Judges 15:10
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.
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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."
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? And they answered, To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
And the men{H376} of Judah{H3063} said,{H559} Why are ye come up{H5927} against us? And they said,{H559} To bind{H631} Samson{H8123} are we come up,{H5927} to do{H6213} to him as he hath done{H6213} to us.
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
And the men{H376} of Judah{H3063} said{H559}{(H8799)}, Why are ye come up{H5927}{(H8804)} against us? And they answered{H559}{(H8799)}, To bind{H631}{(H8800)} Samson{H8123} are we come up{H5927}{(H8804)}, to do{H6213}{(H8800)} to him as he hath done{H6213}{(H8804)} to us.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
But they of Iuda sayde: Wherfore are ye come vp against vs? They answered: we are come vp to bynde Samson, yt we maye do vnto him, as he hath done vnto vs.
Geneva Bible (1560)
And the men of Iudah sayde, Why are yee come vp vnto vs? And they answered, To binde Samson are we come vp, and to do to him as hee hath done to vs.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
And the men of Iuda sayde: Why are ye come vp vnto vs? They aunswered: To bynde Samson are we come vp, & to do to hym, as he hath done to vs.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? And they answered, To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us.
Webster's Bible (1833)
The men of Judah said, Why are you come up against us? They said, To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as he has done to us.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
and the men of Judah say, `Why have ye come up against us?' and they say, `To bind Samson we have come up, to do to him as he hath done to us.'
American Standard Version (1901)
And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? And they said, To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us.
American Standard Version (1901)
And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? And they said, To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
And the men of Judah said, Why have you come up against us? And they said, We have come up to take Samson, and to do to him as he has done to us.
World English Bible (2000)
The men of Judah said, "Why have you come up against us?" They said, "We have come up to bind Samson, to do to him as he has done to us."
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
The men of Judah said,“Why are you attacking us?” The Philistines said,“We have come up to take Samson prisoner so we can do to him what he has done to us.”
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- Judg 15:11-133 verses88%
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 15:6-94 verses77%
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.
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3 Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be blameless toward the Philistines, though I cause them harm.
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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?
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?
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- Judg 16:23-253 verses73%
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.
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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."
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15 He found a new jawbone of a donkey, reached out his hand, took it, and killed a thousand men with it.
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10 But if they say, 'Come up to us,' then we will go up, for the LORD has delivered them into our hand; and this will be a sign to us."
- Judg 14:10-112 verses71%
10 So his father went down to the woman, and Samson made there a feast, for so the young men used to do.
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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.
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- Judg 14:2-32 verses70%
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.
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10 And now you purpose to keep the children of Judah and Jerusalem as bondmen and bondwomen for yourselves, but are there not with you sins against the LORD your God?