Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
And he smiteth them hip and thigh -- a great smiting, and goeth down and dwelleth in the cleft of the rock Etam.
New American Standard Bible
He struck them
King James Version
And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.
Holman Bible
He tore them limb from limb
International Standard Version
So he attacked them ruthlessly in a massive slaughter, then left to live in the caves of Etam.
A Conservative Version
And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter. And he went down and dwelt in the cleft of the rock of Etam.
American Standard Version
And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the cleft of the rock of Etam.
Amplified
Then he struck them
Bible in Basic English
And he made an attack on them, driving them in uncontrolled flight, and causing great destruction; then he went away to his safe place in the crack of the rock at Etam.
Darby Translation
And he smote them hip and thigh with great slaughter; and he went down and stayed in the cleft of the rock of Etam.
Julia Smith Translation
And he will strike them leg upon thigh, a great smiting. And he will go down and dwell in the cleft of the rock Etam.
King James 2000
And he struck them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock of Etam.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And {he gave them a thorough beating}, and he went down and stayed in the cleft of the rock of Etam.
Modern King James verseion
And he struck them hip and thigh with a great slaughter. And he went down and lived in the top of the rock Etam.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he smote them leg and thigh with a mighty plague. And then he went and dwelt in the cave of the rock Etam.
NET Bible
He struck them down and defeated them. Then he went down and lived for a time in the cave in the cliff of Etam.
New Heart English Bible
He struck them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and lived in the cleft of the rock of Etam.
The Emphasized Bible
So he smote them, leg on thigh, with a great smiting, - and went down and dwelt in a cleft of the crag Etam.
Webster
And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter. And he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.
World English Bible
He struck them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and lived in the cleft of the rock of Etam.
Themes
Etam » A rock where samson was bound and delivered to the philistines
Philistines » Samson » Slew many for burning his wife
Revenge » Exemplified » By samson
Interlinear
Makkah
Yarad
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Judges 15:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Samson Defeats The Philistines
7 And Samson saith to them, 'Though ye do thus, nevertheless I am avenged on you, and afterwards I cease!' 8 And he smiteth them hip and thigh -- a great smiting, and goeth down and dwelleth in the cleft of the rock Etam. 9 And the Philistines go up, and encamp in Judah, and are spread out in Lehi,
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 25:10
For rest doth the hand of Jehovah on this mountain, And trodden down is Moab under Him, As trodden down is straw on a dunghill.
Isaiah 63:3
-- 'A wine-press I have trodden by myself, And of the peoples there is no one with me, And I tread them in mine anger, And I trample them in my fury, Sprinkled is their strength on my garments, And all my clothing I have polluted.
Isaiah 63:6
And I tread down peoples in mine anger, And I make them drunk in my fury, And I bring down to earth their strength.