Judges 16:24

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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.'

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  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, which slew many of us.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    When the people saw him, they praised their god, saying, "Our god has delivered into our hands our enemy, the destroyer of our land, and the one who multiplied our dead."

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, which slew many of us.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And when the people{H5971} saw{H7200} him, they praised{H1984} their god;{H430} for they said,{H559} Our god{H430} hath delivered{H5414} into our hand{H3027} our enemy,{H341} and the destroyer{H2717} of our country,{H776} who hath slain{H2491} many{H7235} of us.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And when the people{H5971} saw{H7200}{(H8799)} him, they praised{H1984}{(H8762)} their god{H430}: for they said{H559}{(H8804)}, Our god{H430} hath delivered{H5414}{(H8804)} into our hands{H3027} our enemy{H341}{(H8802)}, and the destroyer{H2717}{(H8688)} of our country{H776}, which slew{H2491} many{H7235}{(H8689)} of us.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Like wyse whan ye people sawe him, they praysed their god, & sayde: Oure god hath delyuered in to oure handes oure enemye, yt destroyed oure londe, & slewe many of vs.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Also when the people saw him, they praysed their god: for they sayde, Our god hath deliuered into our hands our enemie and destroyer of our countrey, which hath slayne many of vs.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And when the people sawe him, they praysed their God: for they sayde, Our God hath delyuered into our handes our enemie, and destroyer of our countrey, whiche slue manye of vs.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, which slew many of us.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    When the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said, Our god has delivered into our hand our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, who has slain many of us.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And the people see him, and praise their god, for they said, `Our god hath given in our hand our enemy, and he who is laying waste our land, and who multiplied our wounded.'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And when the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hand our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, who hath slain many of us.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And when the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hand our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, who hath slain many of us.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And when the people saw him, they gave praise to their god; for they said, Our god has given into our hands the one who was fighting against us, who made our country waste, and who put great numbers of us to death.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    When the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said, "Our god has delivered our enemy and the destroyer of our country, who has slain many of us, into our hand."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    When the people saw him, they praised their god, saying,“Our god has handed our enemy over to us, the one who ruined our land and killed so many of us!”

Referenced Verses

  • Dan 5:4 : 4 They drank the wine and praised the gods of gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.
  • Dan 5:23 : 23 Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. You had the vessels from His house brought to you, and you and your nobles, your wives, and your concubines drank wine from them. You praised gods of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which cannot see, hear, or understand. But the God who holds your breath in His hand and controls all your ways, you have not glorified.
  • Hab 1:16 : 16 Therefore they sacrifice to their net and burn incense to their dragnet, for by these their portion is rich and their food is plentiful.
  • Rev 11:10 : 10 The inhabitants of the earth will rejoice over them and celebrate, sending gifts to one another, because these two prophets had tormented those who dwell on the earth.
  • Deut 32:27 : 27 but I feared the provocation of the enemy, lest their adversaries misunderstand and say, 'Our own hand has triumphed; it was not the LORD who did all this.'
  • Judg 15:8 : 8 He attacked them viciously, defeating them completely. Then he went down and stayed in the cleft of the rock of Etam.
  • Judg 15:16 : 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."
  • 1 Sam 31:9 : 9 They cut off Saul's head, stripped off his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news in the temples of their idols and among the people.
  • 1 Chr 10:9 : 9 They stripped him, took his head and armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news to their idols and their people.
  • Isa 37:20 : 20 Now, LORD our God, deliver us from his hand so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You, LORD, alone are God.
  • Ezek 20:14 : 14 But I acted for the sake of my name, to keep it from being profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Judg 16:23
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    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.'

  • Judg 16:25
    74%

    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.

  • 1 Sam 4:7-8
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    73%

    7 The Philistines became afraid, saying, 'A god has come into the camp!' They exclaimed, 'Woe to us! Nothing like this has ever happened before!

    8 Woe to us! Who will deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with every kind of plague in the wilderness.

  • 1 Sam 17:46-47
    2 verses
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    46 'Today, the LORD will deliver you into my hand. I will strike you down and cut off your head. I will give the corpses of the Philistines’ army today to the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the earth. Then the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel.'

    47 'And all those gathered here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves; for the battle belongs to the LORD, and He will give you into our hands.'

  • Judg 16:27-30
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    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.'

    29 Then Samson reached toward the two central pillars on which the temple stood. Bracing himself against them, his right hand on one and his left hand on the other,

    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.

  • 1 Sam 5:7
    73%

    7 When the people of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said, “The Ark of the God of Israel cannot stay with us, for His hand is harsh against us and our god Dagon.”

  • 1 Sam 30:16
    73%

    16 He led David down to them, and there they were, scattered over the countryside, eating, drinking, and celebrating because of the great spoil they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from Judah.

