Parallel Verses
NET Bible
He struck them down and defeated them. Then he went down and lived for a time in the cave in the cliff of Etam.
New American Standard Bible
He struck them
King James Version
And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.
Holman Bible
He tore them limb from limb
International Standard Version
So he attacked them ruthlessly in a massive slaughter, then left to live in the caves of Etam.
A Conservative Version
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.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
Then he struck them
Bible in Basic English
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.
Darby Translation
And he smote them hip and thigh with great slaughter; and he went down and stayed in the cleft of the rock of Etam.
Julia Smith Translation
And he will strike them leg upon thigh, a great smiting. And he will go down and dwell in the cleft of the rock Etam.
King James 2000
And he struck them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock of Etam.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And {he gave them a thorough beating}, and he went down and stayed in the cleft of the rock of Etam.
Modern King James verseion
And he struck them hip and thigh with a great slaughter. And he went down and lived in the top of the rock Etam.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he smote them leg and thigh with a mighty plague. And then he went and dwelt in the cave of the rock Etam.
New Heart English Bible
He struck them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and lived in the cleft of the rock of Etam.
The Emphasized Bible
So he smote them, leg on thigh, with a great smiting, - and went down and dwelt in a cleft of the crag Etam.
Webster
And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter. And he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.
World English Bible
He struck them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and lived in the cleft of the rock of Etam.
Youngs Literal Translation
And he smiteth them hip and thigh -- a great smiting, and goeth down and dwelleth in the cleft of the rock Etam.
Themes
Etam » A rock where samson was bound and delivered to the philistines
Philistines » Samson » Slew many for burning his wife
Revenge » Exemplified » By samson
Interlinear
Makkah
Yarad
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Judges 15:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Samson Defeats The Philistines
7 Samson said to them, "Because you did this, I will get revenge against you before I quit fighting." 8 He struck them down and defeated them. Then he went down and lived for a time in the cave in the cliff of Etam. 9 The Philistines went up and invaded Judah. They arrayed themselves for battle in Lehi.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 25:10
For the Lord's power will make this mountain secure. Moab will be trampled down where it stands, as a heap of straw is trampled down in a manure pile.
Isaiah 63:3
"I have stomped grapes in the winepress all by myself; no one from the nations joined me. I stomped on them in my anger; I trampled them down in my rage. Their juice splashed on my garments, and stained all my clothes.
Isaiah 63:6
I trampled nations in my anger, I made them drunk in my rage, I splashed their blood on the ground."