Judges 15:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Judges 15:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the margin. Before, when the Philistines injured him he was in covenant with the Timnathites through his marriage and by the rites of hospitality, for which reason he went off to Ashkelon to ta...
Judges 15:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more (b) blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure. (b) For through his father-in-law's actions, he was moved again to take venge...
Judges 15:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 15. Samson against the Philistines. His anger having cooled, Samson went down to appease his betrothed and complete the marriage. When he learned how things stood, he was angrier than ever,...
Judges 15:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

concerning . to. Now . this once.
Judges 15:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure.
Judges 15:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure. Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines. This nefarious conduct...
Judges 15:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Samson Slaughters the Philistines Samson, being denied his wife, burns the corn of the Philistines. He is delivered up to them by the men of Judah, but bursts his bonds, and slaughters many of the...
Judges 15:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Concerning them. — There is no reason for this rendering. It should be to them. The Vulg. has cui, and the LXX. “to them,” or “to him.” Now — i.e., This time. He means that his second act...
Judges 15:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

DAUNTLESS IN BATTLE, IGNORANTLY BRAVE Judges 15:1-20 GIVEN a man of strong passions and uninstructed conscience, wild courage and giant energy, with the sense of a mission which he has to accom...
Judges 15:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

in Bad Company Judges 14:15-20 ; Judges 15:1-8 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, a...
Judges 15:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here we have the record of further exploits by Samson and once more the circumstances of them were not to his credit. His revenge on the Philistines in the destruction of their property and their sl...
Judges 15:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure. If we consider Samson, not simply in his own personal character, but as acting in...
Judges 15:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Samson said concerning them ,.... His wife's father, and other relations, and the citizens of Timnath; this, which is what follows, he said either within himself respecting them, or he said it t...
Judges 15:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure. Ver. 3. Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines. ] Who all were in f...
Judges 15:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines Or rather, blameless from the Philistines , because they have first provoked me by an irreparable injury. It seems probable from this, that the p...
Judges 15:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

DESTROYING CROPS AND PHILISTINES (vv. 1-8) Samson eventually decided to visit his wife and took a young goat as a gift. She was evidently still in her father's house and her father refused him p...
Judges 15:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Samson's Firebrands. B. C. 1141. 1 But it came to pass within a while after, in the time...
Judges 15:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Because they have first provoked me by an irreparable injury. But although this may look like an act of private revenge, yet it is plain enough that Samson acted as a judge, (for so he was,) and as a...
Judges 15:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And Samson said to them, “This time will I be blameless with regard to the Philistines when I do them a mischief.” ' Samson now determined on revenge. Previously he had killed ‘innocent' men, a...
Judges 15:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

REVENGE TAKEN AND RETURNED ( Judges 15:1-20 .) CRITICAL NOTES.— Judges 15:1 . Within a while after. ] After some time , indefinitely; probably a few months. In the time of wheat harvest .] Abou...
Judges 15:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 15:4 . Caught three hundred foxes. The task of collecting these animals was not at all impossible; the country very much abounded with foxes, as appears from many passages of scripture. Ne...
Judges 15:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her. Wrong-doers naturally seek to justify themselves This spirit of self-justification, which is generally associated with wrong-doing, appeared...
Judges 15:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSTION Judges 15:1 Within a while —the same expression as that in Judges 14:8 , rendered "after a time," and in Judges 11:4 , rendered "in process of time." In the time of wheat ha...
Judges 15:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Samson's Revenge on the Philistines
Judges 15:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 14:15
Judges 15:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Now shall I, &c. — Because they have first provoked me by an irreparable injury: but although this may look like an act of private revenge; yet it is plain Samson acted as a judge (for so he wa...

Judges 15:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Judges 15:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Judges 15:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 15:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Judges 15:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 15:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 15:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 15:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 15:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 15:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judges 15:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 15:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 15:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 15:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 15:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 15:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 15:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 15:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 15:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 15:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 15:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 15:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Judges 15:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 15:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 15:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 15:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes