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World English Bible Classic
[1] But after a while, in the time of wheat harvest, Samson visited his wife with a young goat. He said, “I will go in to my wife’s room.”But her father wouldn’t allow him to go in. [2] Her father said, “I most certainly thought that you utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to your companion. Isn’t her younger sister more beautiful than she? Please, take her instead.” [3] Samson said to them, “This time I will be blameless in the case of the Philistines when I harm them.” [4] Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took torches, and turned tail to tail, and put a torch in the middle between every two tails. [5] When he had set the torches on fire, he let them go into the standing grain of the Philistines, and burned up both the shocks and the standing grain, and also the olive groves. [6] Then the Philistines said, “Who has done this?”They said, “Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he has taken his wife and given her to his companion.” The Philistines came up, and burned her and her father with fire. [7] Samson said to them, “If you behave like this, surely I will take revenge on you, and after that I will cease.” [8] He struck them hip and thigh with a great slaughter; and he went down and lived in the cave in Etam’s rock. [9] Then the Philistines went up, encamped in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi. [10] The men of Judah said, “Why have you come up against us?”They said, “We have come up to bind Samson, to do to him as he has done to us.” [11] Then three thousand men of Judah went down to the cave in Etam’s rock, and said to Samson, “Don’t you know that the Philistines are rulers over us? What then is this that you have done to us?”He said to them, “As they did to me, so I have done to them.” [12] They said to him, “We have come down to bind you, that we may deliver you into the hand of the Philistines.”Samson said to them, “Swear to me that you will not attack me yourselves.” [13] They spoke to him, saying, “No, but we will bind you securely and deliver you into their hands; but surely we will not kill you.” They bound him with two new ropes, and brought him up from the rock. [14] When he came to Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they met him. Then Yahweh’s Spirit came mightily on him, and the ropes that were on his arms became as flax that was burned with fire; and his bands dropped from off his hands. [15] He found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, put out his hand, took it, and struck a thousand men with it. [16] Samson said, “With the jawbone of a donkey, heaps on heaps; with the jawbone of a donkey I have struck a thousand men.” [17] When he had finished speaking, he threw the jawbone out of his hand; and that place was called Ramath Lehi.ⓘ [18] He was very thirsty, and called on Yahweh and said, “You have given this great deliverance by the hand of your servant; and now shall I die of thirst, and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?” [19] But God split the hollow place that is in Lehi, and water came out of it. When he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived. Therefore its name was called En Hakkore, which is in Lehi, to this day. [20] He judged Israel twenty years in the days of the Philistines.

Footnotes

  1. ⓘ 15:17 “Ramath” means “hill” and “Lehi” means “jawbone”.
King James Version
[1] But it came to pass H1961 within a while after, H3117 in the time H3117 of wheat H2406 harvest, H7105 that Samson H8123 visited H6485 H853 his wife H802 with a kid; H1423 H5795 and he said, H559 I will go in H935 to H413 my wife H802 into the chamber. H2315 But her father H1 would H5414 not H3808 suffer him H5414 to go in. H935 [2] And her father H1 said, H559 I verily H559 thought H559 that H3588 thou hadst utterly H8130 hated her; H8130 therefore I gave her H5414 to thy companion: H4828 is not H3808 her H269 younger H6996 sister H269 fairer H2896 than she? H4480 take her, H1961§ I pray thee, H4994 instead of her. H8478 [3] And Samson H8123 said H559 concerning them, Now H6471 shall I be more blameless H5352 than the Philistines, H6430 though H3588§ I H589 do H6213 them H5973 a displeasure. H7451 [4] And Samson H8123 went H3212 and caught H3920 three H7969 hundred H3967 foxes, H7776 and took