5And when he had set fire to the torches, he let the foxes go into the standing grain of the Philistines, and burned up the shocks and the standing grain, as well as the olive orchards.


In Context

2 And her father said, |I really thought that you utterly hated her; so I gave her to your companion. Is not her younger sister fairer than she? Pray take her instead.|

3 And Samson said to them, |This time I shall be blameless in regard to the Philistines, when I do them mischief.|

4 So Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took torches; and he turned them tail to tail, and put a torch between each pair of tails.

5 And when he had set fire to the torches, he let the foxes go into the standing grain of the Philistines, and burned up the shocks and the standing grain, as well as the olive orchards.

6 Then the Philistines said, |Who has done this?| And they said, |Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he has taken his wife and given her to his companion.| And the Philistines came up, and burned her and her father with fire.

7 And Samson said to them, |If this is what you do, I swear I will be avenged upon you, and after that I will quit.|

Judges 15:5 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

15:5lit the torches and let the foxes loose in the standing grain of the Philistines. He burned up the shocks and standing grain, together with the vineyards and olive groves.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:5And when he had set the brands on fire, he [let] them go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing corn, with the vineyards [and] olives.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

15:5And setting them on fire he let the foxes go, that they might run about hither and thither. And they presently went into the standing corn of the Philistines. Which being set on fire, both the corn that was already carried together, and that which was yet standing, was all burnt, insomuch, that the flame consumed also the vineyards and the oliveyards.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

15:5And 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 the standing grain, and also the oliveyards.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

15:5And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks and the standing corn, and also the oliveyards.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:5And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks and also the standing corn, with the vineyards and olives.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:5When 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 the standing grain, and also the olive groves.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

15:5and kindleth fire in the torches, and sendeth them out into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burneth it from heap even unto standing corn, even unto vineyard — olive-yard.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:5And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing corn, with the vineyards and olives.