will your mother be made childless among women.” § And Samuel hacked Agag to pieces in front of Yahweh there at Gilgal.
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BrTrAnd Samuel said to Agag, As thy sword has bereaved women of their children, so shall thy mother be made childless among women: and Samuel slew Agag before the Lord in Galgal.
ULTAnd Samuel said, “Just as your sword has made women childless, so will your mother be made childless among women.” And Samuel hacked Agag to pieces before the face of Yahweh at the Gilgal.
USTBut Samuel said to him, ⇔ “You have killed the sons of many women with your sword, ⇔ so now your mother will no longer have a son.” § And Samuel cut Agag into pieces with his sword, there at Gilgal, where the Israelites worshiped Yahweh.
BSB § But Samuel declared: ⇔ “As your sword has made women childless, ⇔ so your mother will be childless among women.” § And Samuel hacked Agag to pieces before the LORD at Gilgal.
OEBSamuel said, ‘As your sword has bereaved women, so will your mother be the most bereaved of women.’ Then Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the Lord in Gilgal.
WEBBESamuel said, “As your sword has made women childless, so your mother will be childless amongst women!” Then Samuel cut Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.
NETSamuel said, “Just as your sword left women childless, so your mother will be the most bereaved among women!” Then Samuel hacked Agag to pieces there in Gilgal before the Lord.
LSVAnd Samuel says, “As your sword bereaved women—so is your mother bereaved above women”; and Samuel hews Agag in pieces before YHWH in Gilgal.
FBVBut Samuel said, “In the same way that your sword has made women childless, so too your mother will be childless among women.” Samuel cut Agag to pieces before the Lord at Gilgal.
T4TBut Samuel said to him, ⇔ “You have killed the sons of many women with your sword, ⇔ so now your mother will no longer have a son.” § And Samuel cut Agag into pieces with his sword, there at Gilgal, in the presence of Yahweh.
LEB• Samuel said,“Just as your sword bereaved women,• so will your mother be bereaved among women!” ¶ Then Samuel hacked Agag to pieces in the presence of Yahweh at Gilgal.
BBEAnd Samuel said, As your sword has made women without children, so now your mother will be without children among women. And Agag was cut up by Samuel, bone from bone, before the Lord in Gilgal.
JPSAnd 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.
ASVAnd Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before Jehovah in Gilgal.
DRAAnd Samuel said: As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed him in pieces before the Lord in Galgal.
YLTAnd Samuel saith, 'As thy sword bereaved women — so is thy mother bereaved above women;' and Samuel heweth Agag in pieces before Jehovah in Gilgal.
DrbyAnd Samuel said, As thy sword has made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless above women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before Jehovah in Gilgal.
RVAnd 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.
WbstrAnd 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.
KJB-1769And 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. (And Samuel said, As thy/your sword hath/has made women childless, so shall thy/your mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal. )
KJB-1611[fn]And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childlesse, so shall thy mother bee childlesse among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal. (And Samuel said, As thy/your sword hath/has made women childlesse, so shall thy/your mother be childlesse among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.)
BshpsAnd Samuel sayde: As thy sworde hath made women chyldlesse, so shall thy mother be chyldlesse aboue other women. And Samuel hewed Agag in peeces before the Lorde in Gilgal. (And Samuel said: As thy/your sword hath/has made women chyldlesse, so shall thy/your mother be chyldlesse above other women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the Lord in Gilgal.)
GnvaAnd Samuel sayde, As thy sworde hath made women childlesse, so shall thy mother bee childelesse among other women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the Lord in Gilgal. (And Samuel said, As thy/your sword hath/has made women childlesse, so shall thy/your mother be childelesse among other women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the Lord in Gilgal. )
CvdlSamuel sayde: Like as thy swerde hath made wemen childlesse, so shal yi mother also be without children amonge wemen. So Samuel hewed Agag in peces before ye LORDE in Gilgall. (Samuel said: Like as thy/your sword hath/has made women childlesse, so shall yi mother also be without children among women. So Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before ye/you_all LORD in Gilgall.)
WycAnd Samuel seide, As thi swerd made wymmen with out fre children, so thi modir schal be with out fre children among wymmen. And Samuel kittide hym in to gobetis bifor the Lord in Galgalis. (And Samuel said, As thy/your sword made women with out free children, so thy/your mother shall be with out free children among women. And Samuel kittide him in to fragments before the Lord in Galgalis.)
LuthSamuel sprach: Wie dein Schwert Weiber ihrer Kinder beraubet hat, also soll auch deine Mutter ihrer Kinder beraubet sein unter den Weibern. Also zerhieb Samuel den Agag zu Stücken vor dem HErr’s in Gilgal. (Samuel spoke: How your sword women of_their/her children beraubet has, also should also your mother of_their/her children beraubet his under the womenn. So zerhieb Samuel the Agag to Stücken before/in_front_of to_him LORD’s in Gilgal.)
ClVgEt ait Samuel: Sicut fecit absque liberis mulieres gladius tuus, sic absque liberis erit inter mulieres mater tua. Et in frustra concidit eum Samuel coram Domino in Galgalis.[fn] (And he_said Samuel: Sicut he_did without freedom mulieres gladius tuus, so without freedom will_be between mulieres mater your. And in frustra concidit him Samuel coram Master in Galgalis. )
15.33Et in frusta. Cum legunt quidam in Scripturis, quod sancti nulli hostium parcant, dicunt eos crudeles, nec intelligunt in his verbis obumbrata mysteria: ut pugnantes, scilicet, adversus vitia nullum penitus relinquamus. Si enim pepercerimus reputabitur nobis in culpam, sicut Sauli, qui regem Amalec vivum reservavit. Sancti vero, sicut Samuel, nullum peccatum dimittunt impunitum.
