12They said to him, |We have come down to bind you, that we may deliver you into the hand of the Philistines.| Samson said to them, |Swear to me that you will not fall on me yourselves.|


In Context

9 Then the Philistines went up, and encamped in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.

10 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 has done to us.|

11 Then three thousand men of Judah went down to the cleft of the rock of Etam, and said to Samson, |Don't you know that the Philistines are rulers over us? What then is this that you have done to us?| He said to them, |As they did to me, so have I done to them.|

12 They said to him, |We have come down to bind you, that we may deliver you into the hand of the Philistines.| Samson said to them, |Swear to me that you will not fall on me yourselves.|

13 They spoke to him, saying, |No; but we will bind you fast, and deliver you into their hand; but surely we will not kill you.| They bound him with two new ropes, and brought him up from the rock.

14 When he came to Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they met him: and the Spirit of Yahweh came mightily on him, and the ropes that were on his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands dropped from off his hands.

Judges 15:12 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

15:12They 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."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:12And they said unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said unto them, Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

15:12And they said to him, We are come to bind thee and to deliver thee into the hands of the Philistines. And Samson said to them: Swear to me, and promise me, that you will not kill me.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

15:12And they said unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said unto them, Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:12And they said to him, |We have come down to bind you, that we may give you into the hands of the Philistines.| And Samson said to them, |Swear to me that you will not fall upon me yourselves.|

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

15:12And they said unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said unto them, Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:12And they said to him, We have come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said to them, Swear to me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

15:12And they say to him, 'To bind thee we have come down — to give thee into the hand of the Philistines.' And Samson saith to them, 'Swear to me, lest ye fall upon me yourselves.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:12And they said to him, We are come down to bind you, that we may deliver you into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said to them, Swear to me, that you will not fall on me yourselves.