Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
KJV
King James Version
And
it cometh
to pass ,
after `some'
days
, in the days
of wheat -
harvest, that Samson looketh
after
his wife ,
with a kid of
the
goats,
and saith
, `
I go in unto
my wife ,
to
the inner
chamber ;'
and
her father hath
not permitted
him to go in ,
But
it came
to pass within
a
while
after, in the time
of wheat harvest, that Samson visited
his wife with a kid ;
and he
said
, I will
go in to
my wife into
the chamber .
But
her father would
not suffer
him to go in .
and her father saith,
I
certainly
said, that thou didst
certainly
hate
her ,
and
I give
her to thy companion ;
is not her sister --
the
young
one
--
better
than she? Let
her be
, I pray thee, to
thee,
instead of her. '
And her father said, I
verily
thought
that thou hadst
utterly
hated
her ;
therefore
I gave
her to thy companion :
is not her younger
sister fairer
than she? take
her, I pray thee, instead of her.
And Samson saith
of
them, `
I am
more innocent
this
time
than the Philistines, though I am
doing
with
them evil
. '
And Samson said
concerning
them, Now
shall
I be
more blameless
than the Philistines, though I do
them a
displeasure
.
And Samson goeth
and catcheth
three hundred foxes, and taketh
torches
, and turneth
tail unto
tail, and putteth
a torch
between
the
two
tails,
in the midst ,
And Samson went
and caught
three hundred foxes, and took
firebrands
, and turned
tail to
tail, and put
a firebrand
in the midst between
two
tails.
and kindleth
fire
in
the torches
, and
sendeth
`
them '
out
into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burneth
`it'
from
heap
even
unto
standing corn, even
unto
vineyard
--
olive-yard
.
And when
he
had
set
the brands
on
fire
, he
let
them go
into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt
up
both
the
shocks,
and
also
the
standing corn, with
the
vineyards
and
olives
.
And
the Philistines say
, `
Who hath done this? '
And they say
, `
Samson, son -
in -
law of the Timnite, because he hath
taken away
his wife, and giveth
her to his companion ;'
and the Philistines go
up, and burn
her and her father with fire.
Then
the Philistines said
, Who hath done this? And they answered
, Samson, the
son in law of the Timnite, because he had
taken his wife, and given
her to his companion .
And the Philistines came
up, and burnt
her and her father with fire.
And Samson saith
to
them, `
Though ye do
thus
, nevertheless
I am
avenged on
you, and afterwards
I cease !'
And Samson said
unto
them, Though ye have
done
this
, yet
will
I be
avenged of
you, and after
that
I will
cease .
And he smiteth
them hip and thigh --
a great smiting,
and goeth
down and dwelleth
in the cleft
of the rock Etam.
And he smote
them hip and thigh with
a great slaughter:
and he
went
down and dwelt
in the top
of the rock Etam.
And
the Philistines go
up, and encamp
in Judah, and are
spread out
in Lehi ,
Then
the Philistines went
up, and pitched
in Judah, and spread themselves
in Lehi .
and the men of Judah say
, `
Why have
ye come up against us? '
and they say
, `
To bind Samson we have
come up, to do to him as he hath done to us. '
And the men of Judah said
, Why are
ye come up against us? And they answered
, To bind Samson are
we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us.
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. '
Then
three thousand men of Judah went
to
the top
of the rock Etam, and said
to Samson, Knowest
thou not
that the Philistines are rulers over us? what is this that
thou hast done unto
us? And he said
unto
them, As they did unto
me, so have
I done
unto
them.
And they say
to
him, `To
bind
thee
we have
come down --
to give
thee into the hand of the Philistines. '
And Samson saith
to
them, `
Swear to
me, lest
ye fall upon me yourselves. '
And they said
unto
him, We are
come down to bind
thee ,
that
we
may
deliver
thee
into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said
unto
them, Swear unto
me, that
ye will
not
fall upon me yourselves.
And they speak
to
him, saying, No ,
but we certainly
bind thee, and have
given
thee into their hand ,
and
we certainly
do
not put
thee to
death;'
and they bind
him with two thick
bands,
new ones
, and bring
him up from the rock.
And they spake
unto
him, saying, No ;
but we will
bind thee fast
, and deliver
thee into their hand :
but
surely
we will
not kill
thee .
And they bound
him with two new cords
, and brought
him up from the rock.
He hath
come
unto Lehi --
and
the Philistines have
shouted at
meeting
him --
and the Spirit of Jehovah
prospereth
over
him, and the thick
bands
which
`are'
on
his arms are
as flax which
they
burn
with fire, and his bands are
wasted
from off his hands ,
And
when
he came
unto Lehi ,
the Philistines shouted against
him :
and the Spirit of the
LORD
came
mightily
upon
him, and the cords
that
were
upon
his arms became
as flax that
was
burnt
with fire, and his bands loosed
from off his hands .
and he findeth
a fresh
jaw-bone
of an ass, and putteth
forth his hand and taketh
it, and smiteth
with
it
--
a thousand men.
And he found
a new
jawbone
of an ass, and put
forth his hand ,
and took
it, and slew
a thousand men therewith
.
And Samson saith
, `
With a
jaw-bone
of
the ass
--
an ass upon asses
--
with a
jaw -bone
of the
ass I
have smitten
a thousand men. '
And Samson said
, With the jawbone
of
an ass ,
heaps
upon heaps,
with the
jaw of an
ass have I
slain
a thousand men.
And it cometh
to pass when he finisheth
speaking, that he casteth
away the jaw-bone
out of his hand, and calleth
that place Ramath-Lehi;
And it came
to pass ,
when he had
made
an
end
of
speaking, that he cast
away the jawbone
out of his hand, and called
that place Ramathlehi.
and he thirsteth
exceedingly
, and calleth
unto
Jehovah
, and saith
, `
Thou --
Thou
hast given by
the hand of Thy servant this
great
salvation;
and now ,
I die with
thirst, and have
fallen
into the hand of the uncircumcised .'
And he was
sore
athirst
, and called
on
the
LORD
, and said
, Thou hast given this
great
deliverance
into
the hand of thy servant :
and now shall
I die for
thirst, and fall
into the hand of the uncircumcised ?
And
God cleaveth
the
hollow place which
`is'
in Lehi
, and waters
come
out
of
it,
and he drinketh
, and
his spirit cometh
back
, and he reviveth;
therefore
hath
`one'
called its
name
`
The fountain
of
him
who
is
calling
, '
which `
is '
in Lehi unto this day.
But
God clave
an
hollow place that
was
in the
jaw
, and there
came
water
thereout;
and when
he had
drunk
, his spirit came
again
, and he revived:
wherefore
he
called the name
thereof
Enhakkore
, which is in Lehi unto this day.
And he judgeth
Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.
And he judged
Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.
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