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

1But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in. 2And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her. And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure. 4And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails. 5And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing grain of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing grain, with the vineyards and olives.

Judges 15:3 word by word

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

• 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 14:15And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson’s wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father’s house with fire: have ye called us to take that we have? is it 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