1995 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Judges 15

1 Samson is denied his wife. 3 He burneth the Philistines' corn with foxes and firebrands. 6 His wife and her father are burnt by the Philistines. 7 Samson smiteth them hip and thigh. 9 He is bound by the men of Judah and delivered to the Philistines. 14 He killeth them with a jawbone. 18 God maketh the fountain En-hakkore for him in Lehi.

 15:1 But after 4480 a while 3117, in the time 3117 of wheat 2406 harvest 7105a, Samson 8123 visited 6485 his wife 802 with a young 1423 goat 5795, and said 559, “I will go 935 in to my wife 802 in [her] room 2315.” But her father 1 did not let 5414 him enter 935.

 15:2 Her father 1 said 559, “I really 559 thought 559 that you hated 8130 her intensely 8130; so I gave 5414 her to your companion 4828. Is not her younger 6996a sister 269 more 4480 2896a beautiful 2896a than 4480 she? Please 4994 let her be yours instead 8478.”

 15:3 Samson 8123 then said 559 to them, “This 6471 time 6471 I shall be blameless 5352 in regard 4480 to the Philistines 6430 when 3588 I do 6213a them harm 7463a.”

 15:4 Samson 8123 went 1980 and caught 3920 three 7969 hundred 3967 foxes 7776, and took 3947 torches 3940, and turned 6437 [the foxes] tail 2180 to tail 2180 and put 7760 one 259 torch 3940 in the middle 8432 between 996 two 8147 tails 2180.

 15:5 When he had set 1197a fire 784 to the torches 3940, he released 7971 the foxes into the standing 7054 grain 7054 of the Philistines 6430, thus burning 1197a up both 4480 the shocks 1430a and the standing 7054 grain 7054, along 5704 with the vineyards 3754 [and] groves 2132.

 15:6 Then the Philistines 6430 said 559, “Who 4310 did 6213a this 2088?” And they said 559, “Samson 8123, the son-in-law 2860a of the Timnite 8554, because 3588 he took 3947 his wife 802 and gave 5414 her to his companion 4828.” So the Philistines 6430 came 5927 up and burned 8313 her and her father 1 with fire 784.

 15:7 Samson 8123 said 559 to them, “Since 518 you act 6213a like this 2088, I will surely 3588 518 take 5358 revenge 5358 on you, but after 310 that I will quit 2308.”

 15:8 He struck 5221 them ruthlessly 7785 5921 3409 with a great 1419 slaughter 4347; and he went 3381 down 3381 and lived 3427 in the cleft 5585 of the rock 5553 of Etam 5862.

 15:9 ¶ Then the Philistines 6430 went 5927 up and camped 2583 in Judah 3063, and spread 6566 out in Lehi 3896.

 15:10 The men 376 of Judah 3063 said 559, “Why 4100 have you come 5927 up against 5921 us?” And they said 559, “We have come 5927 up to bind 631 Samson 8123 in order to do 6213a to him as he did 6213a to us.”

 15:11 Then 3,000 7969 505 men 376 of Judah 3063 went 3381 down 3381 to the cleft 5585 of the rock 5553 of Etam 5862 and said 559 to Samson 8123, “Do you not know 3045 that the Philistines 6430 are rulers 4910 over us? What 4100 then is this 2088 that you have done 6213a to us?” And he said 559 to them, “As they did 6213a to me, so 3651 I have done 6213a to them.”

 15:12 They said 559 to him, “We have come 3381 down 3381 to bind 631 you so that we may give 5414 you into the hands 3027 of the Philistines 6430.” And Samson 8123 said 559 to them, “Swear 7650 to me that you will not kill 6293 me.”

 15:13 So they said 559 to him, “No 3808, but we will bind 631 you fast 631 and give 5414 you into their hands 3027; yet surely 4191 we will not kill 4191 you.” Then they bound 631 him with two 8147 new 2319 ropes 5688 and brought 5927 him up from the rock 5553.

 15:14 ¶ When he came 935 to Lehi 3896, the Philistines 6430 shouted 7321 as they met 7122 him. And the Spirit 7307 of the LORD 3068 came 6743a upon him mightily 6743a so that the ropes 5688 that were on his arms 2220 were as flax 6593 that is burned 1197a with fire 784, and his bonds 612 dropped 4549 from his hands 3027.

 15:15 He found 4672 a fresh 2961 jawbone 3895 of a donkey 2543, so he reached 7971 3027 out and took 3947 it and killed 5221 a thousand 505 men 376 with it.

 15:16 Then Samson 8123 said 559, “With the jawbone 3895 of a donkey 2543, Heaps 2565 upon heaps 2565, With the jawbone 3895 of a donkey 2543 I have killed 5221 a thousand 505 men 376.”

 15:17 When he had finished 3615 speaking 1696, he threw 7993 the jawbone 3895 from his hand 3027; and he named 7121 that place 4725 Ramath-lehi 7437a.

 15:18 Then he became 6770 very 3966 thirsty 6770, and he called 7121 to the LORD 3068 and said 559, “You have given 5414 this 2088 great 1419 deliverance 8668 by the hand 3027 of Your servant 5650, and now 6258 shall I die 4191 of thirst 6772 and fall 5307 into the hands 3027 of the uncircumcised 6189?”

 15:19 But God 430 split 1234 the hollow 4388 place that is in Lehi 3896 so that water 4325 came 3318 out of it. When he drank 8354, his strength 7307 returned 7725 and he revived 2421a. Therefore 5921 3651 he named 7121 8034 it En-hakkore 5875, which 834 is in Lehi 3896 to this 2088 day 3117.

 15:20 So he judged 8199 Israel 3478 twenty 6242 years 8141 in the days 3117 of the Philistines 6430.