  • Judg 15:10-12
    3 verses
    71%

    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."

    11 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."

    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."

  • 1 Sam 14:30
    71%

    30 How much better it would have been if the men had eaten freely today from the plunder they took from their enemies. Would not the defeat of the Philistines have been even greater?

  • 1 Chr 10:9-10
    2 verses
    71%

    9 They stripped him, took his head and armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news to their idols and their people.

    10 They put his armor in the temple of their gods and impaled his skull in the temple of Dagon.

  • 2 Sam 23:10
    70%

    10 but Eleazar stood his ground and struck down the Philistines until his hand grew tired and froze to the sword. The LORD gave a great victory that day. The troops returned to him only to strip the dead.

  • 1 Sam 5:11
    70%

    11 So they sent word and gathered all the rulers of the Philistines and said, 'Send the Ark of the God of Israel away, let it return to its place so that it will not kill us and our people.' For there was a deadly panic throughout the whole city; the hand of God was very heavy there.

  • 1 Chr 11:14
    70%

    14 But they took their stand in the middle of the field and defended it. They struck down the Philistines, and the LORD brought about a great victory.

  • Judg 16:20-21
    2 verses
    69%

    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.

  • 1 Sam 5:2-4
    3 verses
    69%

    2 The Philistines took the Ark of God and carried it into the temple of Dagon, placing it beside Dagon.

    3 When the people of Ashdod woke early the next morning, they found Dagon fallen face down on the ground before the Ark of the LORD. They picked up Dagon and returned it to its place.

    4 But when they awoke early the next morning, they found Dagon fallen face down on the ground before the Ark of the LORD again. This time, Dagon’s head and the palms of his hands were broken off, lying on the threshold; only the trunk of Dagon remained.

  • 1 Sam 17:52
    69%

    52 The men of Israel and Judah rose up, shouted, and pursued the Philistines all the way to the entrance of the valley and to the gates of Ekron. The dead Philistines lay scattered along the road to Shaaraim, as far as Gath and Ekron.

  • 1 Chr 16:35
    69%

    35 And say, "Save us, O God of our salvation, gather us and deliver us from the nations, so that we may give thanks to your holy name and glory in your praise."

  • Judg 15:3
    69%

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

  • Judg 15:5-8
    4 verses
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    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.

  • 1 Sam 7:8
    69%

    8 The Israelites said to Samuel, 'Do not stop crying out to the LORD our God for us, so that He may save us from the hand of the Philistines.'

  • 1 Sam 31:9
    69%

    9 They cut off Saul's head, stripped off his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news in the temples of their idols and among the people.

  • 1 Sam 12:9-11
    3 verses
    68%

    9 But they forgot the LORD their God, so He sold them into the hands of Sisera, the commander of Hazor’s army, and into the hands of the Philistines and the king of Moab, who fought against them.

    10 Then they cried out to the LORD, saying, 'We have sinned, for we have abandoned the LORD and served the Baals and the Ashtaroth. But now, deliver us from the hands of our enemies, and we will serve You.'

    11 Then the LORD sent Jerubbaal, Bedan, Jephthah, and Samuel, and He delivered you from the hand of your enemies on every side, so that you lived in safety.

  • Judg 16:18
    68%

    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.

  • 2 Chr 13:16
    68%

    16 The Israelites fled before Judah, and God delivered them into their hands.

  • Judg 15:14-15
    2 verses
    68%

    14 As he approached Lehi, the Philistines came toward him shouting. Then the Spirit of the LORD came powerfully upon him; the ropes on his arms became like charred flax, and the bindings dropped from his hands.

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

  • 1 Kgs 18:39
    68%

    39 When all the people saw it, they fell facedown and said, "The LORD, He is God! The LORD, He is God!"

  • 1 Sam 17:9
    68%

    9 If he is able to fight me and kill me, then we will be your servants. But if I defeat him and kill him, then you will be our servants and serve us.

  • Judg 11:32
    68%

    32 Then Jephthah crossed over to fight the Ammonites, and the Lord gave them into his hands.

  • Judg 16:5
    68%

    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.'

  • Judg 7:14
    68%

    14 His companion responded, "This can only mean the sword of Gideon son of Joash, a man of Israel. God has delivered Midian and the entire camp into his hands."

  • 1 Sam 6:16
    68%

    16 When the five rulers of the Philistines saw what happened, they returned to Ekron that same day.

  • Judg 13:24
    68%

    24 The woman gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The boy grew, and the Lord blessed him.

  • 1 Sam 17:25
    68%

    25 The Israelites said, 'Have you seen this man who comes out? He comes out to defy Israel. The king will give great wealth to the man who kills him; he will also give him his daughter in marriage and exempt his family from taxes in Israel.'

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