Verse 16

Judges 15:16

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

16 And he said: With the jawbone of an ass, with the jaw of the colt of asses I have destroyed them, and have slain a thousand men.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן בִּ/לְחִ֣י הַ/חֲמ֔וֹר חֲמ֖וֹר חֲמֹרָתָ֑יִם בִּ/לְחִ֣י הַ/חֲמ֔וֹר הִכֵּ֖יתִי אֶ֥לֶף אִֽישׁ

English Translation

And Samson said, "With the jawbone of a donkey, I have killed a thousand men with the jawbone of a donkey."

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Chapter 15 Context

1 And a while after, when the days of the wheat harvest were at hand, Samson came, meaning to visit hi... Focus ↗

2 I thought thou hadst hated her, and therefore I gave her to thy friend: but she hath a sister, who i... Focus ↗

3 And Samson answered him: From this day I shall be blameless in what I do against the Philistines: fo... Focus ↗

4 And he went and caught three hundred foxes, and coupled them tail to tail, and fastened torches betw... Focus ↗

5 And setting them on fire he let the foxes go, that they might run about hither and thither. And they... Focus ↗

6 Then the Philistines said: Who hath done this thing? And it was answered: Samson the son in law of t... Focus ↗

7 But Samson said to them: Although you have done this, yet will I be revenged of you, and then I will... Focus ↗

8 And he made a great slaughter of them, so that in astonishment they laid the calf of the leg upon th... Focus ↗

9 Then the Philistines going up into the land of Juda, camped in the place which afterwards was called... Focus ↗

10 And the men of the tribe of Juda said to them: Why are you come up against us? They answered: We are... Focus ↗

11 Wherefore three thousand men of Juda, went down to the cave of the rock Etam, and said to Samson: Kn... Focus ↗

12 And they said to him, We are come to bind thee and to deliver thee into the hands of the Philistines... Focus ↗

13 They said: We will not kill thee: but we will deliver thee up bound. And they bound him with two new... Focus ↗

14 Now when he was come to the place of the Jawbone, and the Philistines shouting went to meet him, the... Focus ↗

15 And finding a jawbone, even the jawbone of an ass which lay there, catching it up, be slew therewith... Focus ↗

16 And he said: With the jawbone of an ass, with the jaw of the colt of asses I have destroyed them, an...

17 And when he had ended these words singing, he threw the jawbone out of his hand, and called the name... Focus ↗

18 Arid being very thirsty, he cried to the Lord, and said: Thou hast given this very great deliverance... Focus ↗

19 Then the Lord opened a great tooth in the jaw of the ass, and waters issued out of it. And when he h... Focus ↗

20 And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years. Focus ↗

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