◄ Judges 16:29 ►
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Good News Translation
So Samson took hold of the two middle columns holding up the building. Putting one hand on each column, he pushed against them

New Revised Standard Version
And Samson grasped the two middle pillars on which the house rested, and he leaned his weight against them, his right hand on the one and his left hand on the other.

Contemporary English Version
Samson was standing between the two middle columns that held up the roof. He felt around and found one column with his right hand, and the other with his left hand.

New American Bible
Samson grasped the two middle columns on which the temple rested and braced himself against them, one at his right, the other at his left.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And laying hold on both the pillars on which the house rested, and holding the one with his right hand, and the other with his left,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And laying hold on both the pillars on which the house rested, and holding the one with his right hand, and the other with his left,

on which it was borne up.

Context
Samson's Vengeance and Death
…28But he called upon the Lord, saying: O Lord God remember me, and restore to me now my former strength, O my God, that I may revenge myself on my enemies, and for the loss of my two eyes I may take one revenge. 29And laying hold on both the pillars on which the house rested, and holding the one with his right hand, and the other with his left,30He said: Let me die with the Philistines. And when he had strongly shook the pillars, the house fell upon all the princes, and the rest of the multitude, that was there: and he killed many more at his death, than he had killed before in his life.…
Cross References
Judges 16:28
But he called upon the Lord, saying: O Lord God remember me, and restore to me now my former strength, O my God, that I may revenge myself on my enemies, and for the loss of my two eyes I may take one revenge.

Judges 16:30
He said: Let me die with the Philistines. And when he had strongly shook the pillars, the house fell upon all the princes, and the rest of the multitude, that was there: and he killed many more at his death, than he had killed before in his life.

Judges 16:28
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