15.33And in frusta. Since legunt quidam in Scripturis, that sancti nulli hostium parcant, dicunt them crudeles, but_not intelligunt in his verbis obumbrata mysteria: as pugnantes, scilicet, adversus vitia nullum penitus relinquamus. When/But_if because pepercerimus reputabitur us in culpam, like Sauli, who regem Amalec vivum reservavit. Sancti indeed/yet, like Samuel, nullum peccatum dimittunt impunitum.
Thirty-four times in the Old Testament, God is said to “change his mind” or “be sorry” (Hebrew nakham). What could this mean? Did he relent, or did he have pity? Was he sorry, or did he grieve?
One thing is clear: God never repents of sin or moral failure, because he is perfect (see 1 Sam 15:29; Num 23:19). He may “change his mind” regarding calamity or judgment that he initiated—that is, he may decide to stop it—in response to prayers of repentance (Jer 18:7-10; Joel 2:14; Jon 3:9-10), a human intercessor (Exod 32:11-14; Amos 7:2-6), or with no apparent human mediation (Judg 2:18; 2 Sam 24:16). On a few occasions, God is “sorry” about something he has already done, such as choosing Saul to be king (1 Sam 15:11, 35; cp. Gen 6:6). Yet God is not admitting past mistakes; he is expressing anguish over lives gone awry.
Theologians debate the degree to which God, who is all-wise and all-powerful, can “change his mind.” In the Bible, any language that refers to a change in God’s mind reflects a human perspective on God’s activity. Any change in God, therefore, is a change as humans experience him—a reflection of his unchanging love, mercy, faithfulness, and holy will. It does not suggest a change in God’s power, omniscience, foreknowledge, wisdom, or holiness.
(Occurrence 0) As your sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said Shəmūʼēl just=as made_~_childless women/wives sword,your yes/correct/thus/so childless among,women mother,your and,hacked_~_topieces ShəmūʼēlDOM Agag to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before YHWH in/on/at/with,Gilgal )
Both of these phrases have similar meaning and may be intended to be in poetic form. Alternate translation: “Since you have killed people, you will also be killed”
Saul’s war against the Amalekites exemplifies many of the key traits–good and bad–of Saul’s leadership over Israel. Immediately before the story is recounted, the author notes that during Saul’s entire reign he fought valiantly against Israel’s enemies on every side (1 Samuel 14:47-52), and he amassed an army of skilled soldiers. Thus, Saul fulfilled one of the primary reasons the people demanded that Samuel appoint a king over them (1 Samuel 8). Then the author notes that the Lord, through Samuel, directed Saul to attack the Amalekites and utterly destroy them and their belongings as punishment for their cruel attack on the Israelites after they left Egypt to travel to Mount Sinai (Exodus 17; Deuteronomy 25:17-19). So Saul mustered a large number of troops at a place called Telaim and traveled to an otherwise unknown “city of the Amalekites” and lay in lay in wait for them in a valley. Saul also warned the Kenites, the descendants of Moses’ father-in-law Hobab (also called Jethro), to move away from the Amalekites so they would not be killed in the coming battle. It appears that the Kenites had remained on good terms with the Israelites since the time of Hobab/Jethro and accompanied them as they entered the Promised Land, eventually settling among the Amalekites in the Negev near Arad (Judges 1:16). Saul defeated the Amalekites, pursuing them “from Havilah as far as Shur,” according the the Hebrew text. The region of Havilah, however, was several hundred miles from the Negev, making it unlikely to be the place to which Saul pursued them, and this is underscored by the Septuagint’s substitution of “Elath” for “Havilah”. It is possible that the author was using this phrase as a hyperbolic merism to indicate that Saul pursued the Amalekites throughout the entire land in which they lived (see also Genesis 25:18 regarding the Ishmaelites). But since elsewhere in Scripture the Amalekites are said to live in the Negev and in southern Canaan (Genesis 14:7; Numbers 13:29; 14:45; Judges 1:16), another possibility is that the “Havilah” reading is a textual corruption. The Septuagint translators may have preserved the original reading of “Elath,” or they may have been making their best guess as to the intended location. Simply based on the similarity of spelling and the geography of the region (as shown on this map), it is possible that the original reading was “Hachilah,” a hill where David would later have some close encounters with Saul during his time in the wilderness (1 Samuel 23:19; 26:1). In any case, Saul and his men thoroughly defeated the Amalekites, but they failed to completely destroy them (see 1 Samuel 30) and their belongings. Instead they took King Agag alive and kept the best of the spoils. After this Saul traveled to Carmel and set up a monument for himself, and then he continued on to Gilgal. When Samuel arrived in Gilgal, however, he was angry with Saul for failing to devote all of the Amalekites and their goods to destruction, and he told Saul that the Lord regretted having made him king. Samuel then killed King Agag himself at Gilgal and returned to his home in Ramah. Saul returned to his home in Gibeah, but Samuel never spoke with Saul again.
