Judges 15:16

NETBible	Samson then said, “With the jawbone of a donkey I have left them in heaps;¹ with the jawbone of a donkey I have struck down a thousand men!”
NIV © biblegateway Jdg 15:16	Then Samson said, "With a donkey’s jaw-bone I have made donkeys of them. With a donkey’s jaw-bone I have killed a thousand men."
NASB © biblegateway Jdg 15:16	Then Samson said, "With the jawbone of a donkey, Heaps upon heaps, With the jawbone of a donkey I have killed a thousand men."
NLT © biblegateway Jdg 15:16	And Samson said, "With the jawbone of a donkey, I’ve made heaps on heaps! With the jawbone of a donkey, I’ve killed a thousand men!"
MSG © biblegateway Jdg 15:16	And Samson said, With a donkey's jawbone I made heaps of donkeys of them. With a donkey's jawbone I killed an entire company.
BBE © SABDAweb Jdg 15:16	And Samson said, With a red ass’s mouth-bone I have made them red with blood, with a red ass’s mouth-bone I have sent destruction on a thousand men.
NRSV © bibleoremus Jdg 15:16	And Samson said, "With the jawbone of a donkey, heaps upon heaps, with the jawbone of a donkey I have slain a thousand men."
NKJV © biblegateway Jdg 15:16	Then Samson said: "With the jawbone of a donkey, Heaps upon heaps, With the jawbone of a donkey I have slain a thousand men!"
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KJV	And Samson <08123> said <0559> (8799)_, With the jawbone <03895> of an ass <02543>_, heaps <02565> upon heaps <02565>_, with the jaw <03895> of an ass <02543> have I slain <05221> (8689) a thousand <0505> men <0376>_. {heaps upon...: Heb. an heap, two heaps}
NASB © biblegateway Jdg 15:16	Then Samson <08123> said <0559> , "With the jawbone <03895> of a donkey <02543> , Heaps <02565> upon heaps <02565> , With the jawbone <03895> of a donkey <02543> I have killed <05221> a thousand <0505> men <0376> ."
LXXM	kai <2532> CONJ eipen {V-AAI-3S} samqwn <4546> N-PRI en <1722> PREP siagoni <4600> N-DSF onou <3688> N-GSM exaleifwn <1813> V-PAPNS exhleiqa <1813> V-AAI-1S autouv <846> D-APM oti <3754> CONJ en <1722> PREP siagoni <4600> N-DSF onou <3688> N-GSM epataxa <3960> V-AAI-1S ciliouv <5507> A-APM andrav <435> A-APM
NET [draft] ITL	Samson <08123> then said <0559> , “With the jawbone <03895> of a donkey <02543> I have left them in heaps <02563> <02563> ; with the jawbone <03895> of a donkey <02543> I have struck down <05221> a thousand <0505> men <0376> !”
HEBREW	sya <0376> Pla <0505> ytykh <05221> rwmxh <02543> yxlb <03895> Mytrmx <02563> rwmx <02563> rwmxh <02543> yxlb <03895> Nwsms <08123> rmayw (15:16) <0559>


NETBible	Samson then said, “With the jawbone of a donkey I have left them in heaps;¹ with the jawbone of a donkey I have struck down a thousand men!”
NET Notes	¹tn The precise meaning of the second half of the line (חֲמוֹר חֲמֹרָתָיִם, khamor khamoratayim) is uncertain. The present translation assumes that the phrase means, “a heap, two heaps” and refers to the heaps of corpses littering the battlefield. Other options include: (a) “I have made donkeys of them” (cf. NIV; see C. F. Burney, Judges, 373, for a discussion of this view, which understands a denominative verb from the noun “donkey”); (b) “I have thoroughly skinned them” (see HALOT 330 s.v. IV cj. חמר, which appeals to an Arabic cognate for support); (c) “I have stormed mightily against them,” which assumes the verb חָמַר (khamar, “to ferment; to foam; to boil up”).