TheWay BibleHome›Bible›Judges›Judges 15›Judges 15:7
Judges 15:7 KJV
Judges · chapter 15 · verse 7
And Samson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.Judges 15:7 · King James Version
Judges 15:7 in context
5And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing corn, with the vineyards and olives.
6Then 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. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire.
7And Samson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.
8And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.
9Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- avengednâqamto grudgeH5358 →
- SamsonShimshôwnShimshon, an IsraeliteH8123 →
- Thoughʼimused very widely as demonstrative, lo!H518 →
- afterʼacharproperly, the hind partH310 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- doneʻâsâhto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationH6213 →
Keep reading in TheWay Bible App
Read, study, memorize, journal, and pray — tap any word for its Greek or Hebrew definition, save verses to memorize, and keep a journal. Free on the web and iOS.
Here is, I. Samson's return to his wife, whom he had left in displeasure; not hearing perhaps that she was given to another, when time had a little cooled his resentments, he came back to her, visited her with a kid, Jdg 15:1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-8