15and he findeth a fresh jaw-bone of an ass, and putteth forth his hand and taketh it, and smiteth with it — a thousand men.


In Context

12 And 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.'

13 And they speak to him, saying, No, but we certainly bind thee, and have given thee into their hand, and we certainly do not put thee to death;' and they bind him with two thick bands, new ones, and bring him up from the rock.

14 He hath come unto Lehi — and the Philistines have shouted at meeting him — and the Spirit of Jehovah prospereth over him, and the thick bands which are on his arms are as flax which they burn with fire, and his bands are wasted from off his hands,

15 and he findeth a fresh jaw-bone of an ass, and putteth forth his hand and taketh it, and smiteth with it — a thousand men.

16 And 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.'

17 And it cometh to pass when he finisheth speaking, that he casteth away the jaw-bone out of his hand, and calleth that place Ramath-Lehi;

Judges 15:15 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

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

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:15And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

15:15And finding a jawbone, even the jawbone of an ass which lay there, catching it up, be slew therewith a thousand men.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

15:15And he found a fresh jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and smote a thousand men therewith.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:15And he found a fresh jawbone of an ass, and put out his hand and seized it, and with it he slew a thousand men.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

15:15And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and smote a thousand men therewith.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:15And he found a fresh jaw-bone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men with it.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:15He found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, and put forth his hand, and took it, and struck a thousand men therewith.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:15And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith.