Judges 16:29
27 Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport.
28 And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.
And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left.
30 And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life.
31 Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.
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- BSB
- And Samson reached out for the two central pillars supporting the temple. Bracing himself against them with his right hand on one pillar and his left hand on the other,
- KJV
- And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left.
- WEB
- Samson took hold of the two middle pillars on which the house rested and leaned on them, the one with his right hand and the other with his left.
- ASV
- And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house rested, and leaned upon them, the one with his right hand, and the other with his left.
- DARBY
- And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood (and he supported himself upon them), the one with his right hand and the other with his left.
- BLB
- And Samson took hold of the middle two pillars on which the temple was established, and he braced himself against them, one on his right and one on his left.
- ÅB
- Så grep Samson om de to mellomste stolper, som huset hvilte på, og trykte seg inn til dem; den ene grep han om med sin høyre, og den andre med sin venstre hånd.
- OTB
- Samson rakte etter de to sentrale søylene som tempelet sto på, og støttet seg mot dem, med høyre hånd på den ene og venstre hånd på den andre.
- B1930
- Så grep Samson om de to mellemste stolper, som huset hvilte på, og trykte sig inn til dem; den ene grep han om med sin høire, og den andre med sin venstre hånd.