Judges 15 Cross References - MLV

¹ But it happened after a while, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid. And he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber, but her father would not allow him to go in. ² And her father said, I truly thought that you had utterly hated her, therefore I gave her to your companion. Is not her younger sister fairer than she? I beseech you, take her instead of her.
³ And Samson said to them, This time I will be blameless in regard of the Philistines when I do them a mischief. ⁴ And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes and took firebrands and turned tail to tail and put a firebrand in the midst between every two tails. ⁵ And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing grain of the Philistines and burnt up both the shocks and the standing grain and also the olive-groves.
⁶ Then the Philistines said, Who has done this? And they said, Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he has taken his wife and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up and burnt her and her father with fire.
⁷ And Samson said to them, If you* do after this manner, surely I will be avenged of you* and after that I will cease. ⁸ And he killed* them hip and thigh with a great slaughter. And he went down and dwelt in the cleft of the rock of Etam.
⁹ Then the Philistines went up and encamped in Judah and spread themselves in Lehi. ¹⁰ And the men of Judah said, Why have you* come up against us? And they said, We come up to bind Samson, to do to him as he has done to us. ¹¹ Then three thousand men of Judah went down to the cleft of the rock of Etam and said to Samson, Do you not know that the Philistines are rulers over us? What then is this that you have done to us? And he said to them, As they did to me, so have I done to them.
¹² And they said to him, We have come down to bind you, that we may deliver you into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said to them, Swear to me, that you* will not fall upon me yourselves. ¹³ And they spoke to him, saying, No, but we will bind you fast and deliver you into their hand, but truly we will not kill you. And they bound him with two new ropes and brought him up from the rock.
¹⁴ When he came to Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they met him. And the Spirit of Jehovah came mightily upon him and the ropes that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire and his bands dropped from his hands.
¹⁵ And he found a fresh jawbone of a donkey and put forth his hand and took it and killed* a thousand men with it. ¹⁶ And Samson said, With the jawbone of a donkey, heaps upon heaps, with the jawbone of a donkey I have struck a thousand men. ¹⁷ And it happened, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand. And that place was called Ramath-lehi.
¹⁸ And he was very thirsty and called on Jehovah and said, You have given this great deliverance by the hand of your servant and now shall I die for thirst and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised? ¹⁹ But God split the hollow place that is in Lehi and water came out there. And when he had drunk his spirit came again and he revived. Therefore the name of it was called En-hakkore, which is in Lehi to this day. ²⁰ And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.

⁴ The giants were on the earth in those days. And also after that, when the sons of God came to the daughters of men and they bore sons to them, they were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown.

²¹ And Jacob said to Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in to her.

¹⁷ And he said, I will send you a kid of the goats from the flock.
And she said, Will you give me a pledge, till you send it?

²⁹ But he answered and said to his father, Behold, I did serve you for so-many years, and I never passed over a commandment of yours, and yet you never gave me a young goat, in order that I might be joyous with my friends.

¹⁴ And she put the garments of her widowhood off from her and covered herself with her veil and wrapped herself and sat in the gateway of two-springs Enaim, which is by the way to Timnah, becauses he saw that Shelah was grown up and she was not given to him as a wife.

¹⁶ And Samson's wife wept before him and said, You do but hate me and not love me. You have put forth a riddle to the sons of my people and have not told it to me. And he said to her, Behold, I have not told it to my father nor my mother and shall I tell you?

²⁰ But Samson's wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend.

⁹ Therefore I indeed thought in myself, that I ought to do many things adverse to the name of Jesus the Nazarene.

¹⁵ And it happened on the seventh day, that they said to Samson's wife, Entice your husband, that he may declare to us the riddle, lest we burn you and your father's house with fire. Have you* called us to impoverish us? Is it not so?

¹⁰ They will be given over to the power of the sword. They will be a portion for foxes.

¹⁵ Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vineyards. For our vineyards are in blossom.

¹⁸ for the mountain of Zion, which is desolate. The foxes walk upon it.

⁶ If fire breaks out and catches in thorns, so that the shocks of grain, or the standing grain, or the field are consumed, he who kindled the fire will surely make restitution.

³⁰ Therefore he said to his servants, See, Joab's field is near mine and he has barley there. Go and set it on fire. And Absalom's servants set the field on fire.

¹ And the men of Ephraim were gathered together and passed northward. And they said to Jephthah, Why did you pass over to fight against the sons of Ammon and did not call us to go with you? We will burn your house upon you with fire.

⁸ He who sows unrighteousness will reap calamity and the rod of his wrath will fail.

⁶ and not to go beyond limits and takes-advantage of his brother in the matter, because the Lord is an avenger concerning all these things, just-as we have also spoken to you beforehand and thoroughly testified.

⁴ But his father and his mother did not know that it was of Jehovah, for he sought an occasion against the Philistines. Now at that time the Philistines had rule over Israel.

¹⁹ And the Spirit of Jehovah came mightily upon him and he went down to Ashkelon and killed* thirty men of them and took their spoil and gave the changes of garments to those who declared the riddle. And his anger was kindled and he went up to his father's house.

¹⁹ Beloved, do not be avenging yourselves, but give a chance for the wrath of God; for it has been written, ‘Vengeance is for me. I will be repaying, says the Lord.’

¹⁰ For the hand of Jehovah will rest on this mountain.
And Moab will be trodden down in his place, even as straw is trodden down in the water of the dunghill.

³ I have trodden the winepress alone and of the peoples there was no man with me. Yes, I trod them in my anger and trampled them in my wrath and their lifeblood is sprinkled upon my garments and I have stained all my garments.

⁶ And I trod down the peoples in my anger and made them drunk in my wrath and I poured out their lifeblood on the earth.

¹⁴ When he came to Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they met him. And the Spirit of Jehovah came mightily upon him and the ropes that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire and his bands dropped from his hands.

¹⁷ And it happened, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand. And that place was called Ramath-lehi.

¹⁹ But God split the hollow place that is in Lehi and water came out there. And when he had drunk his spirit came again and he revived. Therefore the name of it was called En-hakkore, which is in Lehi to this day.

¹³ And Jehovah will make you the head and not the tail. And you will only be above and you will not be beneath, if you will listen to the commandments of Jehovah your God, which I command you this day, to observe and to do,

⁴⁷ Because you served not Jehovah your God with joyfulness and with gladness of heart, by reason of the abundance of all things, ⁴⁸ therefore you will serve your enemies that Jehovah will send against you, in hunger and in thirst and in nakedness and in want of all things. And he will put a yoke of iron upon your neck, until he has destroyed you.

¹ And the sons of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of Jehovah and Jehovah delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.

⁴⁰ Therefore the wrath of Jehovah was kindled against his people and he detested his inheritance. ⁴¹ And he gave them into the hand of the nations. And those who hated them, ruled over them. ⁴² Their enemies also oppressed them and they were brought into subjection under their hand.

²¹ Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise and fall upon us, for as the man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose and killed Zebah and Zalmunna and took the crescents that were on their camels' necks.

²⁵ And king Solomon sent by Benaiah the son of Jehoiada and he fell upon him so that he died.

³⁴ Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up and fell upon him and killed him. And he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.

² and they bound him and led him away and gave him to Pontius Pilate the governor.

²⁵ and he was supposing that his brethren understood that God is giving them salvation through his hand. But they did not understand.

³ And Pharaoh will say of the sons of Israel, They are entangled in the land; the wilderness has shut them in.

⁵ And it was told the King of Egypt that the people were fled. And the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was changed towards the people and they said, What is this we have done, that we have let Israel go from serving us?

¹⁰ And the Spirit of Jehovah came upon him and he judged Israel. And he went out to war and Jehovah delivered Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand and his hand prevailed against Cushan-rishathaim.

