And he found a fresh jawbone of an ass, and put out his hand and seized it, and with it he slew a thousand men.
Judges 15:16 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) And Samson said, “With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jawbone of an ass have I slain a thousand men.” Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, With the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Samson said, With the jawbone of a donkey, heaps upon heaps, with the jawbone of a donkey I have slain 1,000 men! American Standard Version (1901) And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, With the jawbone of an ass have I smitten a thousand men. Common English Bible Samson said, “With a donkey’s jawbone, stacks on stacks! With a donkey’s jawbone, I’ve killed one thousand men.” Catholic Public Domain Version And he said, "With the jawbone of a donkey, with the jaw of the colt of a donkey, I have destroyed them, and I have struck down a thousand men." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he said: With the jawbone of an ass, with the jaw of the colt of asses, I have destroyed them, and have slain a thousand men. |
And he found a fresh jawbone of an ass, and put out his hand and seized it, and with it he slew a thousand men.
When he had finished speaking, he threw away the jawbone out of his hand; and that place was called Ramath-lehi.
And when the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said, “Our god has given our enemy into our hand, the ravager of our country, who has slain many of us.”