Verse 16

Judges 15:16

Noah Webster Bible

16 And Samson said, With the jaw-bone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I 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 But it came to pass after a while, in the time of wheat-harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a... Focus ↗

2 And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy... Focus ↗

3 And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do the... Focus ↗

4 And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took fire-brands, and turned tail to tail, and p... Focus ↗

5 And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing corn of the Philistines, an... Focus ↗

6 Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered, Samson, the son-in-law of the Timn... Focus ↗

7 And Samson said to them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that I wi... Focus ↗

8 And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter. And he went down and dwelt in the top of the... Focus ↗

9 Then the Philistines went up, and encamped in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi. Focus ↗

10 And the men of Judah said, Why have ye come up against us? And they answered, We have come to bind S... Focus ↗

11 Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou... Focus ↗

12 And they said to him, We have come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the... Focus ↗

13 And they spoke to him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand: but... Focus ↗

14 And when he came to Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the LORD came might... Focus ↗

15 And he found a fresh jaw-bone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand me... Focus ↗

16 And Samson said, With the jaw-bone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain...

17 And it came to pass when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jaw-bone out of his h... Focus ↗

18 And he was very thirsty, and called on the LORD, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance in... Focus ↗

19 But God (Elohim) cleaved a hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water out of it; and whe... Focus ↗

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

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