1 Samuel 15:33 (GNV)

Passage

And 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.

Nearby Context

1 Samuel 15:31 So Samuel turned againe, and followed Saul: and Saul worshipped the Lord.

1 Samuel 15:32 Then saide Samuel, Bring yee hither to me Agag ye King of the Amalekites: and Agag came vnto him pleasantly, and Agag saide, Truely the bitternesse of death is passed.

1 Samuel 15:33 And 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.

1 Samuel 15:34 So Samuel departed to Ramah, and Saul went vp to his house to Gibeah of Saul.

1 Samuel 15:35 And Samuel came no more to see Saul vntill the day of his death: but Samuel mourned for Saul, and the Lord repented that hee made Saul King ouer Israel.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "samuel", "sayde", "sworde", "hath", "women", "childlesse", "shall", and "mother". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "samuel" and "sayde", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 32's "Then saide Samuel Bring yee hither to..." into verse 34's "So Samuel departed to Ramah and Saul...", so "samuel" and "sayde" belong inside that flow. In 1 Samuel context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "samuel" and "sayde" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.