Judges 15:20

KJV1611 – Modern English

He judged Israel in the days of the Philistines for twenty years.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֧ט אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל בִּימֵ֥י פְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים עֶשְׂרִ֥ים שָׁנָֽה׃ פ

Transliteration

And wayyišpōṭ ʾet-yiśrāʾēl in days bîmê pəlištîm ʿeśrîm šānâ. פ

Grammar Details

• *wayyišpōṭ*: conjunction + consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he judged
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *bîmê*: preposition + masculine plural construct - in days of
• *pəlištîm*: proper noun, masculine plural - Philistines
• *ʿeśrîm*: numeral - twenty
• *šānâ*: feminine singular noun - year
• פ: Hebrew scribal marker - section break

Word Meanings

• *wayyišpōṭ*: and he judged/and he governed/and he led
• *bîmê pəlištîm*: in the days of the Philistines/during the Philistine period

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Samson led Israel for twenty years in the days of the Philistines.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he judged{H8199} Israel{H3478} in the days{H3117} of the Philistines{H6430} twenty{H6242} years.{H8141}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he judged{H8199}{(H8799)} Israel{H3478} in the days{H3117} of the Philistines{H6430} twenty{H6242} years{H8141}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And he iudged Israel in the tyme of the Philistynes twetye yeare.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And hee iudged Israel in the dayes of the Philistims twentie yeeres.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And he iudged Israel in the dayes of the Philistines, twentie yeres.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And he judgeth Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And he was judge of Israel in the days of the Philistines for twenty years.

• World English Bible (2000)

  He judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Samson led Israel for twenty years during the days of Philistine prominence.

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 16:31 : 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.
• Heb 11:32 : 32 And what more shall I say? For the time would fail me to tell of Gideon and Barak and Samson and Jephthah, also of David and Samuel and the prophets:
• Judg 13:5 : 5 For, behold, you shall conceive and bear a son; and no razor shall come upon his head, for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel from the hands of the Philistines.