Judges 15:7
What does Judges 15:7 mean?
A plain-English look at Judges 15:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And Samson said unto them, If ye do after this manner, surely I will be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And Samson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And Samson said unto them, If ye do after this manner, surely I will be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And Samson said to them, If you go on like this, truly I will take my full payment from you; and that will be the end of it.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And Samson saith to them, `Though ye do thus, nevertheless I am avenged on you, and afterwards I cease!'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752But Samson said to them: Although you have done this, yet will I be revenged of you, and then I will be quiet.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And Samson said to them, If ye act thus, for a certainty I will avenge myself on you, and then I will cease.
Context
v.6Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they said, Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he hath taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire.
v.7This passage
v.8And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the cleft of the rock of Etam.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Judges 14:19
And the Spirit of Jehovah came mightily upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and smote thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave the changes of raiment unto them that declared the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father’s house.
- Romans 12:19
Avenge not yourselves, beloved, but give place unto the wrath of God: for it is written, Vengeance belongeth unto me; I will recompense, saith the Lord.
- Judges 14:4
But his father and his mother knew not that it was of Jehovah; for he sought an occasion against the Philistines. Now at that time the Philistines had rule over Israel.