23The lords of the Philistines gathered them together to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice; for they said, |Our god has delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.|


In Context

20 She said, |The Philistines are upon you, Samson!| He awoke out of his sleep, and said, |I will go out as at other times, and shake myself free.| But he didn't know that Yahweh had departed from him.

21 The Philistines laid hold on him, and put out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he ground at the mill in the prison.

22 However the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaved.

23 The lords of the Philistines gathered them together to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice; for they said, |Our god has delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.|

24 When the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said, |Our god has delivered our enemy and the destroyer of our country, who has slain many of us, into our hand.|

25 It happened, when their hearts were merry, that they said, |Call for Samson, that he may entertain us.| They called for Samson out of the prison; and he performed before them. They set him between the pillars;

Judges 16:23 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

16:23Now the rulers of the Philistines assembled to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god and to celebrate, saying, "Our god has delivered Samson, our enemy, into our hands."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:23Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:23And the princes of the Philistines assembled together, to offer great sacrifices to Dagon their god, and to make merry, saying: Our god hath delivered our enemy Samson into our hands.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:23And the lords of the Philistines gathered them together to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice; for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:23Now the lords of the Philistines gathered to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice; for they said, |Our god has given Samson our enemy into our hand.|

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:23And the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:23Then the lords of the Philistines assembled to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:23and the princes of the Philistines have been gathered together to sacrifice a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice; and they say, 'Our god hath given into our hand Samson our enemy.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:23Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god has delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.