Judges 15:3

Legacy Standard Bible

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

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.

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

¹ Maar 'n tyd daarna het Simson in die dae van die koringoes sy vrou besoek met 'n bokkie en gesê: Laat ek na my vrou in die kamer ingaan; maar haar vader het hom nie toegelaat om in te gaan nie. ² En haar vader het gesê: Ek het vir seker gedink dat jy niks om haar gee nie; daarom het ek haar aan jou metgesel gegee; is haar jonger suster nie mooier as sy nie? Laat sy tog joue word in haar plek. ³ Maar Simson het vir hulle gesê: Hierdie keer is ek onskuldig teenoor die Filistyne as ek hulle kwaad aandoen. ⁴ Toe gaan Simson weg en vang drie honderd jakkalse; en hy neem fakkels en draai stert teen stert, en sit 'n fakkel in die middel tussen elke twee sterte in; ⁵ en hy steek die fakkels aan die brand en los hulle in die ongesnyde graan van die Filistyne; en hy het die miede sowel as die ongesnyde graan en die wingerde en olyfbome aan die brand gesteek. ⁶ Toe vra die Filistyne: Wie het dit gedoen? En hulle sê: Simson, die skoonseun van die Timniet, omdat dié sy vrou geneem en haar aan sy metgesel gegee het. En die Filistyne het opgetrek en haar en haar vader se huis met vuur verbrand. ⁷ Daarop sê Simson vir hulle: As julle so maak, sal ek sekerlik nie rus voordat ek my op julle gewreek het nie. ⁸ En hy het hulle lendelam geslaan, 'n groot slag. En hy het afgegaan en gebly in die rotskloof van 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,And make your name great;And so you shall be a blessing;

Genesis 13:16
And I will make your seed as the dust of the earth, so that if anyone can number the dust of the earth, then your seed can also be numbered.

Genesis 14:14
So Abram heard that his relative had been taken captive, and he led out his trained men, born in his house, 318 in number, and went in pursuit as far as Dan.

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

Proverbs 29:21
He who pampers his slave from childhoodWill in the end find him to be arrogant.

Proverbs 30:23
Under an unloved woman when she gets a husband,And a servant‑girl when she supplants her mistress.

Ecclesiastes 2:7
I bought male and female slaves, and I had homeborn slaves. Also I possessed flocks and herds larger than all who preceded me in Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 12:1
Righteous are You, O Yahweh, when I would plead my case with You;Indeed I would speak matters of justice with You:Why has the way of the wicked succeeded?Why are all those who deal in treachery complacent?

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.