Richter 15:14

Lutherbibel

Und da er kam bis gen Lehi, jauchzten die Philister ihm entgegen. Aber der Geist Gottes geriet über ihn, und die Stricke an seinen Armen wurden wie Fäden, die das Feuer versengt hat, daß die Bande an seinen Händen zerschmolzen.

Parallel Translations

Schlachter Bibel (1951)
Als er nun nach Lechi kam, jauchzten ihm die Philister entgegen. Da kam der Geist des Herrn über ihn; und die Stricke an seinen Armen wurden wie Fäden, die das Feuer versengt hat, so daß die Bande von seinen Händen fielen.

Elberfelder Bibel (1905)
Als er nach Lechi kam, da jauchzten ihm die Philister entgegen; aber der Geist Jehovas geriet über ihn, und die Stricke, welche an seinen Armen waren, wurden wie Flachsfäden, die vom Feuer versengt sind, und seine Bande schmolzen weg von seinen Händen.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the Philistines: Judges 5:30, Judges 16:24, Exodus 14:3, Exodus 14:5, 1 Samuel 4:5, Job 20:5, Micah 7:8

the Spirit: Judges 3:10, Judges 14:6, Judges 14:19, Zechariah 4:6

the cords: Judges 16:9, Judges 16:12, 1 Samuel 17:35, Psalms 18:34, Psalms 118:11, Philippians 4:3

loosed: Heb. were melted

Reciprocal: Exodus 32:17 - There is a noise Judges 6:34 - the Spirit 2 Samuel 23:10 - the Lord Psalms 51:11 - take Isaiah 1:31 - as tow 2 Corinthians 10:4 - mighty Hebrews 11:34 - out of

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when he came unto Lehi,.... The place which was afterwards so called, from what happened there at this time, and where the Philistines were spread, Judges 15:9 this, according to Bunting k, was six miles from Etam:

the Philistines shouted against him: for joy that they had got him into their hands, and in the circumstances he was, being bound, so that they had nothing to fear from him:

and the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him: as it at times did, and had done before; the Targum is,

"the Spirit of might from the Lord,''

which gave him courage and resolution of mind, and great strength of body, even while he was speaking, as a token of the wonders God more than he had at other times:

and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire; as easily parted as the flax when fire takes it, which is consumed at once:

and his bonds loosed off from his hands; by which it appears that both arms and hands were bound with the cords; his arms were pinioned close to his body, as well as his hands were tied together; and these, as in the original, "melted away" l, like wax before the fire, or snow before the sun, so easily were these bands separated from him; this may be an emblem of Christ's loosing himself from the cords of death, Acts 2:24.

k Travels, p. 116. l ימסו "diffuxerunt", Tigurine version; "liquefacta sunt", Piscator.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The cords ... became as flax ... - i. e. were as weak against his strength as half-burned flax which yields to the least pressure.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Judges 15:14. When he came unto Lehi — This was the name of the place to which they brought him, either to put him to death, or keep him in perpetual confinement.

Shouted against him — His capture was a matter of public rejoicing.