Judges 15:8

What does Judges 15:8 mean?

A plain-English look at Judges 15:8 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the cleft of the rock of Etam.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the cleft of the rock of Etam.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And he made an attack on them, driving them in uncontrolled flight, and causing great destruction; then he went away to his safe place in the crack of the rock at Etam.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And he smiteth them hip and thigh--a great smiting, and goeth down and dwelleth in the cleft of the rock Etam.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And he made a great slaughter of them, so that in astonishment they laid the calf of the leg upon the thigh. And going down he dwelt in a cavern of the rock Etam.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter. And he went down and dwelt in the cleft of the cliff Etam.

Context

v.7And Samson said unto them, If ye do after this manner, surely I will be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.

v.8This passage

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

Cross references

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

  • Isaiah 63:6

    And I trod down the peoples in mine anger, and made them drunk in my wrath, and I poured out their lifeblood on the earth.

  • Isaiah 63:3

    I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the peoples there was no man with me: yea, I trod them in mine anger, and trampled them in my wrath; and their lifeblood is sprinkled upon my garments, and I have stained all my raiment.

  • Isaiah 25:10

    For in this mountain will the hand of Jehovah rest; and Moab shall be trodden down in his place, even as straw is trodden down in the water of the dunghill.

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