16Then Samson said, "With a donkey's jawbone I have made donkeys of them. With a donkey's jawbone I have killed a thousand men."


In Context

13 "Agreed," they answered. "We will only tie you up and hand you over to them. We will not kill you." So they bound him with two new ropes and led him up from the rock.

14 As he approached Lehi, the Philistines came toward him shouting. The Spirit of the LORD came upon him in power. The ropes on his arms became like charred flax, and the bindings dropped from his hands.

15 Finding a fresh jawbone of a donkey, he grabbed it and struck down a thousand men.

16 Then Samson said, "With a donkey's jawbone I have made donkeys of them. With a donkey's jawbone I have killed a thousand men."

17 When he finished speaking, he threw away the jawbone; and the place was called Ramath Lehi.

18 Because he was very thirsty, he cried out to the LORD , "You have given your servant this great victory. Must I now die of thirst and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?"

Judges 15:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:16And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

15:16And he said: With the jawbone of an ass, with the jaw of the colt of asses I have destroyed them, and have slain a thousand men.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

15:16And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, With the jawbone of an ass have I smitten a thousand men.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:16And Samson said, |With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jawbone of an ass have I slain a thousand men.|

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

15:16And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jawbone of an ass have I smitten a thousand men.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:16And Samson said, With the jaw-bone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:16Samson said, |With the jawbone of a donkey, heaps on heaps; with the jawbone of a donkey I have struck a thousand men.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

15:16And Samson saith, 'With a jaw-bone of the ass — an ass upon asses — with a jaw-bone of the ass I have smitten a thousand men.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:16And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps on heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.