Judges 15:3 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

³ And Samson said to them, “This time I shall be blameless in regard to the Philistines, when I do them mischief.”

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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, “See, 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, “Entice your husband to tell us what the riddle is, lest we 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 it was from the Lord; for he was seeking an occasion against the Philistines. At that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel.

Judges 15:2

And her father said, “I really thought that you utterly hated her; so I gave her to your companion. Is not her younger sister fairer than she? Pray take her instead.”

Judges 15:4

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