Judges 16:3
And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron.
Judges 16:3 in other translations
| BSB | But Samson lay there only until midnight, when he got up, took hold of the doors of the city gate and both gateposts, and pulled them out, bar and all. Then he put them on his shoulders and took them to the top of the mountain overlooking Hebron. |
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| WEB | Samson lay until midnight, then arose at midnight and took hold of the doors of the gate of the city, with the two posts, and plucked them up, bar and all, and put them on his shoulders and carried them up to the top of the mountain that is before Hebron. |
| ASV | And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and laid hold of the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and plucked them up, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of the mountain that is before Hebron. |
| YLT | And Samson lieth down till the middle of the night, and riseth in the middle of the night, and layeth hold on the doors of the gate of the city, and on the two side posts, and removeth them with the bar, and putteth on his shoulders, and taketh them up unto the top of the hill, which is on the front of Hebron. |
| DARBY | And Samson lay till midnight; and he arose at midnight, and seized the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and tore them up with the bar, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of the mountain that is before Hebron. |
| BBE | And Samson was there till the middle of the night; then he got up, and took a grip on the doors of the town, pulling them up, together with their two supports and their locks, and put them on his back and took them up to the top of the hill in front of Hebron. |
| Webster | And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of a hill that is before Hebron. |
What does Judges 16:3 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Judges 16:1-3
Hitherto Samson's character has appeared glorious, though uncommon. In this chapter we find him behaving in so wicked a manner, that many question whether or not he were a godly man. But the apostle has determined this, He 11:32. By adverting to the doctrines and examples of Scripture, the artifices of Satan, the deceitfulness of the human heart, and the methods in which the Lord frequently deals with his people, we…
Judges 16:3 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Judges 16:3
- Acts 2:24
Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
- Psalms 107:16
For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.
- Isaiah 63:1-5
Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save. Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat? I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment. For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come. …
- Micah 2:13
The breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their king shall pass before them, and the Lord on the head of them.
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Ps 107:16; Isa 63:1-5; Mic 2:13; Ac 2:24
bar and all. Heb. with the bar.
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Context
- Judges 16:2
And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him.
- Judges 16:3
And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron.
- Judges 16:4
And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
Judges 16:3 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Mas Samsón durmió hasta la media noche; y á la media noche se levantó, y tomando las puertas de la ciudad con sus dos pilares y su cerrojo, echóselas al hombro, y fuése, y subióse con ellas á la cumbre del monte que está delante de Hebrón. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Samson resta couché jusqu’au milieu de la nuit; et il se leva au milieu de la nuit; et il saisit les battants de la porte de la ville et les deux poteaux, et les arracha avec la barre, et les mit sur ses épaules, et les porta au sommet de la montagne qui est en face de Hébron. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Simson lag bis Mitternacht. Um Mitternacht aber stand er auf und ergriff die Flügel des Stadttores und die beiden Pfosten, und riß sie samt dem Riegel heraus und legte sie auf seine Schultern; und er trug sie auf den Gipfel des Berges, der gegen Hebron hin liegt. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Dormivit autem Samson usque ad medium noctem: et inde consurgens, apprehendit ambas portæ fores cum postibus suis et sera, impositasque humeris suis portavit ad verticem montis, qui respicit Hebron. |