Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
Then found he the jawbone of an ass newly-slain, - so he thrust forth his hand, and took it, and smote therewith, a thousand men.
New American Standard Bible
He found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, so he
King James Version
And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith.
Holman Bible
He found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, reached out his hand, took it, and killed 1,000 men with it.
International Standard Version
He happened upon a jawbone from a putrefying donkey, reached out to grab it, and killed 1,000 men with it.
A Conservative Version
And he found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, and put forth his hand, and took it, and smote a thousand men with it.
American Standard Version
And he found a fresh jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and smote a thousand men therewith.
Amplified
He found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, so he reached out his hand and took it and killed a thousand men with it.
Bible in Basic English
And taking up the mouth-bone of an ass newly dead, which he saw by chance on the earth, he put to death a thousand men with it.
Darby Translation
And he found a fresh jawbone of an ass, and put out his hand and seized it, and with it he slew a thousand men.
Julia Smith Translation
And he will find the jaw-bone of an ass, fresh, and he will stretch forth his hand and take it and will strike with it a thousand men.
King James 2000
And he found a new jawbone of a donkey, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men with it.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And he found a fresh jawbone of a donkey; he reached down and took it and killed one thousand men with it.
Modern King James verseion
And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand and took it, and killed a thousand men with it.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he found a jawbone of a ratten ass, and put forth his hand and caught it, and slew a thousand men therewith.
NET Bible
He happened to see a solid jawbone of a donkey. He grabbed it and struck down a thousand men.
New Heart English Bible
And he found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, and reached down and took it, and struck a thousand men with it.
Webster
And he found a fresh jaw-bone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men with it.
World English Bible
He found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, and put forth his hand, and took it, and struck a thousand men therewith.
Youngs Literal Translation
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.
Themes
Ass (donkey) » Domesticated » Jawbone of, used by samson with which to kill philistines
Miracles wrought through servants of God » Samson » Philistines killed
Philistines » Samson » Slew a thousand with the jawbone of an ass
Power » Small things God uses » A jaw-bone
Samson » Kills one-thousand philistines with the jawbone of a donkey
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Judges 15:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
Samson Defeats The Philistines
14 He, was coming in as far as Lehi, and, the Philistines, came shouting to meet him, - when the Spirit of Yahweh came suddenly over him, and the ropes that were upon his arms became as threads of flax which have been ignited with fire, so that his bonds melted from off his hands. 15 Then found he the jawbone of an ass newly-slain, - so he thrust forth his hand, and took it, and smote therewith, a thousand men. 16 And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, - have I piled them up in heaps! With the jawbone of an ass, have I smitten a thousand men!
Cross References
Leviticus 26:8
And, five, of you shall chase, a hundred, And, a hundred, of you shall put ten thousand to flight, - So shall your foes fall before you, by the sword.
Joshua 23:10
One man of you, can chase a thousand, - for, Yahweh your God, is he that fighteth for you, as he spake to you.
Judges 3:31
And, after him, was Shamgar, son of Anath, who smote of the Philistines, six hundred men, with an ox-goad, - and, he also, saved Israel.
Judges 4:21
Then took Jael, wife of Heber, the tent-pin, and put the mallet in her hand, and went in unto him, softly, and smote the tent-pin into his temples, and it pierced through into the ground, - he being fast asleep and shrouded in darkness, and he died.
Judges 7:16
And he divided the three hundred men, into three companies, - and put horns into the hands of them all, with empty pitchers, and torches inside the pitchers.
1 Samuel 14:6
So Jonathan said unto the young man bearing his armour - Come! and let us cross over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised, peradventure, Yahweh may work by us, - for there is no restraint with Yahweh, to save by many, or by few.
1 Samuel 14:14
And the first smiting wherewith Jonathan and his armour-bearer smote, was about twenty men, - within, as it were, half a furrow's length of a yoke of land.
1 Samuel 17:49-50
And David thrust his hand into his pouch, and took from thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine, in his forehead, - that the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell upon his face, to the earth.
1 Corinthians 1:27-28
On the contrary - the foolish things of the world, hath God chosen, that he might put to shame them who are wise, and, the weak things of the world, hath God chosen, that he might put to shame the things that are mighty,