H3947 firebrands, H3940§ and turned H6437 tail H2180 to H413 tail, H2180 and put H7760 a H259 firebrand H3940 in the midst H8432 between H996 two H8147 tails. H2180 [5] And when he had set H1197 the brands H3940 on fire, H784 he let them go H7971 into the standing corn H7054 of the Philistines, H6430 and burnt up H1197 both the shocks, H1430 and also H5704 the standing corn, H7054 with H5704 the vineyards H3754 and olives. H2132 [6] Then the Philistines H6430 said, H559 Who H4310 hath done H6213 this? H2063 And they answered, H559 Samson, H8123 the son in law H2860 of the Timnite, H8554 because H3588 he had taken H3947 H853 his wife, H802 and given her H5414 to his companion. H4828 And the Philistines H6430 came up, H5927 and burnt H8313 her H853 and H853 her father H1 with fire. H784 [7] And Samson H8123 said H559 unto them, Though H518 ye have done H6213 this, H2063 yet H3588 H518 will I be avenged H5358 of you, and after H310 that I will cease. H2308 [8] And he smote H5221 them H853 hip H7785 and H5921 thigh H3409 with a great H1419 slaughter: H4347 and he went down H3381 and dwelt H3427 in the top H5585 of the rock H5553 Etam. H5862 [9] Then the Philistines H6430 went up, H5927 and pitched H2583 in Judah, H3063 and spread themselves H5203 in Lehi. H3896 [10] And the men H376 of Judah H3063 said, H559 Why H4100 are ye come up H5927 against us? H5921 And they answered, H559 To bind H631 H853 Samson H8123 are we come up, H5927 to do H6213 to him as H834 he hath done H6213 to us. [11] Then three H7969 thousand H505 men H376 of Judah H3063 went H3381§ to H413 the top H5585 of the rock H5553 Etam, H5862 and said H559 to Samson, H8123 Knowest thou H3045 not H3808 that H3588 the Philistines H6430 are rulers H4910 over us? what H4100 is this H2063 that thou hast done H6213 unto us? And he said H559 unto them, As H834 they did H6213 unto me, so H3651 have I done H6213 unto them. [12] And they said H559 unto him, We are come down H3381 to bind thee, H631 that we may deliver thee H5414 into the hand H3027 of the Philistines. H6430 And Samson H8123 said H559 unto them, Swear H7650 unto me, that H6435 ye will H6293 not H6435 fall upon H6293 me yourselves. H859 [13] And they spake H559 unto him, saying, H559 No; H3808 but H3588 we will bind H631 thee fast, H631 and deliver thee H5414 into their hand: H3027 but surely H4191 we will H4191 not H3808 kill thee. H4191 And they bound him H631 with two H8147 new H2319 cords, H5688 and brought him up H5927 from H4480 the rock. H5553 [14] And when H935 he H1931 came H935 unto H5704 Lehi, H3896 the Philistines H6430 shouted H7321 against him: H7125 and the Spirit H7307 of the Lord H3068 came mightily H6743 upon him, H5921 and the cords H5688 that H834 were upon H5921 his arms H2220 became H1961 as flax H6593 that H834 was burnt H1197 with fire, H784 and his bands H612 loosed H4549§ from off H5921 his hands. H3027 [15] And he found H4672 a new H2961§ jawbone H3895 of an ass, H2543 and put forth H7971 his hand, H3027 and took it, H3947 and slew H5221 a thousand H505 men H376 therewith. [16] And Samson H8123 said, H559
With the jawbone H3895 of an ass, H2543 heaps H2565 upon heaps, H2565
With the jaw H3895 of an ass H2543 have I slain H5221 a thousand H505 men. H376
[17] And it came to pass, H1961 when he had made an end H3615 of speaking, H1696 that he cast away H7993 the jawbone H3895 out of his hand, H3027 and called H7121 that H1931 place H4725 Ramath-lehi. H7437ⓘ [18] And he was H6770 sore H3966 athirst, H6770 and called H7121 on H413 the Lord, H3068 and said, H559 Thou H859 hast given H5414 H853 this H2063 great H1419 deliverance H8668 into the hand H3027 of thy servant: H5650 and now H6258 shall I die H4191 for thirst, H6772 and fall H5307 into the hand H3027 of the uncircumcised? H6189 [19] But God H430 clave H1234 H853 an hollow place H4388 that H834 was in the jaw, H3895§ and there came H3318 water H4325 thereout; H4480 and when he had drunk, H8354 his spirit H7307 came again, H7725 and he revived: H2421 wherefore H5921 H3651 he called H7121 the name thereof H8034 En-hakkore, H5875ⓘ which H834 is in Lehi H3896 unto H5704 this H2088 day. H3117 [20] And he judged H8199 H853 Israel H3478 in the days H3117 of the Philistines H6430 twenty H6242 years. H8141

Footnotes

  1. § 15:2 Heb. let her be thine
  2. § 15:3 Or, now shall I be blameless from the Philistines, though, etc.
