Judges 15:7 BSB — MannaFest

Judges 15:7

And Samson told them, “Because you have done this, I will not rest until I have taken vengeance upon you.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And Samson said unto them, If ye do after this manner, surely I will be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.

KJV

And Samson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.

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Commentary

1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Samson said . . ., Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you--By that act the husbandmen had been the instruments in avenging his private and personal wrongs. But as a judge, divinely appointed to deliver Israel, his work of retribution was not yet accomplished.

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Original language & word study

12 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 →
אִֽם־	'im-	if	H518 →
תַּעֲשׂ֖וּן	ta.'a.Sun	you will do !	H6213 →
כָּזֹ֑את	ka.Zot	like this	H2063 →
כִּ֛י	ki	that	H3588 →
אִם־	'im-	except	H518 →
נִקַּ֥מְתִּי	ni.Kam.ti	I have avenged myself	H5358 →
בָכֶ֖ם	va.Khem	on <the> you
וְאַחַ֥ר	ve.'a.Char	and after	H310 →
אֶחְדָּֽל׃	'ech.Dal	I will cease	H2308 →

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The walk

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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
Romans 12:19
Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”
leads to
- Deuteronomy 32:35
  Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.”
- Hebrews 10:30
  For we know Him who said, “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay,” and again, “The Lord will judge His people.”
- Proverbs 24:29
  Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”
- Proverbs 20:22
  Do not say, “I will avenge this evil!” Wait on the LORD, and He will save you.
- Romans 12:17
  Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody.
Through
Judges 14:4
(Now his father and mother did not know this was from the LORD, who was seeking an occasion to move against the Philistines; for at that time the Philistines were ruling over Israel.)
leads to
- Joshua 11:20
  For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts to engage Israel in battle, so that they would be set apart for destruction and would receive no mercy, being annihilated as the LORD…
Through
Judges 14:19
Then the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, killed thirty of their men, took their apparel, and gave their clothes to those who had solved the…
leads to
- Judges 3:10
  The Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he became Israel’s judge and went out to war. And the LORD delivered Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram into the hand of Othniel, who prevailed against…
- 1 Samuel 11:6
  When Saul heard their words, the Spirit of God rushed upon him, and he burned with great anger.