Judges 15:3

Contemporary English Version

"This time," Samson answered, "I have a good reason for really hurting some Philistines."

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Samson said to them, “This time I will be blameless when I harm the Philistines.”

Hebrew Names Version
Shimshon said to them, This time shall I be blameless in regard of the Pelishtim, when I do them a mischief.

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

Lexham English Bible
And Samson said to them, "This time, as far as the Philistines are concerned, when I do something evil I am without blame."

English Standard Version
And Samson said to them, "This time I shall be innocent in regard to the Philistines, when I do them harm."

New Century Version
But Samson said to them, "This time no one will blame me for hurting you Philistines!"

New English Translation
Samson said to them, "This time I am justified in doing the Philistines harm!"

Amplified Bible
Samson said to them, "This time I shall be blameless in regard to the Philistines when I do them harm."

New American Standard Bible
Samson then said to them, "This time I will have been blameless regarding the Philistines when I do them harm."

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then Samson saide vnto them, Nowe am I more blamelesse then the Philistims: therefore will I doe them displeasure.

Legacy Standard Bible
Maar Simson het vir hulle gesê: Hierdie keer is ek onskuldig teenoor die Filistyne as ek hulle kwaad aandoen.

Complete Jewish Bible
Shimshon said to them, "This time I'm through with the P'lishtim! I'm going to do something terrible to them!"

Darby Translation
And Samson said to them, This time I am blameless toward the Philistines, though I do them harm.

Easy-to-Read Version
But Samson said to him, "Now I have a good reason to hurt you Philistines. No one will blame me now."

George Lamsa Translation
And Samson said to them, Now I shall be more blameless than the Philistines, although I am going to do them mischief.

Good News Translation
Samson said, "This time I'm not going to be responsible for what I do to the Philistines!"

Literal Translation
And Samson said to them, This time I will be blameless regarding the Philistines, though I am doing evil with them.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The sayde Samson vnto the: I haue once gotte a righte occasion agaynst the Philistynes, I wyl do you displeasure.

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

Bible in Basic English
Then Samson said to them, This time I will give payment in full to the Philistines, for I am going to do them great evil.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Samson sayde vnto hym: Nowe am I more blamelesse then the Philistines, and therfore will I do them displeasure.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Samson said unto them: 'This time shall I be quits with the Philistines, when I do them a mischief.'

King James Version (1611)
And Samson said concerning them, Now shal I be more blamelesse then the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Sampson said to them, Even for once am I guiltless with regard to the Philistines, in that I do mischief among them.

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

Berean Standard Bible
Samson said to them, "This time I will be blameless in doing harm to the Philistines."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
To whom Sampson answeride, Fro this day no blame schal be in me ayens Filistees, for Y schal do yuels to you.

Young's Literal Translation
And Samson saith of them, `I am more innocent this time than the Philistines, though I am doing with them evil.'

Update Bible Version
And Samson said to them, This time I shall be innocent in regard of the Philistines, when I do them a mischief.

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

World English Bible
Samson said to them, This time shall I be blameless in regard of the Philistines, when I do them a mischief.

New King James Version
And Samson said to them, "This time I shall be blameless regarding the Philistines if I harm them!"

New Living Translation
Samson said, "This time I cannot be blamed for everything I am going to do to you Philistines."

New Life Bible
Samson said to him, "This time I will be without blame when I hurt the Philistines."

New Revised Standard
Samson said to them, "This time, when I do mischief to the Philistines, I will be without blame."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Samson said of them, I shall be more blameless, this time, than the Philistines, - though I should do them a mischief.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Samson answered him: From this day I shall be blameless in what I do against the Philistines: for I will do you evils.

Revised Standard Version
And Samson said to them, "This time I shall be blameless in regard to the Philistines, when I do them mischief."

THE MESSAGE
Samson said, "That does it. This time when I wreak havoc on the Philistines, I'm blameless."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Samson then said to them, "This time I shall be blameless in regard to the Philistines when I do them harm."

Contextual Overview

¹ Later, during the wheat harvest, Samson went to visit the young woman he thought was still his wife. He brought along a young goat as a gift and said to her father, "I want to go into my wife's bedroom." "You can't do that," he replied. ² "When you left the way you did, I thought you were divorcing her. So I arranged for her to marry one of the young men who were at your party. But my younger daughter is even prettier, and you can have her as your wife." ³ "This time," Samson answered, "I have a good reason for really hurting some Philistines." ⁴ Samson went out and caught three hundred foxes and tied them together in pairs with oil-soaked rags around their tails. ⁵ Then Samson took the foxes into the Philistine wheat fields that were ready to be harvested. He set the rags on fire and let the foxes go. The wheat fields went up in flames, and so did the stacks of wheat that had already been cut. Even the Philistine vineyards and olive orchards burned. ⁶ Some of the Philistines started asking around, "Who could have done such a thing?" "It was Samson," someone told them. "He married the daughter of that man in Timnah, but then the man gave Samson's wife to one of the men at the wedding." The Philistine leaders went to Timnah and burned to death Samson's wife and her father. ⁷ When Samson found out what they had done, he went to them and said, "You killed them! And I won't rest until I get even with you." ⁸ Then Samson started hacking them to pieces with his sword. Samson left Philistia and went to live in the cave at Etam Rock.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Now shall: etc. or, Now shall I be blameless from the Philistines

though: etc. Judges 14:15

Reciprocal: Genesis 34:13 - deceitfully

Cross-References

Genesis 12:2
I will bless you and make your descendants into a great nation. You will become famous and be a blessing to others.

Genesis 13:16
I will give you more descendants than there are specks of dust on the earth, and someday it will be easier to count the specks of dust than to count your descendants.

Genesis 14:14
that his nephew Lot had been taken away. Three hundred eighteen of Abram's servants were fighting men, so he took them and followed the enemy as far north as the city of Dan.

Proverbs 13:12
Not getting what you want can make you feel sick, but a wish that comes true is a life-giving tree.

Proverbs 29:21
Slaves that you treat kindly from their childhood will cause you sorrow.

Proverbs 30:23
a hateful woman who finds a husband, and a slave who takes the place of the woman who owns her.

Ecclesiastes 2:7
I owned slaves, and their sons and daughters became my slaves. I had more sheep and goats than anyone who had ever lived in Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 12:1
Whenever I complain to you, Lord , you are always fair. But now I have questions about your justice. Why is life easy for sinners? Why are they successful?

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Samson said concerning them,.... His wife's father, and other relations, and the citizens of Timnath; this, which is what follows, he said either within himself respecting them, or he said it to them openly and publicly before them all:

now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure; signifying, that if he did them an ill thing, or what might be reckoned an injury to their persons or properties, and which would be disagreeable and displeasing to them, they could not justly blame him for it, since they had given him such a provocation as to dispose of his wife to another man; though Samson did not mean to act, nor did he act in the following instances as a private person taking private revenge, but as a public person, and judge of Israel; and took occasion, from the private injuries done him, to avenge the public ones of the children of Israel upon the Philistines; and they might thank themselves for giving the opportunity, which they could not justly condemn him for taking.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 Judges 14:19. But now the Philistines themselves had broken this bond, and so he was free to take his revenge on the spot.