KJV King James Version
And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.
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Judges 15:20
And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And Samson judged Israel for twenty years in the days of the Philistines.
WEB World English Bible
He judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.
ASV American Standard Version
And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And he judgeth Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.
Surrounding context — Judges 15
17 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand, and called that place Ramathlehi.
18 And he was sore athirst, and called on the LORD, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?
19 But God clave an hollow place that [was] in the jaw, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof Enhakkore, which [is] in Lehi unto this day.
20 And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.
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Judges 13:1And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.Judges 16:31Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought [him] up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.Judges 13:5For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no rasor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.Hebrews 11:32And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and [of] Barak, and [of] Samson, and [of] Jephthae; [of] David also, and Samuel, and [of] the prophets:
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