³⁰ Have they not found, have they not divided the spoil? A maiden, two maidens to every man, to Sisera a spoil of dyed garments, a spoil of dyed garments embroidered, of dyed garments embroidered on both sides, on the necks of the spoil?

⁶ And the Spirit of Jehovah came mightily upon him and he tore him apart as he would have torn a kid and he had nothing in his hand. But he did not tell his father or his mother what he had done.

⁹ Now she had an ambush abiding in the inner chamber. And she said to him, The Philistines are upon you, Samson. And he broke the withes, as a string of tow is broken when it touches the fire. So his strength was not known.

¹² So Delilah took new ropes and bound him with it and said to him, The Philistines are upon you, Samson. And the ambush was abiding in the inner chamber. And he broke them off his arms like a thread.

²⁴ And when the people saw him, they praised their god, for they said, Our god has delivered into our hand our enemy and the destroyer of our country who has slain many of us.

⁵ And when the ark of the covenant of Jehovah came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again.

⁶ And the Spirit of God came mightily upon Saul when he heard those words and his anger was greatly kindled.

³⁵ I went out after him and killed* him and delivered it out of his mouth. And when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard and killed* him and killed him.

⁵ that the triumphing of the wicked is short and the joy of the profane but for a moment?

³⁴ He teaches my hands to war, so that my arms bend a bow of brass.

¹¹ They encompassed me around, yes, they encompassed me around. I will cut them off in the name of Jehovah.

⁸ Rejoice not against me, O my enemy. When I fall, I will arise. When I sit in darkness, Jehovah will be a light to me.

⁶ Then he answered and spoke to me, saying, This is the word of Jehovah to Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says Jehovah of hosts.

³ Yes, I am also requesting you, genuine colleague, help these women, who contended together with me in the good-news, also with Clement, and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the Book of Life.

⁸ And five of you* will chase a hundred and a hundred of you* will chase ten thousand and your* enemies will fall before you* by the sword.

¹⁰ One man of you* will chase a thousand, for Jehovah your* God, he it is who fights for you*, as he spoke to you*.

³¹ And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who killed* six hundred men of the Philistines with an cattle-prod and he also saved Israel.

²¹ Then Jael Heber's wife took a tent-stake and took a hammer in her hand and went softly to him and struck the pin into his temples and it pierced through into the ground, for he was in a deep sleep, so he fainted and died.

¹⁶ And he divided the three hundred men into three companies and he put trumpets into the hands of all of them and empty pitchers, with torches inside the pitchers.

⁶ And Jonathan said to the young man who bore his armor, Come and let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised. It may be that Jehovah will work for us, for there is no limitation to Jehovah to save by many or by few.

¹⁴ And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armor bearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were half a furrow's length in an acre of land.

⁴⁹ And David put his hand in his bag and took from there a stone and slung it and killed* the Philistine in his forehead. And the stone sank into his forehead and he fell upon his face to the earth.
⁵⁰ So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone and killed* the Philistine and killed him. But there was no sword in the hand of David.

²⁷ But God chose the foolish things of the world, in order that he might shame the wise, and God chose the weak things of the world, in order that he might shame the strong; ²⁸ and God chose the ignoble things of the world and the things which have been scorned and the things which are not, in order that he might do-away-with the things which are;

¹² And it will happen, when the Egyptians will see you, that they will say, This is his wife. And they will kill me, but they will let you live. ¹³ I beseech you, say that you are my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake and that my soul may live because of you.

¹¹ And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place and they will kill me because of my wife.

³¹ And the sun rose upon him as he passed over Peniel and he limped upon his thigh.

⁴ And Gideon came to the Jordan, and passed over, he and the three hundred men who were with him, faint, yet pursuing.

²⁸ And Samson called to Jehovah and said, O lord Jehovah, remember me, I beseech you and strengthen me, I beseech you, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.

²⁶ And David spoke to the men who stood by him, saying, What will be done to the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?

