American King James Version
"And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelled in the top of the rock Etam. ¶ "
— Judges 15:8, American King James Version
“And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.”
“And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the cleft of the rock of Etam. ”
“He struck them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and lived in the cleft of the rock of Etam.”
“He struck them down and defeated them. Then he went down and lived for a time in the cave in the cliff of Etam.”
“And he made a great slaughter of them, so that in astonishment they laid the calf of the leg upon the thigh. And going down he dwelt in a cavern of the rock Etam.”
“And he made an attack on them, driving them in uncontrolled flight, and causing great destruction; then he went away to his safe place in the crack of the rock at Etam.”
“And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.”
And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing corn, with the vineyards and olives. ¶
Then the Philistines said, Who has done this? And they answered, Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire. ¶
And Samson said to them, Though you have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.
And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelled in the top of the rock Etam. ¶
Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.
And the men of Judah said, Why are you come up against us? And they answered, To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as he has done to us.
Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock Etam, and said to Samson, Know you not that the Philistines are rulers over us? what is this that you have done to us? And he said to them, As they did to me, so have I done to them.