Parallel Verses
Amplified
Then he struck them
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.
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.
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.
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
Nakah
Makkah
Yarad
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Judges 15:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Samson Defeats The Philistines
7
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.”
8 Then he struck them
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 25:10
For the hand of the Lord will rest on this mountain [Zion],
And Moab will be trampled down in his place
As straw is trampled down in the [filthy] water of a manure pile.
Isaiah 63:3
“I have trodden the wine trough alone,
And of the peoples there was no one with Me.
I also trod them in My anger
And trampled them in My wrath;
And their lifeblood is sprinkled on My garments,
And I stained all My clothes.
Isaiah 63:6
“I trampled the peoples in My anger
And made them drunk with [the cup of] My wrath,
And I spilled their lifeblood on the earth.”