Judges 15:18

16 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.

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?”

19 So God opened up the hollow place in Lehi, and water came out of it. When Samson drank, his strength returned, and he was revived. That is why he named it En-hakkore, and it remains in Lehi to this day.

20 And Samson judged Israel for twenty years in the days of the Philistines.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
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?”
KJV
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?
WEB
He was very thirsty, and called on the LORD and said, “You have given this great deliverance by the hand of your servant; and now shall I die of thirst, and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?”
ASV
And he was sore athirst, and called on Jehovah, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance by the hand of thy servant; and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised.
DARBY
And he was very thirsty, and called on Jehovah, and said, Thou hast given by the hand of thy servant this great deliverance, and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?
BLB
And he became exceedingly thirsty, and he cried out to YHWH and said, “You have given by the hand of Your servant this great deliverance, and shall I die of thirst and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?”
ÅB
Men da han var brennende tørst, ropte han til Herren og sa: Du har gitt denne store frelse ved din tjeners hånd, og så skal jeg nå dø av tørst og falle i de uomskårnes hender!
OTB
Følte seg veldig tørst, ropte han til Herren og sa: "Du har gitt denne store seier til din tjener. Må jeg nå dø av tørst og falle i hendene på de uomskårne?"
B1930
Men da han var brennende tørst, ropte han til Herren og sa: Du har gitt denne store frelse ved din tjeners hånd, og så skal jeg nu dø av tørst og falle i de uomskårnes hender!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 3:7–8

    Arise, O LORD! Save me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.

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  • 2 Corinthians 12:7–8

    or because of these surpassingly great revelations. So to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.

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  • Psalms 22:14–15

    I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.

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  • 1 Samuel 17:26

    David asked the men who were standing with him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Just who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”

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  • Judges 16:28

    Then Samson called out to the LORD: “O Lord GOD, please remember me. Strengthen me, O God, just once more, so that with one vengeful blow I may pay back the Philistines for my two eyes.”

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  • Genesis 32:31

    The sun rose above him as he passed by Penuel, and he was limping because of his hip.

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  • Genesis 12:12–13

    and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will let you live.

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  • Judges 8:4

    Then Gideon and his three hundred men came to the Jordan and crossed it, exhausted yet still in pursuit.

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