Judges 15:3

Judges 15:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure.
• New International Version (NIV)Samson said to them, “This time I have a right to get even with the Philistines; I will really harm them.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Samson said to them, "This time I shall be innocent in regard to the Philistines, when I do them harm."
• New King James Version (NKJV)And Samson said to them, “This time I shall be blameless regarding the Philistines if I harm them!”

Context of Judges 15:3

1Later on, during the wheat harvest, Samson took a young goat as a gift and visited his wife. “I want to go to my wife in her room,” he said. But her father would not let him enter. 2“I was sure you hated her,” her father said, “so I gave her to one of the men who accompanied you. Isn’t her younger sister more beautiful than she is? Why not take her instead?” Samson said to them, “This time I will be blameless when I harm the Philistines.” 4So he went out and caught three hundred foxes. He took torches, turned the foxes tail-to-tail, and put a torch between each pair of tails. 5Then he ignited the torches and released the foxes into the standing grain of the Philistines. He burned the piles of grain and the standing grain as well as the vineyards and olive groves.

Judges 15:3 word by word

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לָהֶם֙ שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן נִקֵּ֥יתִי הַפַּ֖עַם מִפְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים כִּֽי־עֹשֶׂ֥ה אֲנִ֛י עִמָּ֖ם רָעָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Samsonשִׁמְשׁוֹןshimshôn · SamsonH8123
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• concerning them, Nowפַּ֫עַםpa‛am pa‛ămâh · beatH6471
• shall I be more blamelessנָקָהnâqâh · to clearH5352
• than the Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּיpelishtîy · PhilistineH6430
• though I doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• them a displeasureרָעָהra‛ râ‛âh · distress: harmH7451

Cross-references for Judges 15:3

• Judges 14:15On the fourth day they said to Samson’s wife, “Persuade your husband to explain the riddle to us, or we will burn you and your father’s family to death. Did you invite us here to rob us?”

Commentaries on Judges 15:3

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3See 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.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-5In revenge, Samson destroyed the grain harvest, vineyards, and olive groves.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-83. Samson said ..., Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines--This nefarious conduct provoked the hero's just indignation, and he resolved to take signal vengeance.Read the comment

Topics related to Judges 15:3

• Samson

In the dictionaries

• Philistines
• Samson
• Displeasure
• Fast
• Hip
• Visit
• Israel, History of
• Judges, Book of
• Judges, Period of
• Shephelah

Commentaries on Judges 15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings