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Book of Judges, Chapter 15

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Judges 15 NASB - New American Standard BibleJudges 15 NASB - New American Standard Bible

Chapter 15 of Judges—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ But after a while, in the time of wheat harvest, Samson visited his wife 1with a young goat, and said, “I will go in to my wife in her room.” But her father did not let him enter.
  2. Her father said, “I really thought that you hated her intensely; so I 2gave her to your companion. Is not her younger sister [a]more beautiful than she? Please let her be yours [b]instead.”
  3. Samson then said to them, “This time I shall be blameless in regard to the Philistines when I do them harm.”
  4. Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took torches, and turned the foxes tail to tail and put one torch in the middle between two tails.
  5. When he had set fire to the torches, he released [c]the foxes into the standing grain of the Philistines, thus burning up both the shocks and the standing grain, along with the vineyards and groves.
  6. Then the Philistines said, “Who did this?” And they said, “Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because [d]he took his wife and gave her to his companion.” So the Philistines came up and 3burned her and her father with fire.
  7. Samson said to them, “Since you act like this, I will surely take revenge on you, but after that I will quit.”
  8. He struck them [e]ruthlessly with a great slaughter; and he went down and lived in the cleft of the rock of Etam.
  9. ¶ Then the Philistines went up and camped in Judah, and spread out in Lehi.
  10. The men of Judah said, “Why have you come up against us?” And they said, “We have come up to bind Samson in order to do to him as he did to us.”
  11. Then 3,000 men of Judah went down to the cleft of the rock of Etam and said to Samson, “Do you not know 4that the Philistines are rulers over us? What then is this that you have done to us?” And he said to them, “As they did to me, so I have done to them.”
  12. They said to him, “We have come down to bind you so that we may give you into the hands of the Philistines.” And Samson said to them, “Swear to me that you will not [f]kill me.”
  13. So they said to [g]him, “No, but we will bind you fast and give you into their hands; yet surely we will not kill you.” Then they bound him with two new ropes and brought him up from the rock.
  14. ¶ When he came to Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they met him. And 5the Spirit of the LORD [h]came upon him mightily so that the ropes that were on his arms were as flax that is burned with fire, and his bonds [i]dropped from his hands.
  15. He found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, so he [j]reached out and took it and [k]killed 6a thousand men with it.
  16. Then Samson said,
    ¶ “With the jawbone of a donkey,
    [l]Heaps upon heaps,
    With the jawbone of a donkey
    I have [m]killed a thousand men.”
  17. ¶ When he had finished speaking, he threw the jawbone from his hand; and he named that place [n]Ramath-lehi.
  18. Then he became very thirsty, and he 7called to the LORD and said, “You have given this great deliverance by the hand of Your servant, and now [o]shall I die of thirst [p]and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?”
  19. But God split the hollow place that is in Lehi so that water came out of it. When he drank, 8his [q]strength returned and he revived. Therefore he named it [r]En-hakkore, which is in Lehi to this day.
  20. So 9he judged Israel twenty years in 10the days of the Philistines.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Lit better
  2. ^ Lit instead of her
  3. ^ Lit them
  4. ^ I.e. the Timnite
  5. ^ Lit leg on thigh
  6. ^ Lit fall upon me yourselves
  7. ^ Lit him, saying
  8. ^ Lit rushed upon
  9. ^ Lit were melted
  10. ^ Lit stretched out his hand
  11. ^ Lit smote
  12. ^ Lit Heap, two heaps; Heb is same root as donkey
  13. ^ Lit smitten
  14. ^ I.e. the high place of the jawbone
  15. ^ Or I shall...uncircumcised
  16. ^ Or or
  17. ^ Lit spirit
  18. ^ I.e. the spring of him who called

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Ge 38:17
  2. ^ Jg 14:20
  3. ^ Jg 14:15
  4. ^ Le 26:25; De 28:43f; Jg 13:1; 14:4; Ps 106:40-42
  5. ^ Jg 14:19; 1Sa 11:6
  6. ^ Le 26:8; Jos 23:10
  7. ^ Jg 16:28
  8. ^ Is 40:29
  9. ^ Jg 16:31; Heb 11:32
  10. ^ Jg 13:1

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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