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Brenton's Septuagint

Judges 15:7

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.

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.
Contemporary English Version
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."
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.
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 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

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
And the Lord said to Abram, Go forth out of thy land and out of thy kindred, and out of the house of thy father, and come into the land which I will shew thee.
Genesis 12:7
And the Lord appeared to Abram, and said to him, I will give this land to thy seed. And Abram built an altar there to the Lord who appeared to him.
Genesis 15:2
And Abram said, Master and Lord, what wilt thou give me? whereas I am departing without a child, but the son of Masek my home-born female slave, this Eliezer of Damascus is mine heir.
Genesis 15:4
And immediately there was a voice of the Lord to him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come out of thee shall be thine heir.
Genesis 15:7
And he said to him, I am God that brought thee out of the land of the Chaldeans, so as to give thee this land to inherit.
Genesis 15:8
And he said, Master and Lord, how shall I know that I shall inherit it?
Genesis 15:15
But thou shalt depart to thy fathers in peace, nourished in a good old age.
Genesis 15:17
And when the sun was about to set, there was a flame, and behold a smoking furnace and lamps of fire, which passed between these divided pieces.
Psalms 105:11
saying To thee will I give the land of Chanaan, the line of your inheritance:
Psalms 105:42
For he remembered his holy word, which he promised to Abraam his servant.

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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