24When 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.|


In Context

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;

26 and Samson said to the boy who held him by the hand, |Allow me to feel the pillars whereupon the house rests, that I may lean on them.|

Judges 16:24 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

16:24When the people saw him, they praised their god, saying, "Our god has delivered our enemy into our hands, the one who laid waste our land and multiplied our slain."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:24And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, which slew many of us.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:24And the people also seeing this, praised their god, and said the same: Our god hath delivered our adversary into our bands, him that destroyed our country and killed very many.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:24And when the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hand our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, who hath slain many of us.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:24And when the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said, |Our god has given our enemy into our hand, the ravager of our country, who has slain many of us.|

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:24And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hand our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, which hath slain many of us.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:24And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country; who slew many of us.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:24And the people see him, and praise their god, for they said, 'Our god hath given in our hand our enemy, and he who is laying waste our land, and who multiplied our wounded.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:24And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said, Our god has delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, which slew many of us.