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Judges 15:15–16

15 He found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, so he 1reached out and took it and 2killed aa thousand men with it.

16 Then Samson said,

“With the jawbone of a donkey,

1Heaps upon heaps,

With the jawbone of a donkey

I have 2killed a thousand men.”

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Judges 15:15–16 — The New International Version (NIV)

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

16 Then Samson said,

“With a donkey’s jawbone

I have made donkeys of them.

With a donkey’s jawbone

I have killed a thousand men.”

Judges 15:15–16 — English Standard Version (ESV)

15 And he found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, and put out his hand and took it, and with it he struck 1,000 men. 16 And Samson said,

“With the jawbone of a donkey,

heaps upon heaps,

with the jawbone of a donkey

have I struck down a thousand men.”

Judges 15:15–16 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

15 And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith. 16 And Samson said,

With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps,

With the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.

Judges 15:15–16 — New Living Translation (NLT)

15 Then he found the jawbone of a recently killed donkey. He picked it up and killed 1,000 Philistines with it. 16 Then Samson said,

“With the jawbone of a donkey,

I’ve piled them in heaps!

With the jawbone of a donkey,

I’ve killed a thousand men!”

Judges 15:15–16 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

15 He found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, reached out his hand and took it, and killed a thousand men with it. 16 Then Samson said:

“With the jawbone of a donkey,

Heaps upon heaps,

With the jawbone of a donkey

I have slain a thousand men!”

Judges 15:15–16 — New Century Version (NCV)

15 Samson found the jawbone of a dead donkey, took it, and killed a thousand men with it!

16 Then Samson said,

“With a donkey’s jawbone

I made donkeys out of them.

With a donkey’s jawbone

I killed a thousand men!”

Judges 15:15–16 — American Standard Version (ASV)

15 And he found a fresh jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and smote a thousand men therewith. 16 And Samson said,

With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps,

With the jawbone of an ass have I smitten a thousand men.

Judges 15:15–16 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

15 And he found a fresh jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand and took it, and slew with it a thousand men. 16 And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, a heap, two heaps, With the jawbone of an ass have I slain a thousand men.

Judges 15:15–16 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

15 Samson found the jawbone from a donkey that had just died. He picked it up and killed 1,000 men with it. 16 Then Samson said, 

“With a jawbone from a donkey, 

I’ve made two piles of them. 

With a jawbone from a donkey, 

I’ve killed a thousand men.” 

Judges 15:15–16 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

15 He found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, reached out his hand, took it, and killed 1,000 men with it. 16 Then Samson said:

With the jawbone of a donkey

I have piled them in a heap.

With the jawbone of a donkey

I have killed 1,000 men.

Judges 15:15–16 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

15 Then he found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, reached down and took it, and with it he killed a thousand men. 16 And Samson said,

“With the jawbone of a donkey,

heaps upon heaps,

with the jawbone of a donkey

I have slain a thousand men.”

Judges 15:15–16 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

15 And he found a fresh jawbone of a donkey; he reached down and took it and killed one thousand men with it. 16 And Samson said,

“With the jawbone of the donkey,

heap upon heap;

with the jawbone of the donkey,

I struck dead one thousand men.”

Judges 15:15–16 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

15 He found a fresh jawbone of a donkey. He grabbed hold of it and struck down 1,000 men.

16 Then Samson said,

“By using a donkey’s jawbone

I’ve made them look like donkeys.

By using a donkey’s jawbone

I’ve struck down 1,000 men.”


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