Judges Chapter 15 verse 13 Holy Bible

ASV Judges 15:13

And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new ropes, and brought him up from the rock.
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BBE Judges 15:13

And they said, No; we will take you and give you up into their hands, but truly we will not put you to death. So knotting two new cords round him they took him up from the rock.
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DARBY Judges 15:13

They said to him, "No; we will only bind you and give you into their hands; we will not kill you." So they bound him with two new ropes, and brought him up from the rock.
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KJV Judges 15:13

And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the rock.
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WBT Judges 15:13

And they spoke to him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the rock.
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WEB Judges 15:13

They spoke to him, saying, No; but we will bind you fast, and deliver you into their hand: but surely we will not kill you. They bound him with two new ropes, and brought him up from the rock.
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YLT Judges 15:13

And they speak to him, saying, No, but we certainly bind thee, and have given thee into their hand, and we certainly do not put thee to death;' and they bind him with two thick bands, new ones, and bring him up from the rock.
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Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(13) Brought him up from the rock.--Again the details are uncertain. Was Samson's cave down the steep side of a cliff? Such caves are common in Palestine, and such a situation would explain these expressions. (See Josephus, Antt. xiv. 15, ? 5, where he says that the brigands' caves were inaccessible against a few defenders, either from below or from above, and that Herod could only attack the robbers by letting down soldiers in chests from the top of the precipices.)Parallel Commentaries ...Hebrew“No,”לֹ֚א (lō)Adverb - Negative particleStrong's 3808: Not, nothey answered,וַיֹּ֧אמְרוּ (way·yō·mə·rū)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine pluralStrong's 559: To utter, say“we will notלֹ֣א (lō)Adverb - Negative particleStrong's 3808: Not, nokill you,וְהָמֵ֖ת (wə·hā·mêṯ)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absoluteStrong's 4191: To die, to killbutכִּֽי־ (kî-)ConjunctionStrong's 3588: A relative conjunctionwe will tie you up securelyאָסֹ֤ר (’ā·sōr)Verb - Qal - Infinitive absoluteStrong's 631: To yoke, hitch, to fasten, to join battleand hand you over toוּנְתַנּ֣וּךָ (ū·nə·ṯan·nū·ḵā)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common plural | second person masculine singularStrong's 5414: To give, put, setthem.”בְיָדָ֔ם (ḇə·yā·ḏām)Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine pluralStrong's 3027: A handSo they bound himוַיַּאַסְרֻ֗הוּ (way·ya·’as·ru·hū)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine singularStrong's 631: To yoke, hitch, to fasten, to join battlewith twoבִּשְׁנַ֙יִם֙ (biš·na·yim)Preposition-b | Number - mdStrong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number)newחֲדָשִׁ֔ים (ḥă·ḏā·šîm)Adjective - masculine pluralStrong's 2319: Newropesעֲבֹתִ֣ים (‘ă·ḇō·ṯîm)Noun - common pluralStrong's 5688: Something intwined, a string, wreath, foliageand led him upוַֽיַּעֲל֖וּהוּ (way·ya·‘ă·lū·hū)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine singularStrong's 5927: To ascend, in, activelyfromמִן־ (min-)PrepositionStrong's 4480: A part of, from, out ofthe rock.הַסָּֽלַע׃ (has·sā·la‘)Article | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 5553: A craggy rockJump to PreviousAgreed Bands Bind Bound Cords Death Deliver Hand Hands Kill Led New Rock Ropes Round Speak Surely Thick Tie