Judges 15:4

And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails.

And Samson {H8123} went {H3212} and caught {H3920} three {H7969} hundred {H3967} foxes {H7776}, and took {H3947} firebrands {H3940}, and turned {H6437} tail {H2180} to tail {H2180}, and put {H7760} a {H259} firebrand {H3940} in the midst {H8432} between two {H8147} tails {H2180}.

So Shimshon went and caught three hundred foxes. Then he took torches, tied pairs of foxes to each other by their tails, and put a torch in the knot of every pair of tails.

Then Samson went out and caught three hundred foxes. And he took torches, turned the foxes tail-to-tail, and fastened a torch between each pair of tails.

And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between every two tails.

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Cross-References

  • Song Of Solomon 2:15 (3 votes)

    Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines [have] tender grapes.

  • Lamentations 5:18 (3 votes)

    Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.

  • Psalms 63:10 (3 votes)

    They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.