Parallel Verses
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.
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 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
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Judges 15:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Samson Defeats The Philistines
7 And Samson said to them, Though you have done this, yet I will be avenged of you, and after that I will stop. 8 And he struck them hip and thigh with a great slaughter. And he went down and lived in the top of the rock Etam. 9 And the Philistines went up and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 25:10
For the hand of Jehovah shall rest in this mountain, and Moab shall be trampled under Him, even as straw is trampled in the water of a dung pit.
Isaiah 63:3
I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the peoples there was no man with Me; for I will tread them in My anger and trample them in My fury; and their blood will be sprinkled on My garments, and I will stain all My clothing.
Isaiah 63:6
And I will tread down the people in My anger, and make them drunk in My fury, and I will pour their juice to the earth.