^15:4Samson went and captured three hundred jackals¹⁰ and got some torches. He tied the jackals in pairs by their tails and then tied a torch to each pair.¹¹

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10 Traditionally, “foxes.”
11 Heb “He turned tail to tail and placed one torch between the two tails in the middle.”

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

So Samson went and caught 300 foxes and took torches. And he turned them tail to tail and put a torch between each pair of tails.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

So he went out and caught three hundred foxes and tied them tail to tail in pairs. He then fastened a torch to every pair of tails,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

So he went out and caught three hundred foxes. He took torches, turned the foxes tail-to-tail, and put a torch between each pair of tails.

NLTNew Living Translation

Then he went out and caught 300 foxes. He tied their tails together in pairs, and he fastened a torch to each pair of tails.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And Samson went and captured three hundred foxes, and he took torches. He turned them tail to tail, and he put one torch between two tails.

KJV 1900King James Version

And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails.

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