Judges 15:5

When he had set the torches on fire, he let them go into the standing grain of the Philistines, and burned up both the shocks and the standing grain, and also the olive groves.

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WEBBE

When he had set the torches on fire, he let them go into the standing grain of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks and the standing grain, and also the olive groves.

BSB

Then he lit the torches and released the foxes into the standing grain of the Philistines, burning up the piles of grain and the standing grain, as well as the vineyards and olive groves.

KJV

And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing corn, with the vineyards and olives.

ASV

And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing grain of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks and the standing grain, and also the oliveyards.

BBE

Then firing the sticks, he let the foxes loose among the uncut grain of the Philistines, and all the corded stems as well as the living grain and the vine-gardens and the olives went up in flames.

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וַיַּבְעֶר־ vai·yav·'er- and he kindled H1197 אֵשׁ 'esh fire H784 בַּלַּפִּידִים ba·la·pi·dim on the torches H3940 וַיְשַׁלַּח vay·sha·lach and he sent [them] H7971 בְּקָמוֹת be·ka·mot among [the] standing grain(s) of H7054 פְּלִשְׁתִּים pe·lish·tim [the] Philistines H6430 וַיַּבְעֵר vai·yav·'er and it burned up H1197 מִגָּדִישׁ mi·ga·dish from [the] heap of sheaves H1430 וְעַד־ ve·'ad- and unto H5704 קָמָה ka·mah [the] standing grain H7054 וְעַד־ ve·'ad- and unto H5704 כֶּרֶם ke·rem [the] vineyard of H3754 זָיִת za·yit olive tree[s] H2132

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–8

When there are differences between relations, let those be reckoned the wisest and best, who are most forward to forgive or forget, and most willing to stoop and yield for the sake of peace. In the means which Samson employed, we must look at the power of God supplying them, and making them successful, to mortify the pride and punish the wickedness of the Philistines. The Philistines threatened Samson's wife that they would burn her and her father's house. She, to save herself and oblige her countrymen, betrayed her husband; and the very thing that she feared, and by sin sought to avoid, came upon her! She, and her father's house, were burnt with fire, and by her countrymen, whom she thought to oblige by the wrong she did to her husband. The mischief we seek to escape by any unlawful practices, we often pull down upon our own heads.

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