Verse 13

Judges 15:13

New Living Translation

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13 “We will only tie you up and hand you over to the Philistines,” they replied. “We won’t kill you.” So they tied him up with two new ropes and brought him up from the rock.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יֹּ֧אמְרוּ ל֣/וֹ לֵ/אמֹ֗ר לֹ֚א כִּֽי אָסֹ֤ר נֶֽאֱסָרְ/ךָ֙ וּ/נְתַנּ֣וּ/ךָ בְ/יָדָ֔/ם וְ/הָמֵ֖ת לֹ֣א נְמִיתֶ֑/ךָ וַ/יַּאַסְרֻ֗/הוּ בִּ/שְׁנַ֨יִם֙ עֲבֹתִ֣ים חֲדָשִׁ֔ים וַֽ/יַּעֲל֖וּ/הוּ מִן הַ/סָּֽלַע

English Translation

And they said to him, saying, "No, for we will surely bind you and deliver you into our hands, and we will not kill you." And they bound him with two new ropes and brought him up from the rock.

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Chapter 15 Context

1 Later on, during the wheat harvest, Samson took a young goat as a present to his wife. He said, “I’m... Focus ↗

2 “I truly thought you must hate her,” her father explained, “so I gave her in marriage to your best m... Focus ↗

3 Samson said, “This time I cannot be blamed for everything I am going to do to you Philistines.” Focus ↗

4 Then he went out and caught 300 foxes. He tied their tails together in pairs, and he fastened a torc... Focus ↗

5 Then he lit the torches and let the foxes run through the grain fields of the Philistines. He burned... Focus ↗

6 “Who did this?” the Philistines demanded. “Samson,” was the reply, “because his father-in-law from T... Focus ↗

7 “Because you did this,” Samson vowed, “I won’t rest until I take my revenge on you!” Focus ↗

8 So he attacked the Philistines with great fury and killed many of them. Then he went to live in a ca... Focus ↗

9 The Philistines retaliated by setting up camp in Judah and spreading out near the town of Lehi. Focus ↗

10 The men of Judah asked the Philistines, “Why are you attacking us?” The Philistines replied, “We’ve... Focus ↗

11 So 3,000 men of Judah went down to get Samson at the cave in the rock of Etam. They said to Samson,... Focus ↗

12 But the men of Judah told him, “We have come to tie you up and hand you over to the Philistines.” “A... Focus ↗

13 “We will only tie you up and hand you over to the Philistines,” they replied. “We won’t kill you.” S...

14 As Samson arrived at Lehi, the Philistines came shouting in triumph. But the Spirit of the LORD came... Focus ↗

15 Then he found the jawbone of a recently killed donkey. He picked it up and killed 1,000 Philistines... Focus ↗

16 Then Samson said, “With the jawbone of a donkey,<br>I’ve piled them in heaps!<br>With the jawbone of... Focus ↗

17 When he finished his boasting, he threw away the jawbone; and the place was named Jawbone Hill. Focus ↗

18 Samson was now very thirsty, and he cried out to the LORD, “You have accomplished this great victory... Focus ↗

19 So God (Elohim) caused water to gush out of a hollow in the ground at Lehi, and Samson was revived a... Focus ↗

20 Samson judged Israel for twenty years during the period when the Philistines dominated the land. Focus ↗

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Book: Judges
Chapter: Chapter 15 (20 verses)
Version: New Living Translation

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