New American Standard Bible 2020
Judges 16:26-31
26Then Samson said to the boy who was holding his hand, “1Let me feel the pillars on which the house rests, so that I may lean against them.” 27Now the house was full of men and women, and all the governors of the Philistines were there. And about three thousand men and women were on the roof looking on while Samson was entertaining them.
282Then Samson called to the Lord and said, “Lord 3God, please remember me and please strengthen me just this time, O God, that I may at once 4take vengeance on the Philistines for my two eyes.” 29Then Samson grasped the two middle pillars on which the house rested, and braced himself against them, the one with his right hand and the other with his left. 30And Samson said, “Let 5me die with the Philistines!” And he pushed outwards powerfully, so that the house fell on the governors and all the people who were in it. And the dead whom he killed at his death were more than those whom he killed during his lifetime. 31Then his brothers and all his father’s household came down and took him, and brought him up and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of his father Manoah. 6So he had judged Israel for twenty years.
Notes
- 1. Judges 16:26 Or Let go of me, and let me feel ↩
- 2. Judges 16:28 Judg 15:18 ↩
- 3. Judges 16:28 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord ↩
- 4. Judges 16:28 Jer 15:15 ↩
- 5. Judges 16:30 Lit my soul ↩
- 6. Judges 16:31 Judg 15:20 ↩
Commentaries on Judges 16
- 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
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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