Judges 15:3 BSB — MannaFest

Judges 15:3

Samson said to them, “This time I will be blameless in doing harm to the Philistines.”

BSB

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ASV

And Samson said unto them, This time shall I be blameless in regard of the Philistines, when I do them a mischief.

KJV

And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure.

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

See the margin. Before, when the Philistines injured him he was in covenant with the Timnathites through his marriage and by the rites of hospitality, for which reason he went off to Ashkelon to take his revenge Jdg 14:19. But now the Philistines themselves had broken this bond, and so he was free to take his revenge on the spot.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Now shall I, &c. - Because they have first provoked me by an irreparable injury: but although this may look like an act of private revenge; yet it is plain Samson acted as a judge (for so he was) and as an avenger of the publick injuries of his people.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
לָהֶם֙	la.Hem	to <the> them
שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן	shim.Shon	Samson	H8123 →
נִקֵּ֥יתִי	ni.Kei.ti	I will be free	H5352 →
הַפַּ֖עַם	ha.Pa.'am	this time	H6471 →
מִפְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים	mi.pe.lish.Tim	from [the] Philistines	H6430 →
כִּֽי־	ki-	for	H3588 →
עֹשֶׂ֥ה	'o.Seh	[am] about to do	H6213 →
אֲנִ֛י	'a.Ni	I	H589 →
עִמָּ֖ם	'i.Mam	with them	H5973 →
רָעָֽה׃	ra.'Ah	harm	H7451 →

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Judges 14:15
So on the fourth day they said to Samson’s wife, “Entice your husband to explain the riddle to us, or we will burn you and your father’s household to death. Did you invite us…
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- Judges 15:6
  “Who did this?” the Philistines demanded. “It was Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite,” they were told. “For his wife was given to his companion.” So the Philistines went up and burned her and…
- Judges 16:5
  The lords of the Philistines went to her and said, “Entice him and find out the source of his great strength and how we can overpower him to tie him up and subdue him.…
- Micah 7:5
  Do not rely on a friend; do not trust in a companion. Seal the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms.
- Proverbs 5:3
  Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,
- Genesis 3:1–6
  Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any…