^15:18He was very thirsty, so he cried out to the Lord and said, “You have given your servant³⁸ this great victory. But now must I die of thirst and fall into hands of the Philistines?”³⁹^15:19So God split open the basin⁴⁰ at Lehi and water flowed out from it. When he took a drink, his strength⁴¹ was restored and he revived. For this reason he named the spring⁴² En Hakkore.⁴³ It remains in Lehi to this very day.

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Footnotes

38 Heb “you have placed into the hand of your servant.”
39 Heb “the uncircumcised,” which in context refers to the Philistines.
40 The word translated “basin” refers to a circular-shaped depression in the land’s surface.
41 Heb “spirit.”
42 Heb “named it”; the referent (the spring) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
43 The name En Hakkore means “Spring of the one who cries out.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And he was very thirsty, and he called upon the Lord and said, “You have granted this great salvation by the hand of your servant, and shall I now die of thirst and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?” And God split open the hollow place that is at Lehi, and water came out from it. And when he drank, his spirit returned, and he revived. Therefore the name of it was called En-hakkore; it is at Lehi to this day.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Because he was very thirsty, he cried out to the Lord, “You have given your servant this great victory. Must I now die of thirst and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?” Then God opened up the hollow place in Lehi, and water came out of it. When Samson drank, his strength returned and he revived. So the spring was called En Hakkore, and it is still there in Lehi.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He became very thirsty and called out to the Lord, “You have accomplished this great victory through your servant. Must I now die of thirst and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?” So God split a hollow place in the ground at Lehi, and water came out of it. After Samson drank, his strength returned, and he revived. That is why he named it Hakkore Spring, which is still in Lehi today.

NLTNew Living Translation

Samson was now very thirsty, and he cried out to the Lord, “You have accomplished this great victory by the strength of your servant. Must I now die of thirst and fall into the hands of these pagans?” So God caused water to gush out of a hollow in the ground at Lehi, and Samson was revived as he drank. Then he named that place “The Spring of the One Who Cried Out,” and it is still in Lehi to this day.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And he was very thirsty, and he called to Yahweh and said, “You gave this great victory into the hand of your servant, but now I must die of thirst and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?” So God split the hollow place that is at Lehi, and water came out from it; and he drank, and his spirit returned, and he was revived. Thus he called its name The Spring of Ha-Qore, which is at Lehi to this day.

KJV 1900King James Version

And he was sore athirst, and called on the Lord, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised? But God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof En-hakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day.

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