Judges 15:14

Easy To Read Version

When Samson came to the place called Lehi, the Philistine people came to meet him. They were shouting from joy. Then the Spirit of the Lord came on Samson with great power. {Samson broke the ropes.} The ropes seemed weak like burnt strings. The ropes fell off his arms as if they had melted.

Cross References

Psalm 118:11

Enemies surrounded me again and again.\par I defeated them with the Lord’s power.\par

Psalm 18:34

God trains me for war,\par so my arms can bend a powerful bow. {\cf2\super [106]} \par

Exodus 14:3

Pharaoh will think that the people of Israel are lost in the desert. And he will think that the people will have no place to go.

Exodus 14:5

Pharaoh received a report that the people of Israel had escaped. When he heard this, he and his officials changed their minds about what they had done. Pharaoh said, “Why did we let the people of Israel leave? Why did we let them run away? Now we have lost our slaves!”

Micah 7:8

I have fallen.\par But enemy, don’t laugh at me!\par I will get up again.\par I sit in darkness now.\par But the Lord will be a light for me.\par

Zechariah 4:6

He said, “This is the message from the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Your help will not come from your strength and power. No, your help will come from my Spirit.’ The Lord All-Powerful said those things!

Philippians 4:3

And because you serve faithfully with me, my friend, I ask you to help these women do this. These women served with me in telling people the Good News. {\cf2\super [21]} They served together with Clement and the other people who worked with me. Their names are written in the book of life. {\cf2\super [22]}

Judges 14:19

Samson was very angry. The Spirit of the Lord came on Samson with great power. He went down to the city of Ashkelon. In that city he killed 30 {Philistine} men. Then he took all of the clothes and property from the dead bodies. He brought those clothes back and gave them to the men that had answered his riddle. Then he went to his father’s house.

Judges 14:6

The Spirit of the Lord came on Samson with great power. He tore the lion apart with his bare hands. It seemed easy to him. It was as easy as tearing apart a young goat. But Samson did not tell his father or mother what he had done.

Judges 15:13

The men from Judah said, “We agree. We will just tie you up and give you to the Philistine people. We promise that we will not kill you.” So they tied Samson with two new ropes. They led him up from the cave in the rock.

Judges 15:9

Then the Philistine people went to the land of Judah. They stopped near a place named Lehi. Their army camped there {and prepared for war}.

Judges 16:12

So Delilah took some new ropes and tied up Samson. Some men were hiding in the next room. Then Delilah called out to him, “Samson, the Philistine men are going to capture you!” But he broke the ropes easily. He broke them like they were threads.

Judges 16:24

When the Philistine people saw Samson, they praised their god. They said,

Judges 16:9

Some men were hiding in the next room. Delilah said to Samson, “Samson, the Philistine men are going to capture you!” But Samson easily broke the bowstrings. They snapped like a string when it comes too close to a flame. So the Philistine people did not find out the secret of Samson’s strength.

Judges 3:10

The Spirit of the Lord came on Othniel and he became a judge for the people of Israel. Othniel led the people of Israel to war. The Lord helped Othniel defeat Cushan Rishathaim, the king of Aram.

Judges 5:30

“I’m sure they won the war and they are now taking things from the people they defeated! They are dividing those things among themselves! Each soldier is taking a girl or two. Maybe Sisera found a piece of dyed cloth. That’s it! Sisera found a piece of fancy cloth —or maybe two— for Sisera the Conqueror to wear.”

1 Samuel 10:10

Saul and his servant went to Gibeath Elohim. At that place, Saul met a group of prophets. God’s Spirit came on Saul with great power, and Saul prophesied with the prophets.

1 Samuel 10:6

Then the Lord’s Spirit will come on you with great power. You will be changed. You will be like a different man. You will begin to prophesy with these prophets.

1 Samuel 11:6

Saul listened to their story. Then God’s Spirit came on Saul with great power. Saul became very angry.

1 Samuel 17:35

Each time I chased that wild animal. I attacked it and took the sheep from its mouth. That wild animal jumped on me, but I caught it by the fur under its mouth. And I hit it and killed it.

1 Samuel 4:5

When the Lord’s Box of the Agreement [43] came into the camp, all the Israelites gave a great shout. That shout made the ground shake.