Judges 15:12 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹² They said to him, “We have come down to bind you, so that we may give you into the hands of the Philistines.” Samson answered them, “Swear to me that you yourselves will not attack me.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² And they said unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said unto them, Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² And they said to him, We have come down to bind you, that we may deliver you into the hands of the Philistines. And Samson said to them, Swear to me that you will not fall upon me yourselves.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² And they said unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said unto them, Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves.

Common English Bible

¹² Then the people of Judah said to him, “We’ve come down to take you prisoner so we can turn you over to the Philistines.” Samson responded to them, “Just promise that you won’t attack me yourselves.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² And they said to him, "We have come to bind you, and to deliver you into the hands of the Philistines." And Samson said to them, "Swear and promise to me that you will not kill me."

Judges 15:12 Cross References

Acts 7:25

He supposed that his kinsfolk would understand that God through him was rescuing them, but they did not understand.

Matthew 27:2

They bound him, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate the governor.

1 Kings 2:34

Then Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up and struck him down and killed him, and he was buried at his own house near the wilderness.

1 Kings 2:25

So King Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada; he struck him down, and he died.

Judges 8:21

Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, “You come and kill us, for as the man is, so is his strength.” So Gideon went and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and he took the crescents that were on the necks of their camels.

Judges 15:11

Then three thousand men of Judah went down to the cleft of the rock of Etam, and they said to Samson, “Do you not know that the Philistines are rulers over us? What then have you done to us?” He replied, “As they did to me, so I have done to them.”

Judges 15:13

They said to him, “No, we will only bind you and give you into their hands; we will not kill you.” So they bound him with two new ropes and brought him up from the rock.