Judges 15:14

KJV1611 – Modern English

When he came to Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him; and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and the ropes on his arms became like flax burned with fire, and his bonds loosed from his hands.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    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.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    When he came{H935} unto Lehi,{H3896} the Philistines{H6430} shouted{H7321} as{H7125} they met him: and the Spirit{H7307} of Jehovah{H3068} came mightily{H6743} upon him, and the ropes{H5688} that were upon his arms{H2220} became as flax{H6593} that was burnt{H1197} with fire,{H784} and his bands{H612} dropped{H4549} from off his hands.{H3027}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And when he came{H935}{(H8804)} unto Lehi{H3896}, the Philistines{H6430} shouted{H7321}{(H8689)} against{H7125}{(H8800)} him: and the Spirit{H7307} of the LORD{H3068} came mightily{H6743}{(H8799)} upon him, and the cords{H5688} that were upon his arms{H2220} became as flax{H6593} that was burnt{H1197}{(H8804)} with fire{H784}, and his bands{H612} loosed{H4549}{(H8735)} from off his hands{H3027}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And whan he came vnto Lechi, the Philistynes shouted, and rane vnto him. But ye sprete of ye LORDE came vpon him, & the coardes aboute his armes were like thredes burnt in the fyre, so yt the bondes were lowsed from his hondes.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    When hee came to Lehi, the Philistims shouted against him, and the Spirite of the Lord came vpon him, and the cordes that were vpon his armes, became as flaxe that was burnt with fire: for the bandes loosed from his handes.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And when he came to Lehi, the Philistines showted agaynst him: And the spirite of the Lord came vpon him, and the cordes that were vpon his armes, became as flaxe that was burnt with fire, for the bandes loosed from of his handes.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    [And] when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and the cords that [were] upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    When he came to Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they met him: and the Spirit of Yahweh came mightily on him, and the ropes that were on his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands dropped from off his hands.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    He hath come unto Lehi -- and the Philistines have shouted at meeting him -- and the Spirit of Jehovah prospereth over him, and the thick bands which `are' on his arms are as flax which they burn with fire, and his bands are wasted from off his hands,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    When he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they met him: and the Spirit of Jehovah came mightily upon him, and the ropes that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands dropped from off his hands.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    When he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they met him: and the Spirit of Jehovah came mightily upon him, and the ropes that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands dropped from off his hands.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And when he came to Lehi, the Philistines came out, meeting him with loud cries; then the spirit of the Lord came rushing on him, and the cords on his arms became like grass which has been burned with fire, and the bands came falling off his hands.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    When he came to Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they met him: and the Spirit of Yahweh came mightily on him, and the ropes that were on his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands dropped from off his hands.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    When he arrived in Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they approached him. But the LORD’s Spirit empowered him. The ropes around his arms were like flax dissolving in fire, and they melted away from his hands.

Referenced Verses

  • Judg 14:19 : 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 3:10 : 10 And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war: and the LORD delivered Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushanrishathaim.
  • 1 Sam 11:6 : 6 And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings, and his anger was greatly kindled.
  • Judg 14:6 : 6 And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he tore him as he would have torn a young goat, and he had nothing in his hand. But he did not tell his father or his mother what he had done.
  • 1 Sam 17:35 : 35 I went after it, struck it, and rescued the lamb from its mouth. When it rose against me, I caught it by its beard, struck it, and killed it.
  • Job 20:5 : 5 That the triumph of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
  • Ps 18:34 : 34 He teaches my hands to war, so that a bow of bronze is broken by my arms.
  • Ps 118:11 : 11 They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me; but in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
  • Mic 7:8 : 8 Do not rejoice against me, O my enemy; when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light to me.
  • Zech 4:6 : 6 Then he answered and spoke to me, saying, This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the LORD of hosts.
  • Phil 4:3 : 3 And I ask you also, true companion, help those women who labored with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with my other fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life.
  • Judg 5:30 : 30 'Have they not found and divided the spoil? To every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a spoil of dyed garments, a spoil of dyed garments embroidered, dyed garments embroidered on both sides, for the necks of those who take the spoil?'
  • Exod 14:3 : 3 For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are trapped in the land, the wilderness has shut them in.
  • Exod 14:5 : 5 And it was told the king of Egypt that the people had fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?
  • Judg 16:9 : 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.
  • Judg 16:12 : 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.
  • Judg 16:24 : 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."
  • 1 Sam 4:5 : 5 And when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout so that the earth rang again.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • Judg 16:11-12
    2 verses
    76%

    11 So he said to her, "If they bind me securely with new ropes that have never been used, then I shall become weak, and be like any other man."

