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Contemporary English Version

Judges 15:7

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."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Revenge;   Samson;   Thompson Chain Reference - Meekness-Retaliation;   Retaliation;   Samson;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Philistines, the;   Revenge;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Samson;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Vengeance;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Israel;   Judges (1);   Levi;   Marriage;   Philistines;   Samson;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Samson;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then Samson told them, “Because you did this, I swear that I won’t rest until I have taken vengeance on you.”
Hebrew Names Version
Shimshon said to them, If you do after this manner, surely I will be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.
King James Version
And Samson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.
Lexham English Bible
Samson said to them, "If you want to behave like this, I swear I will not rest unless I have taken revenge on you."
English Standard Version
And Samson said to them, "If this is what you do, I swear I will be avenged on you, and after that I will quit."
New Century Version
Then Samson said to the Philistines, "Since you did this, I won't stop until I pay you back!"
New English Translation
Samson said to them, "Because you did this, I will get revenge against you before I quit fighting."
Amplified Bible
Samson said to them, "If this is the way you act, be certain that I will take revenge on you, and [only] after that I will stop."
New American Standard Bible
Then Samson said to them, "If this is how you act, I will certainly take revenge on you, and only after that will I stop."
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Samson saide vnto them, Though yee haue done this, yet wil I be auenged of you, and then I wil cease.
Legacy Standard Bible
Daarop sê Simson vir hulle: As julle so maak, sal ek sekerlik nie rus voordat ek my op julle gewreek het nie.
Complete Jewish Bible
Shimshon said to them, "I will certainly have my revenge on you for doing such a thing; but after I do, I'll stop."
Darby Translation
And Samson said to them, If ye act thus, for a certainty I will avenge myself on you, and then I will cease.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then Samson said to the Philistines, "You did this bad thing to me, so now I will do bad things to you. Then I will be finished with you!"
George Lamsa Translation
And Samson said to them, Because you have done this, I will be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.
Good News Translation
Samson told them, "So this is how you act! I swear that I won't stop until I pay you back!"
Literal Translation
And Samson said to them, Though you do this, yet I shall be avenged on you; and afterwards I will stop.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But Samson sayde vnto them: I can suffre you to do this, neuertheles I wyl be aueged vpon you my selfe, and then wyl I leaue of.
American Standard Version
And Samson said unto them, If ye do after this manner, surely I will be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.
Bible in Basic English
And Samson said to them, If you go on like this, truly I will take my full payment from you; and that will be the end of it.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Samson said vnto them: Though ye haue done this, yet will I be auenged of you, and then I will ceasse.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Samson said unto them: 'If ye do after this manner, surely I will be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.'
King James Version (1611)
And Samson said vnto them, Though ye haue done this, yet will I be auenged of you, and after that, I wil cease.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Sampson said to them, Though ye may have dealt thus with her, verily I will be avenged of you, and afterwards I will cease.
English Revised Version
And Samson said unto them, If ye do after this manner, surely I will be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.
Berean Standard Bible
And Samson told them, "Because you have done this, I will not rest until I have taken vengeance upon you."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
To whiche Sampson seide, Thouy ye han do this, netheles yit Y schal axe veniaunce of you, and than Y schal reste.
Young's Literal Translation
And Samson saith to them, `Though ye do thus, nevertheless I am avenged on you, and afterwards I cease!'
Update Bible Version
And Samson said to them, If you act after this manner, surely I will be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Samson said to them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.
World English Bible
Samson said to them, If you do after this manner, surely I will be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.
New King James Version
Samson said to them, "Since you would do a thing like this, I will surely take revenge on you, and after that I will cease."
New Living Translation
"Because you did this," Samson vowed, "I won't rest until I take my revenge on you!"
New Life Bible
Samson said to them, "For sure I will punish you for acting like this. After that I will stop."
New Revised Standard
Samson said to them, "If this is what you do, I swear I will not stop until I have taken revenge on you."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Samson said to them, Though ye do the like of this, yet will I be avenged upon you, and, afterwards, will I cease.
Douay-Rheims Bible
But Samson said to them: Although you have done this, yet will I be revenged of you, and then I will be quiet.
Revised Standard Version
And Samson said to them, "If this is what you do, I swear I will be avenged upon you, and after that I will quit."
THE MESSAGE
Samson then said, "If this is the way you're going to act, I swear I'll get even with you. And I'm not quitting till the job's done!"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Samson said to them, "Since you act like this, I will surely take revenge on you, but after that I will quit."

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

Though: Judges 14:4, Judges 14:19, Romans 12:19

Reciprocal: Esther 7:10 - Then was the king's Zechariah 6:8 - quieted

Cross-References

Genesis 12:1
The Lord said to Abram: Leave your country, your family, and your relatives and go to the land that I will show you.
Genesis 12:7
but the Lord appeared to Abram and promised, "I will give this land to your family forever." Abram then built an altar there for the Lord .
Genesis 15:2
But Abram answered, " Lord All-Powerful, you have given me everything I could ask for, except children. And when I die, Eliezer of Damascus will get all I own.
Genesis 15:4
The Lord replied, "No, he won't! You will have a son of your own, and everything you have will be his."
Genesis 15:7
The Lord said to Abram, "I brought you here from Ur in Chaldea, and I gave you this land."
Genesis 15:8
Abram asked, " Lord God, how can I know the land will be mine?"
Genesis 15:17
Sometime after sunset, when it was very dark, a smoking cooking pot and a flaming fire went between the two halves of each animal.
Psalms 105:11
when he said, "I'll give you the land of Canaan."
Psalms 105:42
God never forgot his sacred promise to his servant Abraham.
Psalms 105:44
The Lord gave them the land and everything else the nations had worked for.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Samson said unto them,.... After they had burnt his wife and her father in their dwelling house, by which they thought to appease him, being afraid of him:

though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you; not for burning his wife and father-in-law; his sense is, that though they had done this, in order to ingratiate themselves with him, yet he should not stop on this account, but be avenged on them, not for private injuries done to him, or any that had been in connection with him, but for public injuries done to Israel, and their oppression of them:

and after that I will cease; when he had taken full vengeance on them, and not before.


 
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