Parallel Verses

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.

New American Standard Bible

He struck them ruthlessly with a great slaughter; and he went down and lived in the cleft of the rock of Etam.

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 with a great slaughter, and he went down and stayed in the cave at the rock of Etam.

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 without mercy, a great slaughter; and he went down and lived 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.

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.

Topics

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And he smote
נכה 
Nakah 
Usage: 501

שׁוק 
Showq 
Usage: 19

and

Usage: 0

ירך 
Yarek 
Usage: 34

with a great
גּדל גּדול 
Gadowl 
Usage: 528

מכּה מכּה 
Makkah 
Usage: 48

and he went down
ירד 
Yarad 
Usage: 378

and dwelt
ישׁב 
Yashab 
Usage: 1081

in the top
סעיף 
Ca`iyph 
Usage: 6

of the rock
סלע 
Cela` 
Usage: 60

References

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Context Readings

Samson Defeats The Philistines

7 Samson said to them, "If you behave like this, surely I will be avenged of you, and after that I will cease." 8 He struck them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and lived in the cleft of the rock of Etam. 9 Then the Philistines went up, and encamped in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.

Cross References

Isaiah 25:10

For in this mountain the hand of the LORD will rest. Moab will be trodden down in his place, even like straw is trodden down in the water of the dunghill.

Isaiah 63:3

"I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the peoples there was no man with me: yes, I trod them in my anger, and trampled them in my wrath; and their lifeblood is sprinkled on my garments, and I have stained all my clothing.

Isaiah 63:6

I trod down the peoples in my anger, and made them drunk in my wrath, and I poured out their lifeblood on the earth."

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