Judges 15:16
14 When Samson arrived in Lehi, the Philistines came out shouting against him. And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him. The ropes on his arms became like burnt flax, and the bonds broke loose from his hands.
15 He found the fresh jawbone of a donkey, reached out his hand and took it, and struck down a thousand men.
Then Samson said: “With the jawbone of a donkey I have piled them into heaps. With the jawbone of a donkey I have slain a thousand men.”
17 And when Samson had finished speaking, he cast the jawbone from his hand; and he named that place Ramath-lehi.
18 And being very thirsty, Samson cried out to the LORD, “You have accomplished this great deliverance through Your servant. Must I now die of thirst and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then Samson said: “With the jawbone of a donkey I have piled them into heaps. With the jawbone of a donkey I have slain a thousand men.”
- KJV
- And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.
- WEB
- Samson said, “With the jawbone of a donkey, heaps on heaps; with the jawbone of a donkey I have struck a thousand men.”
- ASV
- And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, With the jawbone of an ass have I smitten a thousand men.
- DARBY
- And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, a heap, two heaps, With the jawbone of an ass have I slain a thousand men.
- BLB
- And Samson said, “With the jawbone of a donkey—a heap upon heaps—with the jawbone of a donkey I have struck down a thousand men.”
- ÅB
- Da sa Samson: Med et esels kjeveben slo jeg én hop, ja to, med et esels kjeveben slo jeg tusen mann.
- OTB
- Da erklærte Samson: "Med et esels kjevebein har jeg laget hauger på hauger; med et esels kjevebein har jeg drept tusen mann."
- B1930
- Da sa Samson: Med et asens kjeveben slo jeg én hop, ja to, med et asens kjeveben slo jeg tusen mann.