Judges 15:8

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“And he struck them ruthlessly with a great slaughter, and then went down and stayed in the cave at the rock of Etam.”

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BSBPD

“And he struck them ruthlessly with a great slaughter, and then went down and stayed in the cave at the rock of Etam.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the cleft of the rock of Etam.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And he smiteth them hip and thigh--a great smiting, and goeth down and dwelleth in the cleft of the rock Etam.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Judges 15:8 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Judges 15:10“Why have you attacked us?” said the men of Judah. The Philistines replied, “We have come to arrest Samson and pay him back for what he has done to us.”
  2. 2 Chronicles 11:6He built up Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
  3. Isaiah 25:10For the hand of the LORD will rest on this mountain. But Moab will be trampled in his place as straw is trodden into the dung pile.
  4. Isaiah 63:3“I have trodden the winepress alone, and no one from the nations was with Me. I trampled them in My anger and trod them down in My fury; their blood spattered My garments, and all My clothes were stained.
  5. Isaiah 63:6I trampled the nations in My anger; in My wrath I made them drunk and poured out their blood on the ground.”

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