Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
And
it
cometh
to
pass,
after
`some'
days
, in
the days
of wheat -
harvest, that
Samson looketh
after
his
wife,
with
a kid
of
the
goats,
and saith,
`
I go in
unto
my wife, to
the
inner
chamber;'
and
her father hath
not permitted
him to
go
in,
Later
on
, at
the time
of the
wheat harvest, Samson took
a young
goat
and went
to
visit
his
wife.
“
I want
to
go to
my wife in
her
room
, ”
he
said.
But
her father would
not let
him enter.
and
her father
saith
, I
certainly
said ,
that
thou
didst
certainly
hate
her, and
I give
her to thy
companion;
is not her sister --
the
young
one
--
better
than she? Let
her be,
I
pray
thee,
to
thee,
instead of
her
. '
“I
was
sure
that
you
thoroughly
hated
her, ”
said her father
, “so
I gave
her to one
of
the
men
who
accompanied
you.
Is not her younger
sister more
beautiful
than she? Please
take
her instead. ”
And
Samson saith
of
them, `I
am
more
innocent
this time than
the
Philistines,
though
I am
doing with
them
evil
. '
Samson said
to
them, “
This time I will
be
blameless
in
doing harm
to
the
Philistines
. ”
And
Samson goeth
and catcheth
three hundred foxes ,
and taketh
torches, and
turneth
tail unto
tail, and putteth
a torch between the
two
tails ,
in
the
midst,
Then
Samson went
out
and caught
three hundred foxes .
And he
took
torches, turned
the
foxes
tail -to-
tail, and fastened
a torch between each
pair
of
tails .
and
kindleth
fire
in
the torches ,
and sendeth
`them'
out
into the standing corn
of the Philistines, and burneth
`it'
from
heap
even
unto
standing corn
, even
unto
vineyard
--
olive -yard
.
Then
he
lit
the torches and released
the
foxes
into the standing grain
of the Philistines, burning
up
the
piles
of
grain
and the
standing grain
, as
well
as
the
vineyards
and
olive groves
.
And
the
Philistines
say,
`
Who hath
done
this? '
And
they
say,
`
Samson, son-in-law of the Timnite, because
he
hath
taken
away
his wife ,
and
giveth
her
to his companion ;'
and
the Philistines go
up ,
and burn
her and her father with
fire
.
“
Who did
this? ”
the
Philistines
demanded.
“It
was
Samson, the
son-in-law of the Timnite, ”
they
were
told.
“For
his wife was
given
to his companion .”
So
the Philistines went
up and burned
her and her father to
death
.
And Samson saith
to
them, `Though
ye
do
thus,
nevertheless
I
am
avenged
on
you, and
afterwards
I cease!'
And Samson told
them, “Because
you have
done
this
, I will
not
rest
until
I
have
taken
vengeance
upon
you.”
And he smiteth
them hip
and
thigh
--
a great smiting
, and goeth
down and dwelleth
in the cleft
of
the rock Etam.
And he struck
them ruthlessly
with
a great slaughter
, and then
went
down and stayed
in the cave
at
the rock of
Etam.
And
the Philistines go
up, and
encamp
in Judah, and are
spread
out
in
Lehi ,
Then
the Philistines went
up, camped
in Judah, and deployed
themselves
near
the
town
of
Lehi .
and
the
men
of
Judah
say,
`
Why have ye
come
up
against
us? '
and
they
say
, `To
bind
Samson
we have come up,
to do
to
him as
he hath
done to us. '
“
Why have you
attacked
us? ”
said
the
men
of
Judah.
