Judges 15:16
14 And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands.
15 And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith.
And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.
17 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand, and called that place Ramath-lehi.
18 And he was sore athirst, and called on the LORD, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand 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.
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- 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.