Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsThen the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withes which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
So the lords of the Philistines brought her seven fresh bowstrings that had not been dried, and she tied him up with them.
And the princes of the Philistines bring up to her seven green withs which have not been dried, and she bindeth him with them.
Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven fresh cords which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJudges — The post-conquest slide into cyclical apostasy. Twelve judges delivering Israel from successive oppressors, a pattern repeating seven times, and an appendix whose violence diagnoses a nation with no king.
- Author
- Anonymous; rabbinic tradition attributes to Samuel (Bava Batra 14b)
- Date
- Events c. 1375–1050 BC; compilation during the early monarchy