The
Philistines
replied
, “
We have come to arrest
Samson
and
pay
him back
for
what
he has
done to us. ”
And
three thousand men of Judah go
down
unto
the cleft
of
the rock Etam, and say
to
Samson, `Hast
thou
now
known
that the Philistines are
rulers
over us? and
what `is'
this
thou
hast
done to us? '
And
he
saith
to them ,
`As
they did to me, so
I
did
to
them
. '
In
response,
three thousand men of Judah went
to
the cave
at
the rock of
Etam, and they
asked
Samson, “Do
you
not
realize
that the Philistines rule
over us? What have
you
done to us? ”
“I
have
done
to them what
they did to me, ”
he
replied
.
And
they say
to him, `To
bind
thee
we have come down --
to give
thee
into
the
hand of
the Philistines. '
And
Samson saith
to
them
, `
Swear to me ,
lest
ye
fall
upon
me yourselves. '
But
they said
to him, “
We have come down to arrest
you
and
hand you
over
to
the Philistines. ”
Samson replied
, “
Swear to me that
you
will
not
kill
me yourselves. ”
And
they
speak
to
him
, saying
, No
, but we certainly
bind
thee,
and have
given
thee
into
their
hand ,
and
we
certainly
do
not
put
thee
to death;'
and
they bind
him with two thick
bands,
new ones,
and bring
him up from the rock.
“No
, ”
they
answered
, “we
will
not
kill
you
, but we will
tie
you
up
securely
and hand you
over
to them.”
So
they bound
him with two new ropes
and led
him up from the rock.
He
hath
come
unto
Lehi --
and
the Philistines have
shouted
at
meeting
him --
and the Spirit of Jehovah
prospereth
over
him ,
and
the thick
bands
which
`are'
on his arms are
as
flax which
they
burn
with
fire
, and his
bands
are
wasted
from off
his hands ,
When
Samson
arrived
in
Lehi ,
the Philistines came
out
shouting
against
him .
And the Spirit of the
LORD
came
mightily
upon
him .
The ropes
on his arms became
like
burnt
flax, and the
bonds
broke
loose
from his hands .
and
he findeth
a
fresh jaw-bone
of an
ass
, and
putteth
forth
his hand and taketh
it, and smiteth
with
it
--
a thousand men.
He found
the
fresh jawbone
of a
donkey
, reached
out
his hand and took
it, and struck
down
a thousand men.
And
Samson saith,
`
With a
jaw-bone
of
the ass
--
an
ass
upon
asses
--
with
a
jaw-bone
of the ass
I have smitten
a thousand men. '
Then
Samson said:
“
With the jawbone
of a
donkey
I
have
piled
them
into
heaps.
With
the jawbone
of
a
donkey
I have slain
a thousand men. ”
And it
cometh
to
pass
when he
finisheth
speaking, that
he casteth
away
the jaw-bone
out
of
his hand ,
and calleth
that place Ramath-Lehi ;
And when Samson
had
finished
speaking, he cast
the jawbone
from
his hand ;
and he
named
that place Ramath-lehi .
and he
thirsteth
exceedingly,
and
calleth
unto
Jehovah,
and
saith
, `Thou
--
Thou
hast
given
by
the hand
of
Thy
servant
this great salvation;
and
now,
I die with
thirst ,
and have
fallen
into the hand
of the uncircumcised .'
And being
very
thirsty
, Samson
cried
out
to
the LORD,
“You
have
accomplished
this great deliverance
through
Your
servant.
Must
I now
die of
thirst and fall
into the hands
of the uncircumcised ?”
And
God cleaveth
the hollow place which
`is'
in Lehi, and waters
come
out of it ,
and
he
drinketh
, and
his spirit
cometh
back
, and he reviveth;
therefore
hath
`one'
called
its
name
`The
fountain
of
him
who
is calling
, '
which
`is'
in Lehi unto
this day.
So
God opened
up
the hollow place in Lehi, and water
came
out of it .
When
Samson
drank
, his strength
returned
, and he was
revived.
That
is why
he
named
it
En-hakkore
, and
it
remains
in Lehi to
this day.
And he
judgeth
Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty
years
.
And Samson
judged
Israel for
twenty
years
in the days of the Philistines.
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