³⁶ Your servant killed* both the lion and the bear and this uncircumcised Philistine will be as one of them, seeing he has defied the armies of the living God.

¹ And David said in his heart, I will now perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel, so I will escape out of his hand.

²⁰ Do not tell it not in Gath, proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.

⁷ Arise, O Jehovah. Save me, O my God. Because you have struck all my enemies upon the cheek bone. You have broken the teeth of the wicked.
⁸ Salvation belongs to Jehovah. Your blessing be upon your people. Selah.

³¹ Because who is God, except Jehovah? And who is a rock, besides our God, ³² the God who girds me with strength and makes my way perfect? ³³ He makes my feet like the feet of female-deers and sets me upon my high places. ³⁴ He teaches my hands to war, so that my arms bend a bow of brass.
³⁵ You have also given me the shield of your salvation and your right hand has held me up and your gentleness has made me great. ³⁶ You have enlarged my steps under me and my feet have not slipped.
³⁷ I will pursue my enemies and overtake them. Neither will I turn again till they are consumed. ³⁸ I will kill* them through, so that they will not be able to rise. They will fall under my feet.
³⁹ For you have girded me with strength to the battle. You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
⁴⁰ You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, that I might cut off those who hate me.

¹⁴ I am poured out like water and all my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax; it is melted within me. ¹⁵ My strength is dried up like an earthen vessel and my tongue clings to my jaws and you have set me into the dust of death.

²⁸ After this Jesus, having seen that all things have been completed, in order that the Scripture might be completed, which says, ‘I am thirsty.’

⁸ For brethren, we do not wish you to be ignorant in regard to our affliction which happened to us in Asia, that we were burdened down surpassingly, beyond our power, so-that we despaired even to be living. ⁹ But, we ourselves have had the verdict of death in ourselves, in order that we should not have confidence in ourselves, but in God, who is raising up the dead;

⁸ We are being pressed in everything, but not distressed; being perplexed, but not despairing; ⁹ being persecuted, but not forsaken; being cast down, but not being destroyed;

⁷ And, in order that I should not promote myself by the excellence of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of the Adversary, in order that it might batter me, in order that I should not promote myself. ⁸ I pleaded with the Lord three-times in regard to this thing, in order that it might withdraw from me.

³² And what more should I say? For the time will fail me if I describe the things concerning Gideon, Barak, and both Samson and Jephthah; both David and Samuel, and the prophets:

¹³ And she called the name of Jehovah who spoke to her, You are a God who sees, because she said, Have I even looked behind him, who sees me here?

¹⁹ And he called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at first.

³⁰ For it was little which you had before I came and it has increased to a multitude and Jehovah has blessed you wherever I turned. And now when shall I also provide for my own house?

²⁷ And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said to them. And when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived.

¹⁵ And Moses built an altar and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi.

¹² And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs and two clusters of raisins. And when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him, for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.

⁶ This poor man cried and Jehovah heard him and saved him out of all his troubles.

¹ I cried to Jehovah in my distress and he answered me.

²⁶ Lift up your* eyes on high and see who has created these, who brings out their host by number. He calls them all by name, by the greatness of his might. And because he is strong in power, not one is lacking.

²⁹ He gives power to the faint. And to him who has no might he increases strength.

¹⁷ The poor and needy seek water and there is none and their tongue fails for thirst. I, Jehovah, will answer them. I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them. ¹⁸ I will open rivers on the bare heights and fountains in the midst of the valleys. I will make the wilderness a pool of water and the dry land springs of water.

³ For I will pour water upon him who is thirsty and streams upon the dry ground. I will pour my Spirit upon your seed and my blessing upon your offspring.

⁵ for behold, you will conceive and bear a son. And no razor will come upon his head, for the child will be a Nazirite to God from the womb. And he will begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.

³¹ Then his brothers and all the house of his father came down and took him and brought him up and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the burying-place of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.