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Samson’s Revenge

Judges 15:15

In 11 translations

BSB
He found the fresh jawbone of a donkey, reached out his hand and took it, and struck down a thousand men.
KJV
And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith.new: Heb. moist
WEB
He found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, put out his hand, took it, and struck a thousand men with it.
ASV
And he found a fresh jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and smote a thousand men therewith.
LSV
and he finds a fresh jawbone of a donkey, and puts forth his hand and takes it, and strikes down one thousand men with it.
YLT
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.
DBY
And he found a fresh jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand and took it, and slew with it a thousand men.
DRC
And finding a jawbone, even the jawbone of an ass which lay there, catching it up, be slew therewith a thousand men.
GNV
And he found a new iawebone of an asse, and put forth his hand, and caught it, and slewe a thousand men therewith.
JPS
And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and smote a thousand men therewith.
LXXE
And he found the jaw-bone of an ass that had been cast away, and he put forth his hand and took it, and smote with it a thousand men.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיִּמְצָ֥א לְחִֽי־חֲמ֖וֹר טְרִיָּ֑ה וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח יָדוֹ֙ וַיִּקָּחֶ֔הָ וַיַּךְ־בָּ֖הּ אֶ֥לֶף אִֽישׁ׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ εὗρε σιαγόνα ὄνου ἐξεῤῥιμμένην, καὶ ἐξέτεινε τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔλαβεν αὐτὴν, καὶ ἐπάταξεν ἐν αὐτῇ χιλίους ἄνδρας.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Leviticus 26:8Five of you will pursue a hundred, and a hundred of you will pursue ten thousand, and your enemies will fall by the sword before you.
  • Joshua 23:10One of you can put a thousand to flight, because the LORD your God fights for you, just as He promised.
  • Judges 3:31After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath. And he too saved Israel, striking down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad.
  • 1 Samuel 17:49–50Then David reached into his bag, took out a stone, and slung it, striking the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground. Thus David prevailed over the Philistine…
  • Judges 4:21But as he lay sleeping from exhaustion, Heber’s wife Jael took a tent peg, grabbed a hammer, and went silently to Sisera. She drove the peg through his temple and into the ground, and he died.
  • 1 Corinthians 1:27–28But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. He chose the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things that are not, to nullify…
  • 1 Samuel 14:6Jonathan said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the outpost of these uncircumcised men. Perhaps the LORD will work on our behalf. Nothing can hinder the LORD from saving, whether by many…
  • 1 Samuel 14:14In that first assault, Jonathan and his armor-bearer struck down about twenty men over half an acre of land.
  • Judges 7:16And he divided the three hundred men into three companies and gave each man a ram’s horn in one hand and a large jar in the other, containing a torch.

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