Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Samson said to them, "Because you did this, I will get revenge against you before I quit fighting."
New American Standard Bible
Samson said to them, “Since you act like this, I will surely take revenge on you, but after that I will quit.”
King James Version
And Samson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.
Holman Bible
Then Samson told them, “Because you did this, I swear that I won’t rest until I have taken vengeance on you.”
International Standard Version
Samson replied to them, "Because you did this, I'm not going to stop until I get my revenge against you!"
A Conservative Version
And Samson said to them, If ye do after this manner, surely I will be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.
American Standard Version
And Samson said unto them, If ye do after this manner, surely I will be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.
Amplified
Samson said to them, “If this is the way you act, be certain that I will take revenge on you, and [only] after that I will stop.”
Bible in Basic English
And Samson said to them, If you go on like this, truly I will take my full payment from you; and that will be the end of it.
Darby Translation
And Samson said to them, "If this is what you do, I swear I will be avenged upon you, and after that I will quit."
Julia Smith Translation
And Samson will say to them, If ye will do according to this, if I was avenged by you, and afterward I will desist.
King James 2000
And Samson said unto them, Though you have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Samson said to them, "If you want to behave like this, [I swear] I will not rest unless I have taken revenge on you."
Modern King James verseion
And Samson said to them, Though you have done this, yet I will be avenged of you, and after that I will stop.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And Samson said unto them, "Should ye do so? For I will surely be avenged of you; and then I will cease."
New Heart English Bible
Samson said to them, "If you behave like this, surely I will be avenged of you, and after that I will cease."
The Emphasized Bible
And Samson said to them, Though ye do the like of this, yet will I be avenged upon you, and, afterwards, will I cease.
Webster
And Samson said to them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.
World English Bible
Samson said to them, "If you behave like this, surely I will be avenged of you, and after that I will cease."
Youngs Literal Translation
And Samson saith to them, 'Though ye do thus, nevertheless I am avenged on you, and afterwards I cease!'
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Judges 15:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Samson Defeats The Philistines
6 The Philistines asked, "Who did this?" They were told, "Samson, the Timnite's son-in-law, because the Timnite took Samson's bride and gave her to his best man." So the Philistines went up and burned her and her father. 7 Samson said to them, "Because you did this, I will get revenge against you before I quit fighting." 8 He struck them down and defeated them. Then he went down and lived for a time in the cave in the cliff of Etam.
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Cross References
Judges 14:4
Now his father and mother did not realize this was the Lord's doing, because he was looking for an opportunity to stir up trouble with the Philistines (for at that time the Philistines were ruling Israel).
Judges 14:19
The Lord's spirit empowered him. He went down to Ashkelon and murdered thirty men. He took their clothes and gave them to the men who had solved the riddle. He was furious as he went back home.
Romans 12:19
Do not avenge yourselves, dear friends, but give place to God's wrath, for it is written, "Vengeance is mine, I will repay," says the Lord.