Judges 15:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³ Samson said to them, “This time, when I do mischief to the Philistines, I will be without blame.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ And Samson said of them, This time shall I be blameless as regards the Philistines, though I do them evil.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ And Samson said unto them, This time shall I be blameless in regard of the Philistines, when I do them a mischief.

Common English Bible

³ Samson replied, “No one can blame me now for being ready to bring down trouble on the Philistines!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ And Samson answered him: "From this day, there shall be no guilt for me against the Philistines. For I will do harm to you all."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ And Samson answered him: From this day I shall be blameless in what I do against the Philistines; for I will do you evils.

Judges 15:3 Cross References

2 Samuel 14:30

Then he said to his servants, “Look, Joab’s field is next to mine, and he has barley there; go and set it on fire.” So Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.

Judges 14:15

On the fourth day they said to Samson’s wife, “Coax your husband to explain the riddle to us, or we will burn you and your father’s house with fire. Have you invited us here to impoverish us?”

Judges 14:4

His father and mother did not know that this was from the Lord, for he was seeking a pretext to act against the Philistines. At that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel.

Judges 15:2

Her father said, “I was sure that you had rejected her, so I gave her to your companion. Is not her younger sister prettier than she? Why not take her instead?”

Judges 15:4

So Samson went and caught three hundred foxes and took some torches, and he turned the foxes tail to tail and put a torch between each pair of tails.