1 Samuel 15:33 (YLT)

Passage

And Samuel saith, `As thy sword bereaved women--so is thy mother bereaved above women;' and Samuel heweth Agag in pieces before Jehovah in Gilgal.

Nearby Context

1 Samuel 15:31 And Samuel turneth back after Saul, and Saul boweth himself to Jehovah;

1 Samuel 15:32 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.'

1 Samuel 15:33 And Samuel saith, `As thy sword bereaved women--so is thy mother bereaved above women;' and Samuel heweth Agag in pieces before Jehovah in Gilgal.

1 Samuel 15:34 And Samuel goeth to Ramath, and Saul hath gone unto his house--to Gibeah of Saul.

1 Samuel 15:35 And Samuel hath not added to see Saul till the day of his death, for Samuel mourned for Saul, and Jehovah repented that He had caused Saul to reign over Israel.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "samuel", "saith", "sword", "bereaved", "women--so", "mother", and "above". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "samuel" and "saith", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 32's "and Samuel saith Bring ye nigh unto..." into verse 34's "And Samuel goeth to Ramath and Saul...", so "samuel" and "saith" 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 "saith" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.