Judges 15:3

Amplified Bible

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

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!"

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.

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

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

¹But after a while, in the time of wheat harvest, Samson went to visit his wife with a young goat [as a gift of reconciliation]; and he said, "I will go in to my wife in her room." But her father would not allow him to go in. ²Her father said, "I really thought you utterly hated her; so I gave her to your companion. Is her younger sister not more beautiful than she? Please take her [as your wife] instead." ³Samson said to them, "This time I shall be blameless in regard to the Philistines when I do them harm."⁴So Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took torches and turning the foxes tail to tail, he put a torch between each pair of tails. ⁵When he had set the torches ablaze, he let the foxes go into the standing grain of the Philistines, and he burned up the heap of sheaves and the standing grain, along with the vineyards and olive groves. ⁶Then the Philistines said, "Who did this?" And they were told, "Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he took Samson's wife and gave her to his [chief] companion [at the wedding feast]." So the Philistines came up and burned her and her father with fire. ⁷Samson 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." ⁸Then he struck them without mercy, a great slaughter; and he went down and lived in the cleft of the rock of Etam.

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
And I will make you a great nation, And I will bless you [abundantly], And make your name great (exalted, distinguished); And you shall be a blessing [a source of great good to others];

Genesis 13:16
"I will make your descendants [as numerous] as the dust of the earth, so that if a man could count the [grains of] dust of the earth, then your descendants could also be counted.

Genesis 14:14
When Abram heard that his nephew [Lot] had been captured, he armed and led out his trained men, born in his own house, [numbering] three hundred and eighteen, and went in pursuit as far [north] as Dan.

Proverbs 13:12
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But when desire is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.

Proverbs 29:21
He who pampers his slave from childhood Will find him to be a son in the end.

Proverbs 30:23
Under an unloved woman when she gets married, And under a maidservant when she supplants her mistress.

Ecclesiastes 2:7
I bought male and female slaves and had slaves born in my house. I also possessed herds and flocks larger than any who preceded me in Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 12:1
You, O LORD are [uncompromisingly] righteous and consistently just when I plead my case with You; Yet let me discuss issues of justice with You: Why has the way of the wicked prospered? Why are those who deal in treachery (deceit) at ease and thriving?

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.