Judges 15:4

What does Judges 15:4 mean?

A plain-English look at Judges 15:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between every two tails.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between every two tails.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

So Samson went and got three hundred foxes and some sticks of fire-wood; and he put the foxes tail to tail with a stick between every two tails;

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

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,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And he went and caught three hundred foxes, and coupled them tail to tail, and fastened torches between the tails:

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And Samson went and caught three hundred jackals, and took torches, and turned tail to tail, and put a torch in the midst between the two tails.

Context

v.3And Samson said unto them, This time shall I be blameless in regard of the Philistines, when I do them a mischief.

v.4This passage

v.5And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing grain of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks and the standing grain, and also the oliveyards.

Cross references

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

  • Psalms 63:10

    They shall be given over to the power of the sword: They shall be a portion for foxes.

  • Song of Solomon 2:15

    Take us the foxes, the little foxes, That spoil the vineyards; For our vineyards are in blossom.

  • Lamentations 5:18

    For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate: The foxes walk upon it.

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