Judges 15:15 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

and he findeth a fresh jaw-bone of an ass, and putteth forth his hand and taketh it, and smiteth with it -- a thousand men.

English ASV

And he found a fresh jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and smote a thousand men therewith.

English Amplified

And he found a still moist jawbone of a donkey and reached out and took it and slew 1,000 men with it.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

And he found a still moist jawbone of a donkey and reached out and took it and slew 1,000 men with it.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

He found the fresh jawbone of a donkey, reached out his hand and took it, and struck down a thousand men.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

He found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, reached out his hand, took it, and killed a thousand men with it.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And he found a fresh jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand and took it, and slew with it a thousand men.

English EASY 2024

He saw a bone from the skull of a donkey that had just died. He picked it up and he used it to kill 1,000 Philistine soldiers.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Samson found a jawbone of a dead donkey and killed 1000 Philistine men with it.

And he found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, and put out his hand and took it, and with it he struck 1,000 men.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Then he found a jawbone of a donkey that had recently died. He reached down and picked it up, and killed a thousand men with it.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Samson found the jawbone from a donkey that had just died. He picked it up and killed 1,000 men with it.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

He found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, reached out his hand, took it, and killed 1,000 men with it.

English KJV 1611

And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith.

English LSB

And he found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, so he sent forth his hand and took it and struck down 1,000 men with it.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Then he found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, reached out his hand and took it, and with it struck down a thousand men.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

He found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, so he reached out and took it and killed a thousand men with it.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Near him was the fresh jawbone of an ass; he reached out, grasped it, and with it killed a thousand men.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

He happened to see a solid jawbone of a donkey. He grabbed it and struck down a thousand men.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

He found a fresh jawbone of a donkey. He grabbed hold of it and struck down 1,000 men.

English NIV

Finding a fresh jawbone of a donkey, he grabbed it and struck down a thousand men.

English NKJ 1982

He found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, reached out his hand and took it, and killed a thousand men with it.

English NLT

Then he picked up a donkey's jawbone that was lying on the ground and killed a thousand Philistines with it.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Then he found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, reached down and took it, and with it he killed a thousand men.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

He spotted a raw jawbone of a donkey lying there on the ground and picked it up. He began to swing it wildly and used it to kill a thousand Philistines that day.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

And he found a fresh jawbone of an ass, and put out his hand and seized it, and with it he slew a thousand men.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Then he picked up a donkey's jawbone that was lying on the ground and killed a thousand Philistines with it.

English Tyndale 1537

And he found a Jaw bone of a ratten ass, and put forth his hand and caught it, and slew a thousand men therewith.

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