Verse List for JDG 15:16

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator,Shimshon (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) Then Shimshon declared, ⇔ “With a donkey’s jawbone, one heap, two heaps, ⇔ ≈ with a donkey’s jawbone, I’ve slaughtered a thousand men.”

OET-LV And_ Shimshvōn _he/it _said with_the _jawbone _of the _donkey a _heap two _heaps with_the _jawbone _of the _donkey I _struck _down a _thousand man.

ULT And Samson said, ⇔ “With the jawbone of a donkey, ⇔  a heap, two heaps, ⇔ with the jawbone of a donkey ⇔  I have struck 1,000 men.”

UST Then Samson made up this poem: ⇔ “With a donkey’s jawbone, ⇔  I have made piles of bodies. ⇔ With a donkey’s jawbone, ⇔  I have killed 1,000 men.”

BSB & MSB Then Samson said: ⇔ “With the jawbone of a donkey ⇔  I have piled them into heaps.[fn] ⇔ With the jawbone of a donkey ⇔  I have slain a thousand men.”

OEB No OEB JDG book available

WEBBE & WMBB Samson said, “With the jawbone of a donkey, heaps on heaps; with the jawbone of a donkey I have struck a thousand men.”

NET Samson then said, ⇔ “With the jawbone of a donkey ⇔ I have left them in heaps; ⇔ with the jawbone of a donkey ⇔ I have struck down a thousand men!”

LSV And Samson says, “With the jawbone of a donkey, heap on heaps—I have struck down one thousand men with the jawbone of a donkey!”

FBV Then Samson declared, “With a donkey's jawbone I have piled the dead into heaps. With a donkey's jawbone I have killed a thousand men.”

T4T Then Samson wrote this poem: ⇔ “With the jawbone of a donkey ⇔  I have made them like a heap of dead donkeys. ⇔ With the jawbone of a donkey ⇔  I killed 1,000 men.”

LEB And Samson said,
• “With the jawbone of the donkey,
• heap upon heap;
• with the jawbone of the donkey,
• I struck dead one thousand men.”

BBE And Samson said, With a red ass's mouth-bone I have made them red with blood, with a red ass's mouth-bone I have sent destruction on a thousand men.

Moff No Moff JDG book available

JPS And Samson said: With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jawbone of an ass have I smitten a thousand men.

ASV And Samson said, ⇔ With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, ⇔ With the jawbone of an ass have I smitten a thousand men.

DRA 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.

YLT And Samson saith, 'With a jaw-bone of the ass — an ass upon asses — with a jaw-bone of the ass I have smitten a thousand men.'

Drby And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, a heap, two heaps, With the jawbone of an ass have I slain a thousand men.

RV And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jawbone of an ass have I smitten a thousand men.

SLT And Samson will say, With the jaw-bone of the ass, a heap, two heaps, with the jaw-bone of the ass I struck a thousand men.

Wbstr And Samson said, With the jaw-bone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.

KJB-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.[fn]
(And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain/killed a thousand men.)

KJB-1611 And Samson said, With the iawbone of an asse, [fn]heapes vpon heapes, with the iaw of an asse haue I slaine a thousand men.
(And Samson said, With the iawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the iaw of an ass have I slain/killed a thousand men.)

Bshps And Samson sayde: With the iawe of an Asse, heapes vpon heapes: with the iawe of an Asse haue I slayne a thousande men.
(And Samson said: With the iawe of an Asse, heaps upon heaps: with the iawe of an Ass have I slain/killed a thousand men.)

Gnva Then Samson sayd, With the iaw of an asse are heapes vpon heapes: with the iawe of an asse haue I slaine a thousand men.
(Then Samson said, With the iaw of an ass are heaps upon heaps: with the iawe of an ass have I slain/killed a thousand men.)

Cvdl And Samson sayde: With an olde asses cheke bone, yee eue with the cheke bone of an asse haue I slayne a thousande men.
(And Samson said: With an old asses cheek bone, ye/you_all eve/even with the cheek bone of an ass have I slain/killed a thousand men.)

Wycl With the cheke of an asse, that is, with the lowere cheke of a colt of femal assis, Y dide hem awey, and Y killide a thousynde men.
(With the cheek of an ass, that is, with the lower cheek of a colt of female assis, I did hem away, and I killed a thousand men.)

Luth Und Simson sprach: Da liegen sie bei Haufen; durch eines Esels Kinnbacken habe ich tausend Mann geschlagen.
(And Simson spoke: So lie/lay they/she/them at/in heap/pile(n); through one/a donkeys Kinnbacken have I thousand man beaten.)

ClVg et ait: [In maxilla asini, in mandibula pulli asinarum, delevi eos, et percussi mille viros.][fn]
(and he_said: [In maxilla donkeys, in/into/on mandibula chickens donkeyrum, delevi them, and I_was_struck a_thousand men.])

UHB וַ⁠יֹּ֣אמֶר שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן בִּ⁠לְחִ֣י הַ⁠חֲמ֔וֹר חֲמ֖וֹר חֲמֹרָתָ֑יִם בִּ⁠לְחִ֣י הַ⁠חֲמ֔וֹר הִכֵּ֖יתִי אֶ֥לֶף אִֽישׁ׃ ‡

BrLXX Καὶ εἶπε Σαμψὼν, ἐν σιαγόνι ὄνου ἐξαλείφων ἐξήλειψα αὐτοὺς, ὅτι ἐν τῇ σιαγόνι τοῦ ὄνου ἐπάταξα χιλίους ἄνδρας.

BrTr And Sampson said, With the jaw-bone of an ass I have utterly destroyed them, for with the jaw-bone of an ass I have smitten a thousand men.