    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.

  • Judg 15:9-13
    5 verses
    76%

    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.

    11 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.

    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 14:5-6
    2 verses
    75%

    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.

    6 And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he tore him as he would have torn a young goat, and he had nothing in his hand. But he did not tell his father or his mother what he had done.

  • Judg 15:15-19
    5 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.

    18 He was very thirsty and called on the LORD, and said, You have given this great deliverance into the hand of your servant: and now shall I die of thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?

    19 But God split a hollow place in the jaw, and water came out; and when he drank, his spirit revived: therefore he called it Enhakkore, which is in Lehi to this day.

  • Judg 16:5-9
    5 verses
    74%

    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."

    7 And Samson said to her, "If they bind me with seven fresh cords that have never been dried, then I shall become weak, and be like any other man."

    8 So the lords of the Philistines brought her seven fresh cords, which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.

    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.

  • Judg 15:5
    73%

    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.

  • Judg 14:19
    73%

    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.

  • 2 Sam 23:10
    73%

    10 He arose and struck down the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand stuck to the sword: and the LORD wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to plunder.

  • Judg 16:18-24
    7 verses
    73%

    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.

    19 Then she lulled him to sleep on her knees, and called for a man and had him shave off the seven locks of his head. Then she began to torment him, and his strength left him.

    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.

    22 However, the hair of his head began to grow again after it had been shaven.

    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."

  • Judg 16:14
    70%

    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.

  • 1 Sam 17:52
    70%

    52 The men of Israel and Judah arose, shouted, and pursued the Philistines as far as the entrance to the valley and to the gates of Ekron. The wounded of the Philistines fell along the way to Shaaraim, even to Gath and Ekron.

  • 1 Sam 17:44-48
    5 verses
    70%

    44 The Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the sky and the wild beasts of the field.

    45 Then David said to the Philistine, You come to me with a sword, a spear, and a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.

    46 This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you down and cut off your head. I will give the bodies of the Philistine army this day to the birds of the sky and the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.

    47 And all this assembly shall know that the LORD does not save with sword and spear, for the battle is the LORD's, and he will give you into our hands.

    48 When the Philistine arose and came near to meet David, David hurried and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.

  • 1 Sam 4:9
    70%

    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.

  • 1 Sam 17:7-8
    2 verses
    69%

    7 The staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam, and the spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron, and a shield-bearer went before him.

    8 He stood and cried to the armies of Israel and said to them, Why have you come out to set your battle in array? Am I not a Philistine, and you the servants of Saul? Choose a man for yourselves and let him come down to me.

  • Judg 3:10
    69%

    10 And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war: and the LORD delivered Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushanrishathaim.

  • 1 Sam 17:40-41
    2 verses
    69%

    40 He took his staff in his hand, chose five smooth stones from the brook, put them in the shepherd's bag, in the pouch he had, and with his sling in his hand, approached the Philistine.

    41 The Philistine came closer and closer to David, and the man who carried his shield went in front of him.

  • 1 Sam 17:37
    69%

    37 David said moreover, The LORD who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine. Saul said to David, Go, and the LORD be with you.

  • Judg 7:14
    68%

    14 And his friend answered and said, This is nothing else but the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel; for God has delivered Midian and all the army into his hand.

  • 1 Sam 14:31
    68%

    31 They struck the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon, and the people were very faint.

  • 1 Sam 7:7
    68%

    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 17:50
    68%

    50 Thus David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone and struck the Philistine, and killed him. There was no sword in David's hand.

  • 1 Chr 11:14
    68%

    14 But they stationed themselves in the midst of that piece of ground and defended it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved them by a great deliverance.

  • 1 Sam 7:13
    68%

    13 So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into the territory of Israel: and the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.

  • 1 Sam 10:6
    68%

    6 And the Spirit of the LORD will come upon you, and you shall prophesy with them, and will be turned into another man.

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