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Judges 15:7

Samson

5 And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing corn, with the vineyards and olives.

6 Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered, Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire.

And Samson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.

8 And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.

9 Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.

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BSB
And Samson told them, “Because you have done this, I will not rest until I have taken vengeance upon you.”
KJV
And Samson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.
WEB
Samson said to them, “If you behave like this, surely I will take revenge on you, and after that I will cease.”
ASV
And Samson said unto them, If ye do after this manner, surely I will be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.
DARBY
And Samson said to them, If ye act thus, for a certainty I will avenge myself on you, and then I will cease.
BLB
And Samson said to them, “Since you⁺ would do a thing like this, yet surely I will take revenge on you⁺, and afterward I will cease.”
ÅB
Da sa Samson til dem: Gjør dere slikt, så vil jeg ikke hvile før jeg får hevnet meg på dere.
OTB
Samson sa til dem: "Siden dere har handlet på denne måten, vil jeg ikke slutte før jeg har tatt hevn over dere."
B1930
Da sa Samson til dem: Gjør I sådant, så vil jeg ikke hvile før jeg får hevnet mig på eder.

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  • Romans 12:19

    Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.

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  • Judges 14:19

    And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave change of garments unto them which expounded the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father’s house.

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  • Judges 14:4

    But his father and his mother knew not that it was of the LORD, that he sought an occasion against the Philistines: for at that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel.

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