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Judges 16:27

Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport.

KJV

Domus autem erat plena virorum ac mulierum, et erant ibi omnes principes Philisthinorum, ac de tecto et solario circiter tria millia utriusque sexus spectantes ludentem Samson.

Vulgate

καὶ ὁ οἶκος πλήρης τῶν ἀνδρῶν καὶ τῶν γυναικῶν, καὶ ἐκεῖ πάντες οἱ ἄρχοντες τῶν ἀλλοφύλων, καὶ ἐπὶ τὸ δῶμα ὡς ἑπτακόσιοι ἄνδρες καὶ γυναῖκες οἱ θεωροῦντες ἐν παιγνίαις Σαμψών.

LXX

Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport.

ASV

וְ/הַ/בַּ֗יִת מָלֵ֤א הָֽ/אֲנָשִׁים֙ וְ/הַ/נָּשִׁ֔ים וְ/שָׁ֕מָּ/ה כֹּ֖ל סַרְנֵ֣י פְלִשְׁתִּ֑ים וְ/עַל הַ/גָּ֗ג כִּ/שְׁלֹ֤שֶׁת אֲלָפִים֙ אִ֣ישׁ וְ/אִשָּׁ֔ה הָ/רֹאִ֖ים בִּ/שְׂח֥וֹק שִׁמְשֽׁוֹן

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶ֖לֶף
'lp
adjective · 500×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
גָּֽג
gg
noun · 31×
ה
h
adverb · 827×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מְשַׂחֲקִ֖ים
mshchqym
verb · 35×
מָלְאָ֥ה
ml'h
verb · 248×
סַרְנֵ֣י
srny
noun · 22×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים
plshtym
noun · 290×
שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת
shlsht
adjective · 429×
שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן
shmshvn
proper_noun · 38×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Sam 11:2 — And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king’s house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautif
  • Deut 22:8 — When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence.
  • Josh 2:8 — And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;