Then Absalom said to his servants, ‘See, Joab has a field right next to mine, and he has barley there. Go and set fire to it! ’ So Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.
Judges 15:3 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Samson said to them, ‘This time I will be blameless when I harm the Philistines.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Samson said of them, This time shall I be blameless as regards the Philistines, though I do them evil. American Standard Version (1901) 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 Samson replied, “No one can blame me now for being ready to bring down trouble on the Philistines!” Catholic Public Domain Version 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 And Samson answered him: From this day I shall be blameless in what I do against the Philistines; for I will do you evils. |
Then Absalom said to his servants, ‘See, Joab has a field right next to mine, and he has barley there. Go and set fire to it! ’ So Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.
On the fourth day they said to Samson’s wife, ‘Persuade your husband to explain the riddle to us, or we will burn you and your father’s family to death. Did you invite us here to rob us? ’
Now his father and mother did not know this was from the Lord, who wanted the Philistines to provide an opportunity for a confrontation. At that time, the Philistines were ruling Israel.
‘I was sure you hated her,’ her father said, ‘so I gave her to one of the men who accompanied you. Isn’t her younger sister more beautiful than she is? Why not take her instead? ’
So he went out and caught three hundred foxes. He took torches, turned the foxes tail-to-tail, and put a torch between each pair of tails.