Judges 15:11

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.

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  • 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."

  • 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.

  • 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 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD, and the LORD delivered them into the hands of the Philistines for forty years.
  • Judg 14:4 : 4 But his father and mother did not know that it was from the LORD, that he sought an occasion against the Philistines, for at that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel.
  • Ps 106:40-42 : 40 Therefore the wrath of the LORD was kindled against his people, so much so that he abhorred his own inheritance. 41 And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and those who hated them ruled over them. 42 Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.
  • Deut 28:13 : 13 And the LORD shall make you the head, and not the tail; and you shall be above only, and you shall not be beneath; if you listen unto the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you this day, to observe and to do them:
  • Deut 28:47-48 : 47 Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things; 48 Therefore you shall serve your enemies which the LORD shall send against you, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon 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 concerning them, Now shall I be blameless toward the Philistines, though I cause them harm.

    4 Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took torches, and turned them tail to tail, and put a torch between every two tails.

    5 When he had set the torches on fire, he let them go into the standing grain of the Philistines, and burned up both the shocks and the standing grain, as well as the vineyards and olives.

    6 Then the Philistines said, Who has done this? They answered, Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife and given her to his companion. The Philistines came up and burned her and her father with fire.

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

    8 He struck them hip and thigh with a great slaughter, and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.

    9 The Philistines went up and camped in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.

    10 The men of Judah said, Why have you come up against us? They answered, We have come up to bind Samson, to 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 bind you, so we may deliver you into the hand of the Philistines. Samson said to them, Swear to me that you will not attack me yourselves.

    13 They said to him, No; but we will bind you tightly and deliver you into their hand; but surely we will not kill you. They bound him with two new ropes and brought him up from the rock.

  • Judg 15:15-17
    3 verses
    74%

    15 He found a new jawbone of a donkey, reached out his hand, took it, and killed a thousand men with it.

    16 Samson said, With the jawbone of a donkey, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of a donkey have I killed a thousand men.

    17 When he finished speaking, he threw the jawbone out of his hand, and called that place Ramathlehi.

  • Judg 16:23-25
    3 verses
    74%

    23 Now the lords of the Philistines gathered to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice. And they said, "Our god has delivered Samson our enemy into our hand."

    24 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."

    25 So it happened, when their hearts were merry, that they said, "Call for Samson, that he may perform for us." So they called for Samson from the prison, and he performed for them, and they stationed him between the pillars.

  • Judg 16:20-21
    2 verses
    74%

    20 She said, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" So he awoke from his sleep, and said, "I will go out as before, at other times, and shake myself free." But he did not know that the LORD had departed from him.

    21 Then the Philistines took him and put out his eyes and brought him down to Gaza. They bound him with bronze chains, and he became a grinder in the prison.

  • Judg 16:27-28
    2 verses
    74%

    27 Now the temple was full of men and women. All the lords of the Philistines were there—about three thousand men and women on the roof, watching while Samson performed.

    28 Then Samson called to the LORD, saying, "O Lord GOD, remember me, I pray! Strengthen me, I pray, just this once, O God, that I may with one blow take vengeance on the Philistines for my two eyes."

  • Judg 14:15-16
    2 verses
    74%

    15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said to Samson's wife, Entice your husband to tell us the riddle, lest we burn you and your father's house with fire. Have you called us to impoverish us? Is it not so?

    16 And Samson's wife wept before him and said, You only hate me, and love me not. You have put forth a riddle to the children of my people, and have not told it to me. And he said to her, Behold, I have not told it to my father or my mother, and shall I tell you?

  • Judg 14:19
    74%

    19 And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and killed thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave the changes of garments to those who explained the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father's house.

  • Judg 14:11
    73%

    11 And it happened, when they saw him, they brought thirty companions to be with him.

  • Judg 16:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    5 And the lords of the Philistines came to her and said, "Entice him, and find out where his great strength lies, and by what means we may overpower him, so that we may bind him and afflict him. Every one of us will give you eleven hundred pieces of silver."

    6 So Delilah said to Samson, "Please tell me where your great strength lies, and how you can be bound to afflict you."

  • Judg 16:30-31
    2 verses
    73%

    30 Then Samson said, "Let me die with the Philistines!" And he pushed with all his might, and the temple fell on the lords and all the people who were in it. So the dead that he killed at his death were more than he had killed in his life.

    31 And his brothers and all his father's house came down and took him, and brought him up and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol, in the tomb of his father Manoah. He had judged Israel twenty years.

  • Judg 16:12-15
    4 verses
    72%

    12 Therefore Delilah took new ropes and bound him with them, and said to him, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" And men were lying in wait in the room. But he broke them off his arms like a thread.

    13 Delilah said to Samson, "Until now, you have mocked me and told me lies. Tell me how you can be bound." And he said to her, "If you weave the seven locks of my hair with the web."

    14 So she fastened it with the pin and said to him, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" But he awoke from his sleep, and pulled out the pin of the loom and the web.

    15 Then she said to him, "How can you say, 'I love you,' when your heart is not with me? You have mocked me these three times and have not told me where your great strength lies."

  • Judg 8:1
    72%

    1 And the men of Ephraim said to him, Why have you treated us this way, that you did not call us when you went to fight with the Midianites? And they argued with him sharply.

  • Judg 16:9-10
    2 verses
    71%

    9 Now men were lying in wait, staying with her in the room. And she said, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" But he broke the cords as a strand of yarn breaks when it touches fire. So the secret of his strength was not known.

    10 Then Delilah said to Samson, "You have mocked me and told me lies. Now, please tell me how you can be bound."

  • Judg 14:1-5
    5 verses
    71%

    1 And Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines.

    2 And he came up and told his father and mother, saying, I have seen a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines. Now therefore, get her for me as a wife.

    3 Then his father and mother said to him, Is there not a woman among the daughters of your brothers or among all my people, that you go to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said to his father, Get her for me, for she pleases me well.

    4 But his father and mother did not know that it was from the LORD, that he sought an occasion against the Philistines, for at that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel.

    5 Then Samson went down with his father and mother to Timnah, and came to the vineyards of Timnah. And behold, a young lion came roaring against him.

  • 1 Sam 11:12
    71%

    12 And the people said to Samuel, "Who is he that said, 'Shall Saul reign over us?' bring the men, that we may put them to death."

  • Judg 12:2
    70%

    2 And Jephthah said to them, I and my people were in great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, you did not deliver me out of their hands.

  • Judg 16:18
    70%

    18 When Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, "Come up once more, for he has told me all his heart." So the lords of the Philistines came up to her, and brought the money in their hand.

  • Judg 15:1
    70%

    1 After a while, during the wheat harvest, Samson visited his wife with a young goat; and he said, I will go in to my wife in the chamber. But her father would not allow him to enter.

  • 2 Chr 25:13
    70%

    13 But the soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria even to Bethhoron, and killed three thousand of them, and took much spoil.

  • 2 Sam 19:43
    70%

    43 And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than you; why then did you despise us, that our advice was not first in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.

  • 1 Sam 7:7
    70%

    7 And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together at Mizpah, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines.

  • 1 Sam 23:3
    69%

    3 And David's men said to him, Behold, we are afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?

  • 1 Sam 4:9
    69%

    9 Be strong and conduct yourselves like men, O Philistines, that you do not become servants to the Hebrews, as they have been to you. Conduct yourselves like men, and fight.

  • Judg 16:3
    69%

    3 But Samson lay there until midnight, and at midnight he arose, and took hold of the doors of the city gate and the two posts, and pulled them up, bar and all. He put them on his shoulders and carried them to the top of the hill that faces Hebron.