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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_he/it_said Shimshōn in/on/at/with_jawbone the_donkey a_heap two_heaps in/on/at/with_jawbone the_donkey I_struck_down a_thousand man.
UHB וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן בִּלְחִ֣י הַחֲמ֔וֹר חֲמ֖וֹר חֲמֹרָתָ֑יִם בִּלְחִ֣י הַחֲמ֔וֹר הִכֵּ֖יתִי אֶ֥לֶף אִֽישׁ׃ ‡
(vayyoʼmer shimshōn biləḩiy haḩₐmōr ḩₐmōr ḩₐmorātāyim biləḩiy haḩₐmōr hikkēytī ʼelef ʼiysh.)
Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT Then Samson said,
⇔ “With the jawbone of the donkey, one heap, two heaps,
⇔ with the jawbone of the donkey I have slaughtered a thousand men.”
UST 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 have killed a thousand men.”
BSB 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.”
15:16 Or I have made them into donkeys
OEB No OEB JDG book available
WEB Samson said, “With the jawbone of a donkey, heaps on heaps; with the jawbone of a donkey I have struck a thousand men.”
WMB (Same as above)
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.
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.)
15.16 heaps upon…: Heb. an heap, two heaps
KJB-1611 [fn]And Samson said, With the iawbone of an asse, heapes vpon heapes, with the iaw of an asse haue I slaine a thousand men.
(And Samson said, With the iawbone of an ass, heapes upon heapes, with the iaw of an asse have I slain/killed a thousand men.)
15:16 Heb. an heape, two heapes
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, heapes upon heapes: 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 asse are heapes upon heapes: with the iawe of an asse 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 cheke bone, ye/you_all eue with the cheke bone of an asse have I slain/killed a thousand men.)
Wyc 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 cheke of an ass, that is, with the lowere cheke of a colt of femal assis, I did them 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 Haufen; through one Esels Kinnbacken have I tausend man geschlagen.)
ClVg et ait: [In maxilla asini, in mandibula pulli asinarum, delevi eos, et percussi mille viros.][fn]
(and he_said: [In maxilla asini, in mandibula pulli asinarum, delevi them, and percussi a_thousand viros.])
15.16 In maxilla. GREG., lib. XIII Moral., cap. 6. Maxilla asini prædicatores significat. Redemptor enim noster simplicitatem et patientiam prædicantium, suæ manu virtutis tenens, a vitiis carnales interfecit, et maxilla in terram projecta, postmodum aquas fudit: quia tradita morti prædicatorum corpora magna populis monstravere miracula.
15.16 In maxilla. GREG., lib. XIII Moral., cap. 6. Maxilla asini prælet_him_sayores significat. Redemptor because noster simplicitatem and patientiam prædicantium, suæ by_hand of_virtue tenens, from vitiis carnales interfecit, and maxilla in the_earth/land proyecta, postmodum waters fudit: because tradita morti prælet_him_sayorum corpora magna of_the_peoples monstravere miracula.
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.
BrLXX Καὶ εἶπε Σαμψὼν, ἐν σιαγόνι ὄνου ἐξαλείφων ἐξήλειψα αὐτοὺς, ὅτι ἐν τῇ σιαγόνι τοῦ ὄνου ἐπάταξα χιλίους ἄνδρας.
(Kai eipe Sampsōn, en siagoni onou exaleifōn exaʸleipsa autous, hoti en taʸ siagoni tou onou epataxa ⱪilious andras.)
15:16 Like other warrior-heroes (e.g., Moses, Deborah, and David), Samson celebrated his victory in poetry, a short couplet that combines colorful speech with wordplay. “Lehi” (15:9) and jawbone are the same Hebrew word (lekhi), as are heaps and donkey (Hebrew khamor).
• piled them in heaps! Or made donkeys of them.
(Occurrence 0) the jawbone of a donkey
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said Shimshōn in/on/at/with,jawbone the,donkey heap two_heaps in/on/at/with,jawbone the,donkey killed a_thousand (a)_man )
Alternate translation: “a donkey’s jawbone”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
(Occurrence 0) heaps upon heaps
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said Shimshōn in/on/at/with,jawbone the,donkey heap two_heaps in/on/at/with,jawbone the,donkey killed a_thousand (a)_man )
This phrase describes how many people Samson killed. There were enough bodies to make large piles of bodies. Alternate translation: “I have made heaps of dead bodies”