Judges 15:16

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Then Samson said: “With the jawbone of a donkey I have piled them into heaps. With the jawbone of a donkey I have slain a thousand men.””

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BSBPD

“Then Samson said: “With the jawbone of a donkey I have piled them into heaps. With the jawbone of a donkey I have slain a thousand men.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, With the jawbone of an ass have I smitten a thousand men.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And Samson saith, `With a jaw-bone of the ass--an ass upon asses--with a jaw-bone of the ass I have smitten a thousand men.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Judges 15:16 — 1 related verse from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Judges 16:24And when the people saw him, they praised their god, saying: “Our god has delivered into our hands our enemy who destroyed our land and multiplied our dead.”

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