Judges 15:3
Strong's Lexicon
Samson
שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן (šim·šō·wn)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8123: Samson = 'like the sun' 1) a Danite, son of Manoah, a Nazarite for life, and a judge of Israel for 20 years

said
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: 1) to say, speak, utter 1a) (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend 1b) (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called 1c) (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly 1d) (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch

to them,
לָהֶם֙ (lā·hem)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew :

“This time
הַפַּ֖עַם (hap·pa·‘am)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6471: 1) stroke, beat, foot, step, anvil, occurrence 1a) foot, hoof-beat, footfall, footstep 1b) anvil 1c) occurrence, time, stroke, beat 1c1) one time, once, twice, thrice, as time on time, at this repetition, this once, now at length, now...now, at one time...at another

I will be blameless
נִקֵּ֥יתִי (niq·qê·ṯî)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5352: 1) to be empty, be clear, be pure, be free, be innocent, be desolate, be cut off 1a) (Qal) to be empty, be clean, be pure 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be cleaned out, be purged out 1b2) to be clean, be free from guilt, be innocent 1b3) to be free, be exempt from punishment 1b4) to be free, be exempt from obligation 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to hold innocent, acquit 1c2) to leave unpunished

עִמָּ֖ם (‘im·mām)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5973: 1) with 1a) with 1b) against 1c) toward 1d) as long as 1e) beside, except 1f) in spite of

in doing
עֹשֶׂ֥ה (‘ō·śeh)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6213: 1) to do, fashion, accomplish, make 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to do, work, make, produce 1a1a) to do 1a1b) to work 1a1c) to deal (with) 1a1d) to act, act with effect, effect 1a2) to make 1a2a) to make 1a2b) to produce 1a2c) to prepare 1a2d) to make (an offering) 1a2e) to attend to, put in order 1a2f) to observe, celebrate 1a2g) to acquire (property) 1a2h) to appoint, ordain, institute 1a2i) to bring about 1a2j) to use 1a2k) to spend, pass 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be done 1b2) to be made 1b3) to be produced 1b4) to be offered 1b5) to be observed 1b6) to be used 1c) (Pual) to be made 2) (Piel) to press, squeeze

harm
רָעָֽה׃ (rā·‘āh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7451: adj 1) bad, evil 1a) bad, disagreeable, malignant 1b) bad, unpleasant, evil (giving pain, unhappiness, misery) 1c) evil, displeasing 1d) bad (of its kind-land, water, etc) 1e) bad (of value) 1f) worse than, worst (comparison) 1g) sad, unhappy 1h) evil (hurtful) 1i) bad, unkind (vicious in disposition) 1j) bad, evil, wicked (ethically) 1j1) in general, of persons, of thoughts 1j2) deeds, actions n m 2) evil, distress, misery, injury, calamity 2a) evil, distress, adversity 2b) evil, injury, wrong 2c) evil (ethical) n f 3) evil, misery, distress, injury 3a) evil, misery, distress 3b) evil, injury, wrong 3c) evil (ethical)

to the Philistines.”
מִפְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים (mip·pə·liš·tîm)
Preposition-m | Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6430: Philistine = 'immigrants' 1) an inhabitant of Philistia; descendants of Mizraim who immigrated from Caphtor (Crete?) to the western seacoast of Canaan

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Samson said to them, “This time I will be blameless in doing harm to the Philistines.”

Young's Literal Translation
And Samson saith of them, ‘I am more innocent this time than the Philistines, though I am doing with them evil.’

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Samson said to them, “ This time I won’t be responsible when I harm the Philistines.”

New American Standard Bible
Samson then said to them, "This time I shall be blameless in regard to the Philistines when I do them harm."

King James Bible
And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Samson said to them, "This time I have a right to get even with the Philistines; I will really harm them."

New Living Translation
Samson said, "This time I cannot be blamed for everything I am going to do to you Philistines."

English Standard Version
And Samson said to them, “This time I shall be innocent in regard to the Philistines, when I do them harm.”

New American Standard Bible
Samson then said to them, "This time I shall be blameless in regard to the Philistines when I do them harm."

King James Bible
And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Samson said to them, "This time I won't be responsible when I harm the Philistines."

International Standard Version
Samson replied to them, "This time I'll be blameless when I do something evil to the Philistines."

NET Bible
Samson said to them, "This time I am justified in doing the Philistines harm!"

American Standard Version
And Samson said unto them, This time shall I be blameless in regard of the Philistines, when I do them a mischief.

English Revised Version
And Samson said unto them, This time shall I be blameless in regard of the Philistines, when I do them a mischief.

Young's Literal Translation
And Samson saith of them, 'I am more innocent this time than the Philistines, though I am doing with them evil.'
















Cross References
Judges 15:2
And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.

Judges 15:4
And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails.

2 Samuel 14:30
Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab's field is near mine, and he hath barley there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom's servants set the field on fire.

Judges 1:1
Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them?

Judges 15:1
But it came to pass within a while after, 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 suffer him to go in.

Judges 14:20
But Samson's wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend.

Judges 15:5
And 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.

Judges 15:6
Then 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.
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