Judges 15:20

What does Judges 15:20 mean?

A plain-English look at Judges 15:20 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And he was judge of Israel in the days of the Philistines for twenty years.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And he judgeth Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

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

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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

Context

v.19But God clave the hollow place that is in Lehi, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore the name thereof was called En-hakkore, which is in Lehi, unto this day.

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Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Judges 13:5

    for, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come upon his head; for the child shall be a Nazirite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.

  • Judges 13:1

    And the children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah; and Jehovah delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.

  • Hebrews 11:32

    And what shall I more say? for the time will fail me if I tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah; of David and Samuel and the prophets:

  • Judges 16:31

    Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the burying-place of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.

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