Judges 15:11

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Then three thousand men of Judah went to the cleft of the rock of Etam and said to Samson, "Don’t you know that the Philistines rule over us? What have you done to us?" He replied, "I only did to them what they did to me."

Additional Resources

Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us? what is this that thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock Etam and said to Samson, Do you not know that the Philistines rule over us? What is this you have done to us? He said to them, As they did to me, so have I done to them.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us? what is this that thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Then three{H7969} thousand{H505} men{H376} of Judah{H3063} went{H3381} down to the cleft{H5585} of the rock{H5553} of Etam,{H5862} and said{H559} to Samson,{H8123} Knowest{H3045} thou not that the Philistines{H6430} are rulers{H4910} over us? what then is this that thou hast done{H6213} unto us? And he said{H559} unto them, As they did{H6213} unto me, so have I done{H6213} unto them.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Then three{H7969} thousand{H505} men{H376} of Judah{H3063} went{H3381}{(H8799)} to the top{H5585} of the rock{H5553} Etam{H5862}, and said{H559}{(H8799)} to Samson{H8123}, Knowest{H3045}{(H8804)} thou not that the Philistines{H6430} are rulers{H4910}{(H8802)} over us? what is this that thou hast done{H6213}{(H8804)} unto us? And he said{H559}{(H8799)} unto them, As they did{H6213}{(H8804)} unto me, so have I done{H6213}{(H8804)} unto them.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Then wete there thre M. men of Iuda downe to the stone clyffe of Etam, & sayde vnto Samson: Knowest thou not that the Philistynes raigne ouer vs? Wherfore hast thou done this then vnto vs? He sayde: As they dyd vnto me, so haue I done vnto the agayne.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Then three thousande men of Iudah went to the top of the rocke Etam, and sayde to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistims are rulers ouer vs? Wherefore then hast thou done thus vnto vs? And he answered them, As they did vnto me, so haue I done vnto them.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Then three thonsande men of Iuda went to the toppe of the rocke Etam, & sayde to Samson: Wottest thou not that the Philistines are rulers ouer vs? Wherfore then hast thou done thus vnto vs? He aunswered them: As they dyd vnto me, so haue I done vnto them.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines [are] rulers over us? what [is] this [that] thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Then three thousand men of Judah went down to the cleft of the rock of Etam, and said to Samson, "Don't you know that the Philistines are rulers over us? What then is this that you have done to us?" He said to them, As they did to me, so have I done to them.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And three thousand men of Judah go down unto the cleft of the rock Etam, and say to Samson, `Hast thou now known that the Philistines are rulers over us? and what `is' this thou hast done to us?' And he saith to them, `As they did to me, so I did to them.'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Then three thousand men of Judah went down to the cleft of the rock of Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us? what then is this that thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Then three thousand men of Judah went down to the cleft of the rock of Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us? what then is this that thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Then three thousand of the men of Judah went down to the crack of the rock of Etam, and said to Samson, Is it not clear to you that the Philistines are our rulers? What is this you have done to us? And he said to them, I only did to them as they did to me.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Then three thousand men of Judah went down to the cleft of the rock of Etam, and said to Samson, "Don't you know that the Philistines are rulers over us? What then is this that you have done to us?" He said to them, "As they did to me, so have I done to them."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Three thousand men of Judah went down to the cave in the cliff of Etam and said to Samson,“Do you not know that the Philistines rule over us? Why have you done this to us?” He said to them,“I have only done to them what they have done to me.”

Referenced Verses

  • Judg 13:1 : 1 The Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord handed them over to the Philistines for forty years.
  • Judg 14:4 : 4 Now his father and mother did not know that this was from the LORD, for he was seeking an occasion to confront the Philistines. At that time, the Philistines were ruling over Israel.
  • Ps 106:40-42 : 40 Therefore, the LORD's anger burned against His people, and He abhorred His inheritance. 41 He handed them over to the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them. 42 Their enemies oppressed them and subdued them under their power.
  • Deut 28:13 : 13 The LORD will make you the head and not the tail, and you will only go upwards and not downwards, if you listen to the commandments of the LORD your God that I am commanding you today, to observe and to do them.
  • Deut 28:47-48 : 47 Because you did not serve the LORD your God joyfully and wholeheartedly in the time of abundance. 48 You will serve your enemies whom the LORD will send against you, in hunger, thirst, nakedness, and total destitution. He will put an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Judg 15:3-10
    8 verses
    88%

    3 Samson said to them, "This time I cannot be blamed when I harm the Philistines."

    4 So Samson went and caught three hundred foxes. He tied them tail to tail in pairs and fastened a torch to each pair of tails.

