Then he found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, reached out and took it, and killed a thousand men with it.
Judges 15:16 - Tree of Life Version Then Samson said, “With the jawbone of a donkey, a heap … two heaps, with the jawbone of a donkey I struck down a thousand men.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, With the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Samson said, With the jawbone of a donkey, heaps upon heaps, with the jawbone of a donkey I have slain 1,000 men! American Standard Version (1901) And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, With the jawbone of an ass have I smitten a thousand men. Common English Bible Samson said, “With a donkey’s jawbone, stacks on stacks! With a donkey’s jawbone, I’ve killed one thousand men.” Catholic Public Domain Version And he said, "With the jawbone of a donkey, with the jaw of the colt of a donkey, I have destroyed them, and I have struck down a thousand men." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he said: With the jawbone of an ass, with the jaw of the colt of asses, I have destroyed them, and have slain a thousand men. |
Then he found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, reached out and took it, and killed a thousand men with it.
As soon as he had finished speaking, he threw the jawbone from his hand. Then he named that place Ramat-lehi.
When the people saw him, they praised their god, as they said, “Our god has given into our hand our enemy and the destroyer of our country, who has slain many of us.”