Judges 15:3 Parallel Translations

Samson said to him, "This time I won't be guilty when I get even with the Philistines, even though I'm going to do something terrible to them."(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure.

ASV:

And Samson said unto them, This time shall I be blameless in regard of the Philistines, when I do them a mischief.

BBE:

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.

DBY:

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

ERV:

And Samson said unto them, This time shall I be blameless in regard of the Philistines, when I do them a mischief.

JPS:

And Samson said unto them: 'This time shall I be quits with the Philistines, when I do them a mischief.'

WBS:

And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure.

WEB:

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

YLT:

And Samson saith of them, 'I am more innocent this time than the Philistines, though I am doing with them evil.'

Judges 15:3 Cross References

XREF:

Judges 15:2 Her father said, "I really thought that you hated her intensely; so I gave her to your companion. Is not her younger sister more beautiful than she? Please let her be yours instead."

Judges 15:4 Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took torches, and turned the foxes tail to tail and put one torch in the middle between two tails. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

15:3 And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more {b} blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure.
(b) For through his father-in-law's actions, he was moved again to take vengeance on the Philistines.

WES:

15:3 Now shall I, and c. - Because they have first provoked me by an irreparable injury: but although this may look like an act of private revenge; yet it is plain Samson acted as a judge (for so he was) and as an avenger of the publick injuries of his people.

MHC:

15:1-8 When there are differences between relations, let those be reckoned the wisest and best, who are most forward to forgive or forget, and most willing to stoop and yield for the sake of peace. In the means which Samson employed, we must look at the power of God supplying them, and making them successful, to mortify the pride and punish the wickedness of the Philistines. The Philistines threatened Samson's wife that they would burn her and her father's house. She, to save herself and oblige her countrymen, betrayed her husband; and the very thing that she feared, and by sin sought to avoid, came upon her! She, and her father's house, were burnt with fire, and by her countrymen, whom she thought to oblige by the wrong she did to her husband. The mischief we seek to escape by any unlawful practices, we often pull down upon our own heads.

CONC:

Blameless Displeasure Evil Full Harm Innocent Mischief Payment Philistines Quits Really Regard Samson Though

Blameless Displeasure Evil Harm Innocent Mischief Payment Philistines Really Regard Right Samson Time

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