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.
KJV
Perrexitque et cepit trecentas vulpes, caudasque earum junxit ad caudas, et faces ligavit in medio :
Vulgate
καὶ ἐπορεύθη Σαμψὼν καὶ συνέλαβεν τριακοσίας ἀλώπηκας, καὶ ἔλαβεν λαμπάδας, καὶ ἐπέστρεψεν κέρκον πρὸς κέρκον, καὶ ἔθηκεν λαμπάδα μίαν ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν δύο κέρκων καὶ ἔδησεν.
LXX
And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between every two tails.
ASV
וַ/יֵּ֣לֶךְ שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן וַ/יִּלְכֹּ֖ד שְׁלֹשׁ מֵא֣וֹת שׁוּעָלִ֑ים וַ/יִּקַּ֣ח לַפִּדִ֗ים וַ/יֶּ֤פֶן זָנָב֙ אֶל זָנָ֔ב וַ/יָּ֨שֶׂם לַפִּ֥יד אֶחָ֛ד בֵּין שְׁנֵ֥י הַ/זְּנָב֖וֹת בַּ/תָּֽוֶךְ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 2Sam 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.
- Lam 5:18 — Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.
- Ps 63:10 — They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.
- Song 2:15 — Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.