³²Then Samuel said, “Bring Agag the king of Amalek out to me!” Agag came to him confidently,^s for Agag thought, “Surely the bitterness of death is over.”^t

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Footnotes

sOr “trembling”; literally “in chains/bonds” (HALOT 609 s.v. 2); the meaning here is uncertain (LXX has “trembling”)
tLiterally “has turned aside”; other English versions follow the LXX and Peshitta and omit “has turned aside,” reading “Surely the bitterness of death!”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Then Samuel said, “Bring here to me Agag the king of the Amalekites.” And Agag came to him cheerfully. Agag said, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Then Samuel said, “Bring me Agag king of the Amalekites.”

Agag came to him in chains. And he thought, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Samuel said, “Bring me King Agag of Amalek.”

Agag came to him trembling, for he thought, “Certainly the bitterness of death has come.”

NLTNew Living Translation

Then Samuel said, “Bring King Agag to me.” Agag arrived full of hope, for he thought, “Surely the worst is over, and I have been spared!”

KJV 1900King 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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