Verse 8

Judges 15:8

Literal Standard Version

8 And he strikes them hip and thigh with a great striking, and goes down and dwells in the cleft of the rock of Etam.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יַּ֨ךְ אוֹתָ֥/ם שׁ֛וֹק עַל יָרֵ֖ךְ מַכָּ֣ה גְדוֹלָ֑ה וַ/יֵּ֣רֶד וַ/יֵּ֔שֶׁב בִּ/סְעִ֖יף סֶ֥לַע עֵיטָֽם

English Translation

And he struck them with a great blow on the thigh, and he went down and sat in a cleft of the rock.

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Chapter 15 Context

1 And it comes to pass after some days, in the days of wheat-harvest, that Samson looks after his wife... Focus ↗

2 and her father says, “I certainly said that you surely hated her, and I give her to your companion;... Focus ↗

3 And Samson says of them, “I am more innocent this time than the Philistines, though I am doing evil... Focus ↗

4 And Samson goes and catches three hundred foxes, and takes torches, and turns tail to tail, and puts... Focus ↗

5 and kindles fire in the torches, and sends them out into the standing grain of the Philistines, and... Focus ↗

6 And the Philistines say, “Who has done this?” And they say, “Samson, son-in-law of the Timnite, beca... Focus ↗

7 And Samson says to them, “Though you do thus, nevertheless I am avenged on you, and afterward I ceas... Focus ↗

8 And he strikes them hip and thigh with a great striking, and goes down and dwells in the cleft of th...

9 And the Philistines go up, and encamp in Judah, and are spread out in Lehi, Focus ↗

10 and the men of Judah say, “Why have you come up against us?” And they say, “We have come up to bind... Focus ↗

11 And three thousand men of Judah go down to the cleft of the rock of Etam, and say to Samson, “Have y... Focus ↗

12 And they say to him, “We have come down to bind you—to give you into the hand of the Philistines.” A... Focus ↗

13 And they speak to him, saying, “No, but we certainly bind you, and have given you into their hand, a... Focus ↗

14 He has come to Lehi—and the Philistines have shouted at meeting him—and the Spirit of YHWH prospers... Focus ↗

15 and he finds a fresh jawbone of a donkey, and puts forth his hand and takes it, and strikes down one... Focus ↗

16 And Samson says, “With the jawbone of a donkey, heap on heaps—I have struck down one thousand men wi... Focus ↗

17 And it comes to pass, when he finishes speaking, that he casts away the jawbone out of his hand, and... Focus ↗

18 and he thirsts exceedingly, and calls to YHWH, and says, “You have given this great salvation by the... Focus ↗

19 And God (Elohim) cleaves the hollow place which is in Lehi, and waters come out of it, and he drinks... Focus ↗

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

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