Verse 11
Judges 15:11
Literal Standard Version
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And three thousand men of Judah go down to the cleft of the rock of Etam, and say to Samson, “Have you now known that the Philistines are rulers over us? And what is this you have done to us?” And he says 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 her father says, “I certainly said that you surely hated her, and I give her to your companion;...
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And Samson says of them, “I am more innocent this time than the Philistines, though I am doing evil...
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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 you come up against us?” And they say, “We have come up to bind...
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And they say to him, “We have come down to bind you—to give you into the hand of the Philistines.” A...
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And they speak to him, saying, “No, but we certainly bind you, and have given you into their hand, a...
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He has come to Lehi—and the Philistines have shouted at meeting him—and the Spirit of YHWH prospers...
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and he finds a fresh jawbone of a donkey, and puts forth his hand and takes it, and strikes down one...
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And Samson says, “With the jawbone of a donkey, heap on heaps—I have struck down one thousand men wi...
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And it comes to pass, when he finishes speaking, that he casts away the jawbone out of his hand, and...
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and he thirsts exceedingly, and calls to YHWH, and says, “You have given this great salvation by the...
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And he judges Israel in the days of the Philistines for twenty years.
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