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Judges 15:3

Samson

1 Later on, at the time of the wheat harvest, Samson took a young goat and went to visit his wife. “I want to go to my wife in her room,” he said. But her father would not let him enter.

2 “I was sure that you thoroughly hated her,” said her father, “so I gave her to one of the men who accompanied you. Is not her younger sister more beautiful than she? Please take her instead.”

Samson said to them, “This time I will be blameless in doing harm to the Philistines.”

4 Then Samson went out and caught three hundred foxes. And he took torches, turned the foxes tail-to-tail, and fastened a torch between each pair of tails.

5 Then he lit the torches and released the foxes into the standing grain of the Philistines, burning up the piles of grain and the standing grain, as well as the vineyards and olive groves.

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BSB
Samson said to them, “This time I will be blameless in doing harm to the Philistines.”
KJV
And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure.
WEB
Samson said to them, “This time I will be blameless in the case of the Philistines when I harm them.”
ASV
And Samson said unto them, This time shall I be blameless in regard of the Philistines, when I do them a mischief.
DARBY
And Samson said to them, This time I am blameless toward the Philistines, though I do them harm.
BLB
And Samson said to them, “I shall be blameless this time regarding the Philistines, though I am doing them harm.”
ÅB
Da sa Samson til dem: Denne gang har jeg ingen skyld på meg mot filistrene om jeg gjør dem noe ondt.
OTB
Samson svarte dem: "Denne gangen skal jeg være uten skyld når jeg gjør skade på filisterne."
B1930
Da sa Samson til dem: Denne gang har jeg ingen skyld på mig mot filistrene om jeg gjør dem noget ondt.

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Cross references

  • Judges 14:15

    So on the fourth day they said to Samson’s wife, “Entice your husband to explain the riddle to us, or we will burn you and your father’s household to death. Did you invite us here to rob us?”

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