Judges 15:20
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“And Samson judged Israel for twenty years in the days of the Philistines.”
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BSBPD
“And Samson judged Israel for twenty years in the days of the Philistines.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“And he judgeth Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Judges 15:20 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 49:16Dan shall provide justice for his people as one of the tribes of Israel.
- 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 13:5For behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. And no razor shall come over his head, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he will begin the deliverance of Israel from the hand of the Philistines.”
- Judges 16:31Then Samson’s brothers and his father’s family came down, carried him back, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of his father Manoah. And he had judged Israel twenty years.
- 1 Samuel 4:18As soon as the ark of God was mentioned, Eli fell backward from his chair by the city gate, and being old and heavy, he broke his neck and died. And Eli had judged Israel forty years.
- Hebrews 11:32And what more shall I say? Time will not allow me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets,
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