Judges 15:1-8
Legacy Standard Bible
Samson Strikes Down the Philistines
15 Now it happened that after a while, in the time of the wheat harvest, Samson visited his wife (A)with a young goat and said, “I will go in to my wife in her room.” But her father did not let him enter. 2 And her father said, “I really thought that you hated her intensely; so I (B)gave her to your companion. Is not her younger sister better than she? Please let her be yours [a]instead.” 3 Samson then said to them, “This time I shall be innocent in regard to the Philistines when I do them harm.” 4 So Samson went and caught 300 foxes and took torches and turned the foxes tail to tail and put one torch in the middle between two tails. 5 Then he set fire to the torches and sent [b]the foxes into the standing grain of the Philistines. So he caused both the shocks and the standing grain, along with the vineyards and groves, to burn. 6 Then the Philistines said, “Who did this?” And they said, “Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because [c]he took his wife and gave her to his companion.” So the Philistines came up and (C)burned her and her father with fire. 7 Then Samson said to them, “If you act like this, then I will surely take revenge on you, but after that I will cease.” 8 And he struck them [d]ruthlessly with a great slaughter; and he went down and lived in the cleft of the rock of Etam.
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- Judges 15:2 Lit instead of her
- Judges 15:5 Lit them
- Judges 15:6 The Timnite
- Judges 15:8 Lit leg on thigh
Judges 15:1-8
Revised Standard Version
Samson Defeats the Philistines
15 After a while, at the time of wheat harvest, Samson went to visit his wife with a kid; and he said, “I will go in to my wife in the chamber.” But her father would not allow him to go in. 2 And her father said, “I really thought that you utterly hated her; so I gave her to your companion. Is not her younger sister fairer than she? Pray take her instead.” 3 And Samson said to them, “This time I shall be blameless in regard to the Philistines, when I do them mischief.” 4 So Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took torches; and he turned them tail to tail, and put a torch between each pair of tails. 5 And when he had set fire to the torches, he let the foxes go into the standing grain of the Philistines, and burned up the shocks and the standing grain, as well as the olive orchards. 6 Then the Philistines said, “Who has done this?” And they said, “Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he has taken his wife and given her to his companion.” And the Philistines came up, and burned her and her father with fire. 7 And Samson said to them, “If this is what you do, I swear I will be avenged upon you, and after that I will quit.” 8 And he smote them hip and thigh with great slaughter; and he went down and stayed in the cleft of the rock of Etam.
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