10The men of Judah asked, "Why have you come to fight us?" "We have come to take Samson prisoner," they answered, "to do to him as he did to us."


In Context

7 Samson said to them, "Since you've acted like this, I won't stop until I get my revenge on you."

8 He attacked them viciously and slaughtered many of them. Then he went down and stayed in a cave in the rock of Etam.

9 The Philistines went up and camped in Judah, spreading out near Lehi.

10 The men of Judah asked, "Why have you come to fight us?" "We have come to take Samson prisoner," they answered, "to do to him as he did to us."

11 Then three thousand men from Judah went down to the cave in the rock of Etam and said to Samson, "Don't you realize that the Philistines are rulers over us? What have you done to us?" He answered, "I merely did to them what they did to me."

12 They said to him, "We've come to tie you up and hand you over to the Philistines." Samson said, "Swear to me that you won't kill me yourselves."

Judges 15:10 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:10And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? And they answered, To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

15:10And the men of the tribe of Juda said to them: Why are you come up against us? They answered: We are come to bind Samson, and to pay him for what he hath done against us.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

15:10And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? And they said, To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:10And the men of Judah said, |Why have you come up against us?| They said, |We have come up to bind Samson, to do to him as he did to us.|

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

15:10And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? And they said, To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:10And the men of Judah said, Why have ye come up against us? And they answered, We have come to bind Samson, to do to him as he hath done to us.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:10The men of Judah said, |Why have you come up against us?| They said, |We have come up to bind Samson, to do to him as he has done to us.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

15:10and the men of Judah say, 'Why have ye come up against us?' and they say, 'To bind Samson we have come up, to do to him as he hath done to us.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:10And the men of Judah said, Why are you come up against us? And they answered, To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as he has done to us.