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 Living Translation (NLT)Samson said, “This time I cannot be blamed for everything I am going to do to you Philistines.”

Context of Judges 15:3

1After a while, in the time of wheat harvest, it happened that Samson visited his wife with a young goat. And he said, “Let me go in to my wife, into her room.” But her father would not permit him to go in. 2Her father said, “I really thought that you thoroughly hated her; therefore I gave her to your companion. Is not her younger sister better than she? Please, take her instead.” And Samson said to them, “This time I shall be blameless regarding the Philistines if I harm them!” 4Then Samson went and caught three hundred foxes; and he took torches, turned the foxes tail to tail, and put a torch between each pair of tails. 5When he had set the torches on fire, he let the foxes go into the standing grain of the Philistines, and burned up both the shocks 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

People and places in Judges 15:3

• Samson
• Philistia

Cross-references for Judges 15:3

• Judges 14:15But it came to pass on the seventh day that they said to Samson’s wife, “Entice your husband, that he may explain the riddle to us, or else we will burn you and your father’s house with fire. Have you invited us in order to take what is ours? Is that not so?”

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