Judges 15:4-6
1599 Geneva Bible
4 ¶ And Samson went out, and took three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned them tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails.
5 And when he had set the brands on fire, he sent them out into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the [a]ricks and the standing corn, with the vineyards and olives.
6 Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered, Samson the son-in-law of the [b]Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his companion. Then the Philistines came up and [c]burnt her and her father with fire.
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- Judges 15:5 Or, that which was reaped and gathered.
- Judges 15:6 Or, the citizen of Timnath.
- Judges 15:6 So the wicked punish not vice for love of justice, but for fear of danger, which else might come to them.
Judges 15:4-6
New International Version
4 So he went out and caught three hundred foxes(A) and tied them tail to tail in pairs. He then fastened a torch(B) to every pair of tails, 5 lit the torches(C) and let the foxes loose in the standing grain of the Philistines. He burned up the shocks(D) and standing grain, together with the vineyards and olive groves.
6 When the Philistines asked, “Who did this?” they were told, “Samson, the Timnite’s son-in-law, because his wife was given to his companion.(E)”
So the Philistines went up and burned her(F) and her father to death.(G)
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