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| [1]But within a while after, euen in the time of wheat haruest, Sason visited his wife with a kyd, saying: I wil go in to my wyfe into the chaumber. But her father woulde not suffer him to go in |
[1]But within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, Samson visited his wife with a kid, saying, I will go in to my wife into the chamber: but her father would not suffer him to go in. |
| [2]And her father sayde, I thought that thou haddest hated her, & therfore gaue I her to thy companion: Is not her younger sister fayrer then she? Take her I pray thee, in steade of the other |
[2]And her father said, I thought that thou hadst hated her: therefore gave I her to thy companion. Is not her younger sister fairer than she? Take her, I pray thee, instead of the other. |
| [3]Samson sayde vnto hym: Nowe am I more blamelesse then the Philistines, and therfore will I do them displeasure |
[3]Then Samson said unto them, Now am I more blameless than the Philistines: therefore will I do them displeasure. |
| [4]And Samson went out, and caught three hundred foxes, & toke firebrandes, and turned them tayle to tayle, and put a firebrand in the middes betweene two tayles |
[4]And Samson went out, and took three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned them tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails. |
| [5]And when he had set the brandes on fire, he sent them out into the standyng corne of the Philistines, & burnt vp both the reaped corne, and also the standing, with the vineyardes and oliues |
[5]And when he had set the brands on fire, he sent them out into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burned up both the ricks and the standing corn with the vineyards and olives. |
| [6]Then the Philistines sayd: Who hath done this? And they aunswered: Samson the sonne in lawe of the Thamnite, because he had taken his wife, & geuen her to his companion. And the Philistines came vp, and burnt her and her father with fire |
[6]Then the Philistines said, Who hath 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. Then the Philistines came up and burned her and her father with fire. |
| [7]And Samson said vnto them: Though ye haue done this, yet will I be auenged of you, and then I will ceasse |
[7]And Samson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and then I will cease. |
| [8]And he smote them legge and thygh with a myghtie plague, and then he went & dwelt in the toppe of the rocke Etam |
[8]So he smote them hip and thigh with a mighty plague: then he went and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam. |
| [9]Then the Philistines came vp, and pytched in Iuda, and camped in Lehi |
[9]Then the Philistines came up, and pitched in Judah, and were spread abroad in Lehi. |
| [10]And the men of Iuda sayde: Why are ye come vp vnto vs? They aunswered: To bynde Samson are we come vp, & to do to hym, as he hath done to vs |
[10]And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up unto us? And they answered, To bind Samson are we come up, and to do to him as he hath done to us. |
| [11]Then three thonsande men of Iuda went to the toppe of the rocke Etam, & sayde to Samson: Wottest thou not that the Philistines are rulers ouer vs? Wherfore then hast thou done thus vnto vs? He aunswered them: As they dyd vnto me, so haue I done vnto them |
[11]Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us? Wherefore then hast thou done thus unto us? And he answered them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them. |
| [12]And they sayd vnto him agayne: We are come to bynde thee, and to deliuer thee into ye hande of the Philistines. And Samson said vnto them: Sweare vnto me, that ye shall not fal vpon me your selues |
[12]Again they said unto him, We are come to bind thee, and to deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said unto them, Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves. |
| [13]They aunswered him, saying: No, but we will bynde thee, & delyuer thee vnto their handes: but we wyll not kyll thee. And they bounde hym with two new cordes, and brought him from the rocke |
[13]And they answered him, saying, No, but we will bind thee and deliver thee unto their hand, but we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him from the rock. |
| [14]And when he came to Lehi, the Philistines showted agaynst him: And the spirite of the Lord came vpon him, and the cordes that were vpon his armes, became as flaxe that was burnt with fire, for the bandes loosed from of his handes |
[14]When he came to Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him, and the spirit of the Lord came upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms, became as flax that was burned with fire: for the bands loosed from his hands. |
| [15]And he founde a newe iawe bone of an Asse, & put foorth his hande, and caught it, and slue a thousande men therwith |
[15]And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and caught it, and slew a thousand men therewith. |
| [16]And Samson sayde: With the iawe of an Asse, heapes vpon heapes: with the iawe of an Asse haue I slayne a thousande men |
[16]Then Samson said, With the jaw of an ass are heaps upon heaps: with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men. |
| [17]And when he had left speakyng, he cast away the iawe bone out of his hande, and called the place Ramath Lehi |
[17]And when he had left speaking, he cast away the jawbone out of his hand, and called that place, Ramath-Lehi. |
| [18]And he was sore a thyrst, and called on the Lord, and sayde: Thou hast geuen this great victory in the hande of thy seruaunt: and nowe I must dye for thirst, and fall into the handes of the vncircumcised |
[18]And he was sore a thirst, 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 hands of the uncircumcised? |
| [19]But God brake a great tooth that was in the iawe, & there came water therout, and when he had drunke, his spirite came agayne, & he was refreshed: wherfore the name thereof was called vnto this day, The well of the caller on: which came of the iawe |
[19]Then God break the cheek tooth, that was in the jaw, and water came there out: and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he was revived: wherefore the name thereof is called, Enhakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day. |
| [20]And he iudged Israel in the dayes of the Philistines, twentie yeres |
[20]And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years. |