Judges 15:11
Bible › Judges › Chapter 15 › Verse 11
Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us? what is this that thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them.In response, three thousand men of Judah went to the cave at the rock of Etam, and they asked Samson, “Do you not realize that the Philistines rule over us? What have you done to us?” “I have done to them what they did to me,” he replied.
In other translations
Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us? what is this that thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them.In response, three thousand men of Judah went to the cave at the rock of Etam, and they asked Samson, “Do you not realize that the Philistines rule over us? What have you done to us?” “I have done to them what they did to me,” he replied.
Hebrew words
וַיֵּרְדוּvaiyereduand they went downH3381שְׁלֹשֶׁתsheloshetthreeH7969אֲלָפִים'alafimthousand<s>H505אִישׁ'ishmanH376מִיהוּדָהmihudahfrom JudahH3063אֶל־'el-toH413סְעִיףse'if[the] cleft ofH5585סֶלַעsela'[the] rock ofH5553עֵיטָם'eitamEtamH5862וַיֹּאמְרוּvaiyomeruand they saidH559לְשִׁמְשׁוֹןleshimshonto SamsonH8123הֲלֹאhalo'¿ notH3808יָדַעְתָּyada'tado you knowH3045כִּי־ki-thatH3588מֹשְׁלִיםmoshelim[are] rulingH4910בָּנוּbanuover <the> usפְּלִשְׁתִּיםpelishtim[the] PhilistinesH6430וּמַה־umah-and what?H4100זֹּאתzotthisH2063עָשִׂיתָ'asitahave you doneH6213לָּנוּlanuto <the> usוַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559לָהֶםlahemto <the> themכַּאֲשֶׁרka'asherjust asH834עָשׂוּ'asuthey didH6213לִיlito <the> meכֵּןkensoH3651עָשִׂיתִי'asitiI have doneH6213לָהֶם׃lahemto <the> them
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- 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.(Now his father and mother did not know this was from the LORD, who was seeking an occasion to move against the Philistines; for at that time the Philistines were ruling over Israel.)
- Judges 13:1And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD, so He delivered them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years.
- Psalm 106:40-4240 Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance. 41 And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them. 42 Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.40 So the anger of the LORD burned against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance. 41 He delivered them into the hand of the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them. 42 Their enemies oppressed them, and subdued them under their hand.
- Deuteronomy 28:47-4847 Because thou servedst not the Lord thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things; 48 Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the Lord shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.47 Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joy and gladness of heart in all your abundance, 48 you will serve your enemies the LORD will send against you in famine, thirst, nakedness, and destitution. He will place an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.
- Deuteronomy 28:13And the Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:The LORD will make you the head and not the tail; you will only move upward and never downward, if you hear and carefully follow the commandments of the LORD your God, which I am giving you today.
Cross-references from OpenBible.info, most-voted first.
People and places
Places: Etam (Judges 15)