Quotes from Judges

Quotations follow the King James Version translation (Oxford University Press, 1611) — our recommended edition.

1. 2

   Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right.

2. 3

   Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness.

3. 4

   Let me die with the Philistines.

4. 5

   They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera.

5. 6

   With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.

6. 7

   The Philistines be upon thee, Samson.

7. 8

   And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter.

8. 9

   The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.

9. 10

   The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon.

10. 11

    Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand.

11. 12

    So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life.

12. 13

    He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish.

13. 14

    The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming?

14. 15

    Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song.

15. 16

    Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD, and I cannot go back.

16. 17

    Let me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my fellows.