Catholic Public Domain Version
"And finding a jawbone which was laying there, that is, the jawbone of a donkey, snatching it up, he put to death a thousand men with it. "
— Judges 15:15, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith.”
“And he found a fresh jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and smote a thousand men therewith. ”
“He found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, and put forth his hand, and took it, and struck a thousand men therewith.”
“He happened to see a solid jawbone of a donkey. He grabbed it and struck down a thousand men.”
“And finding a jawbone, even the jawbone of an ass, which lay there, catching it up, he slew therewith a thousand men.”
“And taking up the mouth-bone of an ass newly dead, which he saw by chance on the earth, he put to death a thousand men with it.”
“And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith.”
And they said to him, “We have come to bind you, and to deliver you into the hands of the Philistines.” And Samson said to them, “Swear and promise to me that you will not kill me.”
They said: “We will not kill you. But we will deliver you tied.” And they bound him with two new cords. And they took him from the rock at Etam.
And when he had arrived at the place of the Jawbone, and the Philistines, shouting aloud, had met him, the Spirit of the Lord rushed upon him. And just as flax is usually consumed by a hint of fire, so were the ties with which he was bound broken and released.
And finding a jawbone which was laying there, that is, the jawbone of a donkey, snatching it up, he put to death a thousand men with it.
And he said, “With the jawbone of a donkey, with the jaw of the colt of a donkey, I have destroyed them, and I have struck down a thousand men.”
And when he had completed these words, singing, he threw the jawbone from his hand. And called the name of that place Ramath-Lehi, which is translated as ‘the elevation of the jawbone.’
And being very thirsty, he cried out to the Lord, and he said: “You have given, to the hand of your servant, this very great salvation and victory. But see that I am dying of thirst, and so I will fall into the hands of the uncircumcised.”