    5 Then he lit the torches and released the foxes into the standing grain of the Philistines. He burned up both the shocks of grain and the standing grain, as well as the vineyards and olive groves.

    6 When the Philistines asked, "Who did this?" they were told, "Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because his father-in-law gave his wife to Samson's companion." So the Philistines went and burned her and her father to death.

    7 Samson said to them, "If you act like this, I swear I will get revenge on you, and after that, I will stop."

    8 He attacked them viciously, defeating them completely. Then he went down and stayed in the cleft of the rock of Etam.

    9 The Philistines went up and camped in Judah, spreading out near Lehi.

    10 The men of Judah asked, "Why have you come to attack us?" They replied, "We have come to tie up Samson and do to him as he has done to us."

  • Judg 15:12-13
    2 verses
    84%

    12 They said to him, "We have come down to tie you up and hand you over to the Philistines." Samson said to them, "Swear to me that you yourselves will not harm me."

    13 They answered, "We promise not to kill you, only to bind you and hand you over to them." So they tied him up with two new ropes and led him up from the rock.

  • Judg 15:15-17
    3 verses
    74%

    15 Finding a fresh jawbone of a donkey, he reached out, took it, and struck down a thousand men with it.

    16 Then Samson said, "With the jawbone of a donkey, I have made heaps upon heaps; with the jawbone of a donkey, I have killed a thousand men."

    17 When he finished speaking, he threw away the jawbone, and the place was called Ramath-lehi.

  • Judg 16:23-25
    3 verses
    74%

    23 The rulers of the Philistines assembled to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god and to celebrate, saying, 'Our god has delivered Samson, our enemy, into our hands.'

    24 When the people saw him, they praised their god, saying, 'Our god has delivered into our hands our enemy, the one who ruined our land and killed so many of us.'

    25 While they were in high spirits, they shouted, 'Bring out Samson to entertain us!' So they brought Samson from the prison, and he performed for them. They made him stand between the pillars.

  • Judg 16:20-21
    2 verses
    74%

    20 Then she called, 'Samson, the Philistines are upon you!' He awoke from his sleep and thought, 'I’ll go out as before and shake myself free.' But he did not know that the LORD had left him.

    21 Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes, and took him down to Gaza. Binding him with bronze shackles, they set him to grinding grain in the prison.

  • Judg 16:27-28
    2 verses
    74%

    27 Now the temple was crowded with men and women. All the rulers of the Philistines were there, and on the roof were about three thousand men and women watching Samson perform.

    28 Then Samson called to the LORD, 'Sovereign LORD, remember me. Please, God, strengthen me just once more, and let me with one blow get revenge on the Philistines for my two eyes.'

  • Judg 14:15-16
    2 verses
    74%

    15 On the fourth day, they said to Samson’s wife, 'Entice your husband to tell us the riddle, or we will burn you and your father’s household with fire. Did you invite us here to impoverish us?'

    16 So Samson’s wife wept before him and said, 'You only hate me; you do not love me. You have posed a riddle to my people, but you have not told me the answer.' He replied, 'I have not even told it to my father or mother; why should I tell you?'

  • Judg 14:19
    74%

    19 Then the Spirit of the LORD came powerfully upon him. He went down to Ashkelon, struck down thirty of their men, took their belongings, and gave their clothes to those who had explained the riddle. Burning with anger, he went back to his father’s house.

  • Judg 14:11
    73%

    11 When the people saw him, they brought thirty companions to be with him.

  • Judg 16:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    5 The rulers of the Philistines went to her and said, 'Entice him and find out the secret of his great strength and how we can overpower him so that we may tie him up and subdue him. Each of us will give you eleven hundred pieces of silver.'

    6 So Delilah said to Samson, 'Please tell me the source of your great strength and how you can be tied up and subdued.'

  • Judg 16:30-31
    2 verses
    73%

    30 Samson said, 'Let me die with the Philistines!' Then he pushed with all his might, and down came the temple on the rulers and all the people in it. So he killed many more when he died than while he lived.

    31 Then his brothers and his father's whole family went down to get him. They brought him back and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of Manoah, his father. He had led Israel for twenty years.

  • Judg 16:12-15
    4 verses
    72%

    12 So Delilah took new ropes and tied him with them. Then she called out, 'Samson, the Philistines are upon you!' But men were hiding in the room, and he snapped the ropes off his arms as if they were threads.

    13 Delilah said to Samson, 'You have been making a fool of me and telling me lies. Now tell me how you can be bound.' He replied, 'If you weave the seven locks of my hair into the fabric on the loom and fasten it with the pin, I will become weak like any other man.'

    14 While he slept, Delilah took the seven locks of his hair, wove them into the fabric, and fastened them with the pin. Then she called to him, 'Samson, the Philistines are upon you!' But he awoke from his sleep and pulled out the pin, the loom, and the fabric.

    15 Then Delilah said to him, 'How can you say, “I love you,” when you won’t confide in me? This is the third time you have made a fool of me and have not told me the secret of your great strength.'

  • Judg 8:1
    72%

    1 The men of Ephraim said to Gideon, 'What is this thing you have done to us by not calling us when you went to fight against Midian?' And they argued with him forcefully.

  • Judg 16:9-10
    2 verses
    71%

    9 With men hidden in the room, she called out to him, 'Samson, the Philistines are upon you!' But he snapped the bowstrings as easily as a piece of string snaps when it comes close to a flame. So the secret of his strength was not discovered.

    10 Then Delilah said to Samson, 'You have made a fool of me and lied to me. Now tell me how you can be tied up.'

  • Judg 14:1-5
    5 verses
    71%

    1 Samson went down to Timnah, and there he saw a woman from among the daughters of the Philistines.

    2 He returned and told his father and mother, 'I have seen a woman in Timnah from the daughters of the Philistines. Now get her for me as a wife.'

    3 But his father and mother said to him, 'Is there no woman among the daughters of your relatives or among all our people, that you must go and take a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines?' Yet Samson said to his father, 'Get her for me, because she is right in my eyes.'

    4 Now his father and mother did not know that this was from the LORD, for he was seeking an occasion to confront the Philistines. At that time, the Philistines were ruling over Israel.

    5 Then Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother. When they came to the vineyards of Timnah, suddenly a young lion came roaring toward him.

  • 1 Sam 11:12
    71%

    12 Then the people said to Samuel, "Who was it that said, 'Shall Saul reign over us?' Bring those men to us, and we will put them to death."

  • Judg 12:2
    70%

    2 Jephthah replied to them, "I and my people were in a serious struggle with the Ammonites. I called for your help, but you did not save me from their hands.

  • Judg 16:18
    70%

    18 When Delilah saw that he had told her everything, she sent word to the rulers of the Philistines, 'Come back once more; he has told me everything.' So the rulers of the Philistines returned with the silver in their hands.

  • Judg 15:1
    70%

    1 After some time, during the wheat harvest, Samson went to visit his wife, bringing a young goat as a gift. He said, "Let me go into my wife's room," but her father would not let him enter.

  • 2 Chr 25:13
    70%

    13 Meanwhile, the troops Amaziah had sent back and not allowed to go with him to battle raided the towns of Judah, from Samaria to Beth Horon. They killed three thousand people and carried off a great deal of plunder.

  • 2 Sam 19:43
    70%

    43 The men of Judah responded to the men of Israel, "The king is closely related to us. Why are you angry about this matter? Have we eaten any of the king’s provisions, or have we taken anything for ourselves?"

  • 1 Sam 7:7
    70%

    7 When the Philistines heard that the Israelites had assembled at Mizpah, their rulers marched up against Israel. When the Israelites heard of this, they were afraid of the Philistines.

  • 1 Sam 23:3
    69%

    3 But David's men said to him, "We are afraid here in Judah. How much more if we go to Keilah to face the battle lines of the Philistines!"

  • 1 Sam 4:9
    69%

    9 Be strong and act like men, Philistines, or you will become slaves to the Hebrews as they were slaves to you. Be men and fight!

  • Judg 16:3
    69%

    3 But Samson lay down until midnight. At midnight, he got up, seized the doors of the city gate along with the two doorposts, pulled them up with the bar, laid them on his shoulders, and carried them to the top of the hill facing Hebron.

Created by Digify•Powered by SQLExpert
© 2025 Bibelvers. All rights reserved.