Judges 15:7

Judges 15:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Samson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.
• New International Version (NIV)Samson said to them, “Since you’ve acted like this, I swear that I won’t stop until I get my revenge on you.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)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 King James Version (NKJV)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.”

Context of Judges 15:7

5When he had set fire to the torches, he released the jackals into the standing grain of the Philistines and set fire to both the bundled heaps and the standing grain, along with the vineyards and olive groves. 6Then the Philistines said, “Who did this?” And some said, “Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he took his wife and gave her to his companion.” So the Philistines came up and burned her and her father to death with fire. 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.” 8So he struck them ruthlessly with a great slaughter; and afterward he went down and lived in the cleft of the rock of Etam. 9Then the Philistines went up and camped in Judah, and spread out in Lehi.

Judges 15:7 word by word

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לָהֶם֙ שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן אִֽם־תַּעֲשׂ֖וּן כָּזֹ֑את כִּ֛י אִם־נִקַּ֥מְתִּי בָכֶ֖ם וְאַחַ֥ר אֶחְדָּֽל׃Read the interlinear

• Then Samsonשִׁמְשׁוֹןshimshôn · SamsonH8123
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• to them, “Ifאִם'im · ifH518
• thisזֶהzeh · thisH2088
• is how you actעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• I will certainlyכִּי [אם]kîy · that if: exceptH3588
• I will certainly[כִּי] אם'im · if: exceptH518
• takeנָקַםnâqam · to avengeH5358
• afterאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• will I stopחָדַלchâdal · to ceaseH2308

Cross-references for Judges 15:7

• Judges 14:4However, his father and mother did not know that this was of the Lord, for He was seeking an occasion against the Philistines. And at that time the Philistines were ruling over Israel.
• Romans 12:19Never take your own revenge, beloved, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written: “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord.

Commentaries on Judges 15:7

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-10The cycle of revenge was complex (see Judges 9:7–21). First, Samson sought revenge on the Philistine community, not his in-laws. Then, the Philistines recognized Samson as a victim of injustice (see study note on Judges 14:20) and retaliated against his in-laws. This prompted Samson to avenge his in-laws by attacking the Philistines. This series of events nearly led to a war with Israel. God was starting to rescue Israel through Samson (Judges 13:5; see 1…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. Samson said ..., Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you--By that act the husbandmen had been the instruments in avenging his private and personal wrongs. But as a judge, divinely appointed to deliver Israel, his work of retribution was not yet accomplished.Read the comment

Topics related to Judges 15:7

• Revenge
• Samson

In the dictionaries

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

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