Judges 15:5
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.
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Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts
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.
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing corn, with the vineyards and olives.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
And when he had set{H1197} the brands{H3940} on fire,{H784} he let them go{H7971} into the standing grain{H7054} of the Philistines,{H6430} and burnt up{H1197} both the shocks{H1430} and the standing grain,{H7054} and also the oliveyards.{H2132}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
And when he had set{H1197}{(H8686)} the brands{H3940} on fire{H784}, he let them go{H7971}{(H8762)} into the standing corn{H7054} of the Philistines{H6430}, and burnt up{H1197}{(H8686)} both the shocks{H1430}, and also the standing corn{H7054}, with the vineyards{H3754} and olives{H2132}.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
and kynled the same with fyre, and let them go amonge the Philistynes corne, and thus he brent ye stoukes and the stondinge corne, and ye vynyardes, and the olyue trees.
Geneva Bible (1560)
And when he had set the brandes on fire, he sent them out into the standing corne of the Philistims, and burnt vp both the rickes and the standing corne with the vineyardes and oliues.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
And when he had set the brandes on fire, he sent them out into the standyng corne of the Philistines, & burnt vp both the reaped corne, and also the standing, with the vineyardes and oliues.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
And when he had set the brands on fire, he let [them] go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing corn, with the vineyards [and] olives.
Webster's Bible (1833)
When he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing grain of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks and the standing grain, and also the olive groves.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
and kindleth fire in the torches, and sendeth `them' out into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burneth `it' from heap even unto standing corn, even unto vineyard -- olive-yard.
American Standard Version (1901)
And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing grain of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks and the standing grain, and also the oliveyards.
American Standard Version (1901)
And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing grain of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks and the standing grain, and also the oliveyards.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
Then firing the sticks, he let the foxes loose among the uncut grain of the Philistines, and all the corded stems as well as the living grain and the vine-gardens and the olives went up in flames.
World English Bible (2000)
When he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing grain of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks and the standing grain, and also the olive groves.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
He lit the torches and set the jackals loose in the Philistines’ standing grain. He burned up the grain heaps and the standing grain, as well as the vineyards and olive groves.
Referenced Verses
- Exod 22:6 : 6 If fire breaks out and catches in thorns so that stacked grain or standing grain or the field is consumed, he who kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.
- 2 Sam 14:30 : 30 Therefore he said to his servants, See, Joab's field is near mine, and he has barley there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom's servants set the field on fire.
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- Judg 15:3-42 verses84%
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.
- Judg 15:6-1712 verses83%
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.
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.
14 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.
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.
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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.
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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?
- Judg 16:7-93 verses72%
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 14:4-74 verses72%
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.
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.
7 And he went down and talked with the woman, and she pleased Samson well.
- Judg 14:19-202 verses71%
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.
20 But Samson's wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend.
- Judg 16:29-302 verses70%
29 And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars which supported the temple, and he braced himself against them, one on his right and the other on his left.
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.
- 1 Chr 14:12-132 verses70%
12 When they had left their gods there, David gave a commandment, and they were burned with fire.
13 And the Philistines once again spread themselves out in the valley.
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6 If fire breaks out and catches in thorns so that stacked grain or standing grain or the field is consumed, he who kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.
- Judg 16:23-242 verses69%
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."
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1 And Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines.
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30 Therefore he said to his servants, See, Joab's field is near mine, and he has barley there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom's servants set the field on fire.
- Judg 16:20-212 verses69%
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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14 As the fire burns a forest, and as the flame sets the mountains on fire;
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16 And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.
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18 For wickedness burns like the fire; it will devour the briers and thorns and will kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they will mount up like the lifting up of smoke.
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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.
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5 Behold, when it was whole, it was not fit for any work: how much less shall it be fit for any work when the fire has devoured it, and it is burned?
6 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Like the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
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10 And they burned all their cities where they dwelt, and all their fortified castles, with fire.
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33 He struck their vines also and their fig trees; and broke the trees of their territory.
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9 And he took some in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and he gave them some, and they ate. But he did not tell them that he had taken the honey out of the carcass of the lion.
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21 And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them.
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10 And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel: but the LORD thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and confused them; and they were defeated before Israel.