Verse 11
Judges 15:11
Young's Literal Translation
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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.'
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֵּרְד֡וּ שְׁלֹשֶׁת֩ אֲלָפִ֨ים אִ֜ישׁ מִֽ/יהוּדָ֗ה אֶל סְעִיף֮ סֶ֣לַע עֵיטָם֒ וַ/יֹּאמְר֣וּ לְ/שִׁמְשׁ֗וֹן הֲ/לֹ֤א יָדַ֨עְתָּ֙ כִּֽי מֹשְׁלִ֥ים בָּ֨/נוּ֙ פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים וּ/מַה זֹּ֖את עָשִׂ֣יתָ לָּ֑/נוּ וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר לָ/הֶ֔ם כַּ/אֲשֶׁר֙ עָ֣שׂוּ לִ֔/י כֵּ֖ן עָשִׂ֥יתִי לָ/הֶֽם
English Translation
And three thousand men of Judah went down to the cleft of the rock of Etam, and they said to Samson, "Do you not know that the Philistines rule over us? What is this you have done to us?" And he said to them, "As they did to me, so I have done to them."
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Chapter 15 Context
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And it cometh to pass, after [some] days, in the days of wheat-harvest, that Samson looketh after hi...
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and her father saith, I certainly said, that thou didst certainly hate her, and I give her to thy co...
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And Samson saith of them, 'I am more innocent this time than the Philistines, though I am doing with...
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4
And Samson goeth and catcheth three hundred foxes, and taketh torches, and turneth tail unto tail, a...
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and kindleth fire in the torches, and sendeth [them] out into the standing corn of the Philistines,...
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And the Philistines say, 'Who hath done this?' And they say, 'Samson, son-in-law of the Timnite, bec...
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And Samson saith to them, 'Though ye do thus, nevertheless I am avenged on you, and afterwards I cea...
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And he smiteth them hip and thigh -- a great smiting, and goeth down and dwelleth in the cleft of th...
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9
And the Philistines go up, and encamp in Judah, and are spread out in Lehi,
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and the men of Judah say, 'Why have ye come up against us?' and they say, 'To bind Samson we have co...
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11
And three thousand men of Judah go down unto the cleft of the rock Etam, and say to Samson, 'Hast th...
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And they say to him, 'To bind thee we have come down -- to give thee into the hand of the Philistine...
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13
And they speak to him, saying, No, but we certainly bind thee, and have given thee into their hand,...
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He hath come unto Lehi -- and the Philistines have shouted at meeting him -- and the Spirit of Jehov...
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15
and he findeth a fresh jaw-bone of an ass, and putteth forth his hand and taketh it, and smiteth wit...
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And Samson saith, 'With a jaw-bone of the ass -- an ass upon asses -- with a jaw-bone of the ass I h...
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And it cometh to pass when he finisheth speaking, that he casteth away the jaw-bone out of his hand,...
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and he thirsteth exceedingly, and calleth unto Jehovah, and saith, 'Thou -- Thou hast given by the h...
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19
And God (Elohim) cleaveth the hollow place which [is] in Lehi, and waters come out of it, and he dri...
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And he judgeth Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.
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