And Samson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.
Parallel translations
- WEB Samson said to them, “If you behave like this, surely I will take revenge on you, and after that I will cease.”
- BSB And Samson told them, “Because you have done this, I will not rest until I have taken vengeance upon you.”
- NKJV Samson said to them, “Since you would do a thing like this, I will surely take revenge on you, and after that I will cease.”
- NASB Then Samson said to them, “If this is how you act, I will certainly take revenge on you, and only after that will I stop.”
- NLT “Because you did this,” Samson vowed, “I won’t rest until I take my revenge on you!”
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Quick answer
Samson vows to avenge this atrocity before he will stop. He answers their cruelty with a pledge of further violence.
Overview
The murder of his wife and father-in-law provokes a final round of retaliation. Samson's words show a man driven by personal grievance, yet still functioning as Israel's deliverer against the Philistines. The escalating cycle reveals humanity's bent toward vengeance and the need for a deliverance deeper than Samson could provide.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- Rom 12:19Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
- Judg 14:19And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave change of garments unto them which expounded the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father’s house.
- Judg 14:4But his father and his mother knew not that it was of the LORD, that he sought an occasion against the Philistines: for at that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel.
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