  3. § 15:4 Or, torches
  4. § 15:11 Heb. went down
  5. § 15:14 Heb. were melted
  6. § 15:15 Heb. moist
  7. ⓘ 15:17 That is, the lifting up of the jawbone, or, casting away of the jawbone
  8. § 15:19a Or, Lehi
  9. ⓘ 15:19b That is, the well of him that called or cried
Septuaginta
[1] Καὶ G2532 ἐγένετο G1096 μεθ’ G3326 ἡμέρας G2250 ἐν G1722 ἡμέραις G2250 θερισμοῦ G2326 πυρῶν καὶ G2532 ἐπεσκέψατο G1980 Σαμψων G4546 τὴν G3588 γυναῖκα G1135 αὐτοῦ G846 φέρων G5342 ἔριφον G2056 αἰγῶν καὶ G2532 εἶπεν G2036 Εἰσελεύσομαι G1525 πρὸς G4314 τὴν G3588 γυναῖκά G1135 μου G3450 εἰς G1519 τὸν G3588 κοιτῶνα· G2846 καὶ G2532 οὐκ G3756 ἀφῆκεν G863 αὐτὸν G846 ὁ G3588 πατὴρ G3962 αὐτῆς G846 εἰσελθεῖν G1525 πρὸς G4314 αὐτήν. G846 [2] Καὶ G2532 εἶπεν G2036 ὁ G3588 πατὴρ G3962 αὐτῆς G846 Εἴπας G2036 εἶπα G2036 ὅτι G3754 μισῶν G3404 ἐμίσησας G3404 αὐτήν, G846 καὶ G2532 ἔδωκα G1325 αὐτὴν G846 τῷ G3588 συνεταίρῳ σου· G4675 οὐκ G3756 ἰδοὺ G2400 ἡ G3588 ἀδελφὴ G79 αὐτῆς G846 ἡ G3588 νεωτέρα G3501 κρείσσων G2908 αὐτῆς G846 ἐστιν; G2076 Ἔστω G2077 δή G1211 σοι G4671 ἀντὶ G473 αὐτῆς. G846 [3] Καὶ G2532 εἶπεν G2036 αὐτῷ G846 Σαμψων G4546 Ἀθῷός G121 εἰμι G1510 τὸ G3588 ἅπαξ G530 ἀπὸ G575 τῶν G3588 ἀλλοφύλων, G246 ὅτι G3754 ἐγὼ G1473 ποιῶ G4160 μεθ’ G3326 ὑμῶν G5216 κακά. G2556 [4] Καὶ G2532 ἐπορεύθη G4198 Σαμψων G4546 καὶ G2532 συνέλαβεν G4815 τριακοσίας G5145 ἀλώπεκας G258 καὶ G2532 ἔλαβεν G2983 λαμπάδας G2985 καὶ G2532 συνέδησεν G4887 κέρκον πρὸς G4314 κέρκον καὶ G2532 ἔθηκεν G5087 λαμπάδα G2985 μίαν G3391 ἀνὰ G303 μέσον G3319 τῶν G3588 δύο G1417 κέρκων ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 μέσῳ· G3319 [5] καὶ G2532 ἐξῆψεν πῦρ G4442 ἐν G1722 ταῖς G3588 λαμπάσιν G2985 καὶ G2532 ἐξαπέστειλεν G1821 εἰς G1519 τὰ G3588 δράγματα τῶν G3588 ἀλλοφύλων G246 καὶ G2532 ἐνεπύρισεν τοὺς G3588 στάχυας G4719 καὶ G2532 τὰ G3588 προτεθερισμένα ἀπὸ G575 στοιβῆς καὶ G2532 ἕως G2193 ἑστῶτος G2476 καὶ G2532 ἕως G2193 ἀμπελῶνος G290 καὶ G2532 ἐλαίας. G1636 [6] Καὶ G2532 εἶπαν G2036 οἱ G3588 ἀλλόφυλοι G246 Τίς G5101 ἐποίησεν G4160 ταῦτα; G5023 Καὶ G2532 εἶπαν G2036 Σαμψων G4546 ὁ G3588 γαμβρὸς τοῦ G3588 Θαμναθαίου, ὅτι G3754 ἔλαβεν G2983 τὴν G3588 γυναῖκα G1135 αὐτοῦ G846 καὶ G2532 ἔδωκεν G1325 αὐτὴν G846 τῷ G3588 συνεταίρῳ αὐτοῦ· G846 καὶ G2532 ἀνέβησαν G305 οἱ G3588 ἀλλόφυλοι