Judges 15:3

Brenton's Septuagint

And Sampson said to them, Even for once am I guiltless with regard to the Philistines, in that I do mischief among them.

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.

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.

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 And it came to pass after a time, in the days of wheat harvest, that Sampson visited his wife with a kid, and said, I will go in to my wife even into the chamber: but her father did not suffer him to go in. ² And her father spoke, saying, I said that thou didst surely hate her, and I gave her to one of thy friends: is not her younger sister better than she? let her be to thee instead of her. ³ And Sampson said to them, Even for once am I guiltless with regard to the Philistines, in that I do mischief among them. ⁴ And Sampson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took torches, and turned tail to tail, and put a torch between two tails, and fastened it. ⁵ And he set fire to the torches, and sent the foxes into the corn of the Philistines; and every thing was burnt from the threshing floor to the standing corn, and even to the vineyard and olives. ⁶ And the Philistines said, Who has done these things? and they said, Sampson the son-in-law of the Thamnite, because he has taken his wife, and given her to one of his friends; and the Philistines went up, and burnt her and her father’s house with fire. ⁷ 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. ⁸ And he smote them leg on thigh with a great overthrow; and went down and dwelt in a cave of the rock 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 thee a great nation, and I will bless thee and magnify thy name, and thou shalt be blessed.

Genesis 13:16
And I will make thy seed like the dust of the earth; if any one is able to number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed be numbered.

Genesis 14:14
And Abram having heard that Lot his nephew had been taken captive, numbered his own home-born servants three hundred and eighteen, and pursued after them to Dan.

Proverbs 13:12
Better is he that begins to help heartily, than he that promises and leads another to hope: for a good desire is a tree of life.

Proverbs 29:21
Fire is the trial for silver and gold; and a man is tried by the mouth of them that praise him. The heart of the transgressor seeks after mischiefs; but an upright heart seeks knowledge.

Proverbs 30:23
He that reproves a man’s ways shall have more favour than he that flatters with the tongue.

Ecclesiastes 2:7
I got servants and maidens, and servants were born to me in the house: also I had abundant possession of flocks and herds, beyond all who were before me in Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 12:1
Righteous art thou, O Lord, that I may make my defence to thee, yea, I will speak to thee of judgments. Why is it that the way of ungodly men prospers? that all hat deal very treacherously are flourishing?

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.