Judges 15
- 1But it happened within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid. He said, I will go in to my wife into the room. But her father would not allow him to go in.
- 2And her father said, I truly thought that you had completely hated her. Therefore I gave her to your companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? Take her, I pray you, instead of her.
- 3And Samson said concerning them, Now I shall be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure.
- 4And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took burning sticks, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the middle between two tails.
- 5And 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 also the standing grain, with the vineyards and olives.
- 6Then the Philistines said, Who has done this? And they answered, Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire.
- 7And Samson said to them, Though you have done this, yet I will be avenged of you, and after that I will stop.
- 8And he struck them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and lived in the top of the rock Etam.
- 9Then the Philistines went up, and camped in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.
- 10And the men of Judah said, Why have you come up against us? And they answered, To bind Samson have we come up, to do to him as he has done to us.
- 11Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock Etam, and said to Samson, Do you not know that the Philistines are rulers over us? What is this that you have done to us? And he said to them, As they did to me, so I have done to them.
- 12And they said to him, We have come down to bind you, that we may deliver you into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said to them, Swear to me, that you will not fall on me yourselves.
- 13And they spoke to him, saying, No. But we will bind you fast, and deliver you into their hand: but surely we will not kill you. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the rock.
- 14And when he came to Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the Lord came powerfully on him, and the cords that were on his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and the ropes dropped from his hands.
- 15And he found a new jawbone of a donkey, and put out his hand, and took it, and killed a thousand men with it.
- 16And Samson said, With the jawbone of a donkey, heaps on heaps, with the jaw of a donkey have I killed a thousand men.
- 17When he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand, and called that place Ramathlehi.
- 18And 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 for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?
- 19But God clung a hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water out of it. When he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: therefore he called its name Enhakkore, which is in Lehi to this day.
- 20And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Judges 15 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVBut it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in.
GIGAKJVBut it happened within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid. He said, I will go in to my wife into the room. But her father would not allow him to go in.
KJVAnd her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.
GIGAKJVAnd her father said, I truly thought that you had completely hated her. Therefore I gave her to your companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? Take her, I pray you, instead of her.
KJVAnd Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure.
GIGAKJVAnd Samson said concerning them, Now I shall be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure.
KJVAnd Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails.
GIGAKJVAnd Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took burning sticks, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the middle between two tails.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd 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 also the standing grain, with the vineyards and olives.
KJVThen the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered, Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire.
GIGAKJVThen the Philistines said, Who has done this? And they answered, Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire.
KJVAnd Samson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.
GIGAKJVAnd Samson said to them, Though you have done this, yet I will be avenged of you, and after that I will stop.
KJVAnd he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.
GIGAKJVAnd he struck them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and lived in the top of the rock Etam.
KJVThen the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.
GIGAKJVThen the Philistines went up, and camped in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd the men of Judah said, Why have you come up against us? And they answered, To bind Samson have we come up, to do to him as he has done to us.
KJVThen 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.
GIGAKJVThen three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock Etam, and said to Samson, Do you not know that the Philistines are rulers over us? What is this that you have done to us? And he said to them, As they did to me, so I have done to them.
KJVAnd they said unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said unto them, Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves.
GIGAKJVAnd they said to him, We have come down to bind you, that we may deliver you into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said to them, Swear to me, that you will not fall on me yourselves.
KJVAnd they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the rock.
GIGAKJVAnd they spoke to him, saying, No. But we will bind you fast, and deliver you into their hand: but surely we will not kill you. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the rock.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd when he came to Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the Lord came powerfully on him, and the cords that were on his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and the ropes dropped from his hands.
KJVAnd he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith.
GIGAKJVAnd he found a new jawbone of a donkey, and put out his hand, and took it, and killed a thousand men with it.
KJVAnd Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.
GIGAKJVAnd Samson said, With the jawbone of a donkey, heaps on heaps, with the jaw of a donkey have I killed a thousand men.
KJVAnd it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand, and called that place Ramathlehi.
GIGAKJVWhen he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand, and called that place Ramathlehi.
KJVAnd he was sore athirst, and called on the Lord, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?
GIGAKJVAnd 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 for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?
KJVBut God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof Enhakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day.
GIGAKJVBut God clung a hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water out of it. When he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: therefore he called its name Enhakkore, which is in Lehi to this day.
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