Judges 15:18 BSB — MannaFest

Judges 15:18

And being very thirsty, Samson cried out to the LORD, “You have accomplished this great deliverance through Your servant. Must I now die of thirst and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?”

BSB

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ASV

And he was sore athirst, and called on Jehovah, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance by the hand of thy servant; and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised.

KJV

And he was sore athirst, and called on the Lord, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?

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Commentary

1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

And perhaps there was the hand of God therein, to chastise him for not making mention of God in his song, and to keep him from being proud of his strength. One would have thought that the men of Judah would have met him with bread and wine: but they so little regarded him, that he is fainting for want of a draught of water!

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּצְמָא֮	vai.yitz.Ma'	and he was thirsty	H6770 →
מְאֹד֒	me.'Od	very	H3966 →
וַיִּקְרָ֤א	vai.yik.Ra'	and he called out	H7121 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
יְהוָה֙	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
וַיֹּאמַ֔ר	vai.yo.Mar	and he said	H559 →
אַתָּה֙	'a.Tah	you	H859 →
נָתַ֣תָּ	na.Ta.ta	you have given	H5414 →
בְיַֽד־	ve.yad-	by [the] hand of	H3027 →
עַבְדְּךָ֔	'av.de.Kha	servant your	H5650 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַתְּשׁוּעָ֥ה	ha.te.shu.'Ah	the victory	H8668 →
הַגְּדֹלָ֖ה	ha.ge.do.Lah	<the> great	H1419 →
הַזֹּ֑את	ha.Zot	<the> this	H2063 →
וְעַתָּה֙	ve.'a.Tah	and now [must]	H6258 →
אָמ֣וּת	'a.Mut	I die	H4191 →
בַּצָּמָ֔א	ba.tza.Ma'	with <the> thirst	H6772 →
וְנָפַלְתִּ֖י	ve.na.fal.Ti	and I fall	H5307 →
בְּיַ֥ד	be.Yad	in [the] hand of	H3027 →
הָעֲרֵלִֽים׃	ha.'a.re.Lim	the uncircumcised [men]?	H6189 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 20:11
Abraham replied, “I thought to myself, ‘Surely there is no fear of God in this place. They will kill me on account of my wife.’
leads to
- Genesis 26:7
  But when the men of that place asked about his wife, he said, “She is my sister.” For he was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” since he thought to himself, “The men…
- Genesis 12:12
  and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will let you live.
- Genesis 42:18
  and on the third day he said to them, “I fear God. So do this and you will live:
- Nehemiah 5:15
  The governors before me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them bread and wine plus forty shekels of silver. Their servants also oppressed the people, but I did not do this because of…
- Proverbs 2:5
  then you will discern the fear of the LORD and discover the knowledge of God.
Through
Genesis 32:31
The sun rose above him as he passed by Penuel, and he was limping because of his hip.
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 12:7
  or because of these surpassingly great revelations. So to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.
- Judges 8:8
  From there he went up to Penuel and asked the same from them, but the men of Penuel gave the same response as the men of Succoth.
- Genesis 32:25
  When the man saw that he could not overpower Jacob, he struck the socket of Jacob’s hip and dislocated it as they wrestled.