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

5And when he had lighted the torches, 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. 6Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered, Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire. And Samson said to them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that I will cease. 8And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam. 9Then the Philistines went up, and encamped in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.

Judges 15:7 word by word

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

• Samsonשִׁמְשׁוֹןshimshôn · SamsonH8123
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Thoughאִם'im · ifH518
• doneעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• thisזֹאתzô'th · thisH2063
• avengedנָקַםnâqam · to avengeH5358
• afterאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• ceaseחָדַלchâdal · to ceaseH2308

Cross-references for Judges 15:7

• Judges 14:4But his father and his mother knew not that it was of the LORD, that he sought an occasion against the Philistines: for at that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel.
• Romans 12:19Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place to wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith 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
• Hip
• Visit
• 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