Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Samson led Israel for twenty years in the days of the Philistines. New Living Translation Samson judged Israel for twenty years during the period when the Philistines dominated the land. English Standard Version And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years. Berean Standard Bible And Samson judged Israel for twenty years in the days of the Philistines. King James Bible And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years. New King James Version And he judged Israel twenty years in the days of the Philistines. New American Standard Bible So he judged Israel for twenty years in the days of the Philistines. NASB 1995 So he judged Israel twenty years in the days of the Philistines. NASB 1977 So he judged Israel twenty years in the days of the Philistines. Legacy Standard Bible And he judged Israel twenty years in the days of the Philistines. Amplified Bible And Samson judged Israel in the days of [occupation by] the Philistines for twenty years. Christian Standard Bible And he judged Israel twenty years in the days of the Philistines. Holman Christian Standard Bible And he judged Israel 20 years in the days of the Philistines. American Standard Version And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years Brenton Septuagint Translation And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years. Contemporary English Version Samson was a leader of Israel for 20 years, but the Philistines were still the rulers of Israel. Douay-Rheims Bible And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years. English Revised Version And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years. GOD'S WORD® Translation Samson judged Israel for 20 years during the time of the Philistines. Good News Translation Samson led Israel for twenty years while the Philistines ruled the land. International Standard Version Samson governed Israel for twenty years during the Philistine domination. JPS Tanakh 1917 And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years. Literal Standard Version And he judges Israel in the days of the Philistines [for] twenty years. Majority Standard Bible And Samson judged Israel for twenty years in the days of the Philistines. New American Bible Samson judged Israel for twenty years in the days of the Philistines. NET Bible Samson led Israel for twenty years during the days of Philistine prominence. New Revised Standard Version And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years. New Heart English Bible He judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years. Webster's Bible Translation And he judged Israel, in the days of the Philistines, twenty years. World English Bible He judged Israel twenty years in the days of the Philistines. Young's Literal Translation And he judgeth Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Samson's Revenge…19So God opened up the hollow place in Lehi, and water came out of it. When Samson drank, his strength returned, and he was revived. That is why he named it En-hakkore, and it remains in Lehi to this day. 20And Samson judged Israel for twenty years in the days of the Philistines. Cross References Hebrews 11:32 And what more shall I say? Time will not allow me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets, Judges 13:1 Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD, so He delivered them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years. Judges 16:31 Then Samson's brothers and his father's family came down, carried him back, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of his father Manoah. And he had judged Israel twenty years. Treasury of Scripture And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years. Judges 13:1,5 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years… Judges 16:31 Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years. Jump to Previous Israel Judge Judged Judgeth Led Philistines Samson TwentyJump to Next Israel Judge Judged Judgeth Led Philistines Samson TwentyJudges 15 1. Samson is denied his wife3. He burns the Philistines' corn with foxes and firebrands 6. His wife and her father are burnt by the Philistines 8. Samson smites them hip and thigh 9. He is bound by the men of Judah, and delivered to the Philistines 14. He kills them with a jawbone 18. God makes the fountain En-hakkore for him in Lehi (20) And he judged Israel.--Probably, as Jephthah had done, with the sort of vague prerogatives of a military hero. Why the verse is found here, as though to close the narrative (comp. Judges 12:7, &c.), and is again repeated in Judges 16:31, we cannot say. The next chapter belongs mainly to Samson's fall and humiliation. These twenty years probably fell within the contemporary judgeship of Eli.Verse 20. - And he judged Israel, etc. See ch. 16:81. It looks as if it had been the intention to close the history of Samson with these Words, but that ch. 16. was subsequently added, possibly from other sources. Compare the close of chs. 20. and 21. of the Gospel of St. John. A possible explanation, however, of this verse being placed here is that it results from the statement in ver. 19, that Samson's spirit came again, and he revived, or came to life again, after being on the very point of death; and, adds the writer, he judged Israel after this for twenty years.
Hebrew And [Samson] judgedוַיִּשְׁפֹּ֧ט (way·yiš·pōṭ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 8199: To judge, pronounce sentence, to vindicate, punish, to govern, to litigate Israel יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc for twenty עֶשְׂרִ֥ים (‘eś·rîm) Number - common plural Strong's 6242: Twenty, twentieth years שָׁנָֽה׃ (šā·nāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 8141: A year in the days בִּימֵ֥י (bî·mê) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 3117: A day of the Philistines. פְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים (p̄ə·liš·tîm) Noun - proper - masculine plural Strong's 6430: Philistines -- inhabitants of Philistia Links Judges 15:20 NIVJudges 15:20 NLT Judges 15:20 ESV Judges 15:20 NASB Judges 15:20 KJV Judges 15:20 BibleApps.com Judges 15:20 Biblia Paralela Judges 15:20 Chinese Bible Judges 15:20 French Bible Judges 15:20 Catholic Bible OT History: Judges 15:20 He judged Israel in the days (Jd Judg. Jdg) |