The Meaning of Judges 15:3 Explained

Judges 15:3

KJV: And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure.

YLT: And Samson saith of them, 'I am more innocent this time than the Philistines, though I am doing with them evil.'

Darby: And Samson said to them, "This time I shall be blameless in regard to the Philistines, when I do them mischief."

ASV: And Samson said unto them, This time shall I be blameless in regard of the Philistines, when I do them a mischief.

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What is the context of Judges 15:3?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure.

What does Judges 15:3 Mean?

Context Summary

Judges 15:1-8 - In Bad Company

What strong confirmation is afforded, by Samson's experience, of the misery of a mixed marriage! This Philistine wife had no real love for him, and was more readily influenced by her own people than by her husband. How could she enter into his desire to emancipate Israel? To carry out his life-purpose of freeing Israel, He must break with her. Notice how this poor wife was visited with the very chastisement from which she hoped, by treachery, to save herself. Compare Judges 14:17 and Judges 15:6.

Samson's riddle is constantly being verified. We all have to encounter lions. Happy are we if we rend them in the power of the Holy Spirit! And have we not often discovered that the very sorrow, trial, or temptation which we dreaded most and which threatened to destroy us, has yielded the strength and sweetness, the meat and honey, which have enriched us for all after-time? Samson shared these with his mother and father. Let us never keep to ourselves those glorious lessons and results which we may have won in conflicts and sorrows that only the eye of God has witnessed. Let others share their benefit. [source]

Chapter Summary: Judges 15

¹ Samson is denied his wife
³ He burns the Philistines' corn with foxes and firebrands
⁶ His wife and her father are burnt by the Philistines
⁸ Samson smites them hip and thigh
⁹ He is bound by the men of Judah, and delivered to the Philistines
¹⁴ He kills them with a jawbone
¹⁸ God makes the fountain En-hakkore for him in Lehi

What do the individual words in Judges 15:3 mean?

And said to them Samson I shall be blameless this time regarding the Philistines if do I them harm

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לָהֶם֙ שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן נִקֵּ֥יתִי הַפַּ֖עַם מִפְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים כִּֽי־ עֹשֶׂ֥ה אֲנִ֛י עִמָּ֖ם רָעָֽה

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר	And said
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: אָמַר Sense: to say, speak, utter.
לָהֶם֙	to them
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine plural
שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן	Samson
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: שִׁמְשֹׁון Sense: a Danite, son of Manoah, a Nazarite for life, and a judge of Israel for 20 years.
נִקֵּ֥יתִי	I shall be blameless
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Perfect, first person common singular Root: נָקָה Sense: to be empty, be clear, be pure, be free, be innocent, be desolate, be cut off.
הַפַּ֖עַם	this time
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular Root: פַּעַם Sense: stroke, beat, foot, step, anvil, occurrence.
מִפְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים	regarding the Philistines
Parse: Preposition-m, Proper Noun, masculine plural Root: פְּלִשְׁתִּי Sense: an inhabitant of Philistia; descendants of Mizraim who immigrated from Caphtor (Crete?) to the western seacoast of Canaan.
רָעָֽה	harm
Parse: Adjective, feminine singular Root: רַע Sense: bad, evil.

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