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Judges 16:24
24When the people saw him, they praised their god, saying, “Our god has delivered our enemy into our hands, the one who laid waste our land and multiplied our slain.”
Judges 16:24 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, which slew many of us.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And when the people saw him, they praised their god. For they said, "Our god has given our enemy into our hand, the ravager of our country, who has killed many of us."
- New King James Version (NKJV)When the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said: “Our god has delivered into our hands our enemy, The destroyer of our land, And the one who multiplied our dead.”
- New Living Translation (NLT)When the people saw him, they praised their god, saying, “Our god has delivered our enemy to us! The one who killed so many of us is now in our power!”
Context of Judges 16:24
22But the hair on his head began to grow again after it had been shaved. 23Now the rulers of the Philistines assembled to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god and to celebrate, saying, “Our god has delivered Samson, our enemy, into our hands.” When the people saw him, they praised their god, saying, “Our god has delivered our enemy into our hands, the one who laid waste our land and multiplied our slain.” 25While they were in high spirits, they shouted, “Bring out Samson to entertain us.” So they called Samson out of the prison, and he performed for them. When they stood him among the pillars, 26Samson said to the servant who held his hand, “Put me where I can feel the pillars that support the temple, so that I may lean against them.”
Read all of Judges 16Judges 16:24 word by word
וַיִּרְא֤וּ אֹתוֹ֙ הָעָ֔ם וַֽיְהַלְל֖וּ אֶת־אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ם כִּ֣י אָמְר֗וּ נָתַ֨ן אֱלֹהֵ֤ינוּ בְיָדֵ֙נוּ֙ אֶת־א֣וֹיְבֵ֔נוּ וְאֵת֙ מַחֲרִ֣יב אַרְצֵ֔נוּ וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר הִרְבָּ֖ה אֶת־חֲלָלֵֽינוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And when the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
- sawרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
- him, they praisedהָלַלhâlal · to boast: praiseH1984
- their godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
- for they saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- hath deliveredנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
- into our handsיָדyâd · hand: powerH3027
- our enemyאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341
- and the destroyerחָרֵבchârab chârêb · to destroyH2717
- of our countryאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- which slewחָלָלchâlâl · slain: killedH2491
- manyרָבָהrâbâh · to multiplyH7235
Cross-references for Judges 16:24
- Deuteronomy 32:27but I dreaded the taunt of the enemy, lest the adversary misunderstand and say, ‘Our hand has triumphed; the Lord has not done all this.’ ”
- Isaiah 37:20Now, Lord our God, deliver us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you, Lord, are the only God.”
- Ezekiel 20:14But for the sake of my name I did what would keep it from being profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.
- Daniel 5:4As they drank the wine, they praised the gods of gold and silver, of bronze, iron, wood and stone.
- Habakkuk 1:16Therefore he sacrifices to his net and burns incense to his dragnet, for by his net he lives in luxury and enjoys the choicest food.
- Revelation 11:10The inhabitants of the earth will gloat over them and will celebrate by sending each other gifts, because these two prophets had tormented those who live on the earth.
- Judges 15:8He attacked them viciously and slaughtered many of them. Then he went down and stayed in a cave in the rock of Etam.
Commentaries on Judges 16:24
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24Our God - A portion of the Philistine triumphal song. Compare Judges 5; Exodus 15.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22-24Verses 22-24 Samson's afflictions were the means of bringing him to deep repentance. By the loss of his bodily sight the eyes of his understanding were opened; and by depriving him of bodily strength, the Lord was pleased to renew his spiritual strength. The Lord permits some few to wander wide and sink deep, yet he recovers them at last, and marking his displeasure at sin in their severe temporal sufferings, preserves them from sinking into the pit of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 23-24The Philistines celebrated joyfully, giving all the credit to their god, Dagon. They believed a nation's strength showed the power of its gods.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 23-2523. the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon--It was a common practice in heathen nations, on the return of their solemn religious festivals, to bring forth their war prisoners from their places of confinement or slavery; and, in heaping on them every species of indignity, they would offer their grateful tribute to the gods by whose aid they had triumphed over their enemies. Dagon was a sea idol…Read the comment
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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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