Judges 15:11
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“In response, three thousand men of Judah went to the cave at the rock of Etam, and they asked Samson, “Do you not realize that the Philistines rule over us? What have you done to us?” “I have done to them what they did to me,” he replied.”
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“In response, three thousand men of Judah went to the cave at the rock of Etam, and they asked Samson, “Do you not realize that the Philistines rule over us? What have you done to us?” “I have done to them what they did to me,” he replied.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Then 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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Then three thousand men of Judah went down to the cleft of the rock of Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us? what then is this that thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And three thousand men of Judah go down unto the cleft of the rock Etam, and say to Samson, `Hast thou now known that the Philistines are rulers over us? and what <FI>is<Fi> this thou hast done to us?' And he saith to them, `As they did to me, so I did to them.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Judges 15:11 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 28:13The LORD will make you the head and not the tail; you will only move upward and never downward, if you hear and carefully follow the commandments of the LORD your God, which I am giving you today.
- Deuteronomy 28:47Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joy and gladness of heart in all your abundance,
- Judges 13:1Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD, so He delivered them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years.
- Judges 14:4(Now his father and mother did not know this was from the LORD, who was seeking an occasion to move against the Philistines; for at that time the Philistines were ruling over Israel.)
- 1 Chronicles 4:3These were the sons of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash. And their sister was named Hazzelelponi.
- Psalms 106:40So the anger of the LORD burned against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance.
- Psalms 106:41He delivered them into the hand of the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them.
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