G246 καὶ G2532 ἐνεπύρισαν τὴν G3588 οἰκίαν G3614 τοῦ G3588 πατρὸς G3962 αὐτῆς G846 καὶ G2532 αὐτὴν G846 καὶ G2532 τὸν G3588 πατέρα G3962 αὐτῆς G846 ἐν G1722 πυρί. G4442 [7] Καὶ G2532 εἶπεν G2036 αὐτοῖς G846 Σαμψων G4546 Ἐὰν G1437 ποιήσητε G4160 οὕτως, G3779 οὐκ G3756 εὐδοκήσω, G2106 ἀλλὰ G235 τὴν G3588 ἐκδίκησίν G1557 μου G3450 ἐξ G1537 ἑνὸς G1520 καὶ G2532 ἑκάστου G1538 ὑμῶν G5216 ποιήσομαι. G4160 [8] Καὶ G2532 ἐπάταξεν G3960 αὐτοὺς G846 ἐπὶ G1909 μηρὸν G3382 πληγὴν G4127 μεγάλην· G3173 καὶ G2532 κατέβη G2597 καὶ G2532 κατῴκει G2730 παρὰ G3844 τῷ G3588 χειμάρρῳ G5493 ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 σπηλαίῳ G4693 Ηταμ. [9] Καὶ G2532 ἀνέβησαν G305 οἱ G3588 ἀλλόφυλοι G246 καὶ G2532 παρενεβάλοσαν ἐπὶ G1909 τὸν G3588 Ιουδαν G2455 καὶ G2532 ἐξερρίφησαν ἐν G1722 Λεχι. [10] Καὶ G2532 εἶπαν G2036 αὐτοῖς G846 πᾶς G3956 ἀνὴρ G435 Ιουδα Ἵνα G2443 τί G5101 ἀνέβητε G305 ἐφ’ G1909 ἡμᾶς; G2248 Καὶ G2532 εἶπαν G2036 οἱ G3588 ἀλλόφυλοι G246 Δῆσαι G1210 τὸν G3588 Σαμψων G4546 καὶ G2532 ποιῆσαι G4160 αὐτῷ G846 ὃν G3739 τρόπον G5158 ἐποίησεν G4160 ἡμῖν. G2254 [11] Καὶ G2532 κατέβησαν G2597 τρεῖς G5140 χιλιάδες G5505 ἀνδρῶν G435 ἐξ G1537 Ιουδα ἐπὶ G1909 τὴν G3588 ὀπὴν G3692 τῆς G3588 πέτρας G4073 Ηταμ καὶ G2532 εἶπαν G2036 πρὸς G4314 Σαμψων G4546 Οὐκ G3756 οἶδας G1492 ὅτι G3754 ἄρχουσιν G757 ἡμῶν G2257 οἱ G3588 ἀλλόφυλοι, G246 καὶ G2532 ἵνα G2443 τί G5101 ταῦτα G5023 ἐποίησας G4160 ἡμῖν; G2254 Καὶ G2532 εἶπεν G2036 αὐτοῖς G846 Σαμψων G4546 Καθὼς G2531 ἐποίησαν G4160 ἡμῖν, G2254 οὕτως G3779 ἐποίησα G4160 αὐτοῖς. G846 [12] Καὶ G2532 εἶπαν G2036 αὐτῷ G846 Τοῦ G3588 δῆσαί G1210 σε G4571 κατέβημεν G2597 καὶ G2532 παραδοῦναί G3860 σε G4571 εἰς G1519 χεῖρας G5495 ἀλλοφύλων. G246 Καὶ G2532 εἶπεν G2036 αὐτοῖς G846 Σαμψων G4546 Ὀμόσατέ G3660 μοι G3427 μὴ G3361 ἀποκτεῖναί G615 με G3165 ὑμεῖς G5210 καὶ G2532 παράδοτέ G3860 με G3165 αὐτοῖς, G846 μήποτε G3379 ἀπαντήσητε G528 ὑμεῖς G5210 ἐν G1722 ἐμοί. G1698 [13] Καὶ G2532 ὤμοσαν G3660 αὐτῷ G846 λέγοντες G3004 Οὐχί, G3780 ἀλλὰ G235 δεσμῷ G1199 δήσομέν G1210 σε G4571 καὶ G2532 παραδώσομέν G3860 σε G4571 εἰς G1519 χεῖρας G5495 αὐτῶν, G846 θανάτῳ G2288 δὲ G1161 οὐ G3756 θανατώσομέν G2289 σε· G4571 καὶ G2532 ἔδησαν G1210 αὐτὸν G846 δύο G1417 καλωδίοις καινοῖς G2537 καὶ G2532 ἀνήγαγον G321 αὐτὸν G846 ἐκ G1537 τῆς G3588 πέτρας. G4073 [14] Καὶ G2532 αὐτὸς G846 ἦλθεν G2064 ἕως G2193 Σιαγόνος· G4600 καὶ G2532 οἱ G3588 ἀλλόφυλοι G246 ἠλάλαξαν G214 εἰς G1519 ἀπάντησιν G529 αὐτοῦ G846 καὶ G2532 ἔδραμον G5143 εἰς G1519 συνάντησιν G4877 αὐτοῦ· G846 καὶ G2532 κατηύθυνεν G2720 ἐπ’ G1909 αὐτὸν G846 πνεῦμα G4151 κυρίου, G2962 καὶ G2532 ἐγένοντο G1096 τὰ G3588 καλώδια τὰ G3588 ἐν G1722 τοῖς G3588 βραχίοσιν G1023 αὐτοῦ G846 ὡσεὶ G5616 στιππύον, ἡνίκα G2259 ἂν G302 ὀσφρανθῇ πυρός, G4442 καὶ G2532 διελύθησαν G1262 οἱ G3588 δεσμοὶ G1199 ἀπὸ G575 τῶν G3588 βραχιόνων G1023 αὐτοῦ. G846 [15] Καὶ G2532 εὗρεν G2147 σιαγόνα G4600 ὄνου G3688 ἐρριμμένην G4496 ἐν G1722 τῇ G3588 ὁδῷ G3598 καὶ G2532 ἐξέτεινεν G1614 τὴν G3588 χεῖρα G5495 αὐτοῦ G846 καὶ G2532 ἔλαβεν G2983 αὐτὴν G846 καὶ G2532 ἐπάταξεν G3960 ἐν G1722 αὐτῇ G846 χιλίους G5507 ἄνδρας. G435 [16] Καὶ G2532 εἶπεν G2036 Σαμψων G4546 Ἐν G1722 σιαγόνι G4600 ὄνου G3688 ἐξαλείφων G1813 ἐξήλειψα G1813 αὐτούς, G846 ὅτι G3754 ἐν G1722 σιαγόνι G4600 ὄνου G3688 ἐπάταξα G3960 χιλίους G5507 ἄνδρας. G435 [17] Καὶ G2532 ἐγένετο G1096 ἡνίκα G2259 συνετέλεσεν G4931 λαλῶν, G2980 καὶ G2532 ἔρριψεν G4496 τὴν G3588 σιαγόνα G4600 ἀπὸ G575 τῆς G3588 χειρὸς G5495 αὐτοῦ· G846 καὶ G2532 ἐκάλεσεν G2564 τὸν G3588 τόπον G5117 ἐκεῖνον G1565 Ἀναίρεσις G336 σιαγόνος. G4600 [18] Καὶ G2532 ἐδίψησεν G1372 σφόδρα· G4970 καὶ G2532 ἐβόησεν G994 πρὸς G4314 κύριον G2962 καὶ G2532 εἶπεν G2036 Σὺ G4771 ἔδωκας G1325 ἐν G1722 χειρὶ G5495 τοῦ G3588 δούλου G1401 σου G4675 τὴν G3588 σωτηρίαν G4991 τὴν G3588 μεγάλην G3173 ταύτην, G3778 καὶ G2532 νῦν G3568 ἀποθανοῦμαι G599 ἐν G1722 δίψει G1373 καὶ G2532 ἐμπεσοῦμαι G1706 ἐν G1722 χειρὶ G5495 τῶν G3588 ἀπεριτμήτων. G564 [19] Καὶ G2532 ἤνοιξεν G455 ὁ G3588 θεὸς G2316 τὸ G3588 τραῦμα G5134 τῆς G3588 σιαγόνος, G4600 καὶ G2532 ἐξῆλθεν G1831 ἐξ G1537 αὐτοῦ G846 ὕδατα, G5204 καὶ G2532 ἔπιεν, G4095 καὶ G2532 ἐπέστρεψεν G1994 τὸ G3588 πνεῦμα G4151 αὐτοῦ G846 ἐν G1722 αὐτῷ, G846 καὶ G2532 ἀνέψυξεν. G404 Διὰ G1223 τοῦτο G5124 ἐκλήθη G2564 τὸ G3588 ὄνομα G3686 αὐτῆς G846 Πηγὴ G4077 ἐπίκλητος σιαγόνος G4600 ἕως G2193 τῆς G3588 ἡμέρας G2250 ταύτης. G3778 — [20] καὶ G2532 ἔκρινεν G2919 τὸν G3588 Ισραηλ G2474 ἐν G1722 ἡμέραις G2250 ἀλλοφύλων G246 ἔτη G2094 εἴκοσι. G1501
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