Judges 15:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing corn, with the vineyards and olives. ”

Judges 15:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And when he had set the brands on fire, he let [them] go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the (c) shocks, and also the standing corn, with the vineyards [and] olives. (c)...
Judges 15:5 - 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 15:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing corn, with the vineyards and olives.
Judges 15:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing corn, with the vineyards and olives. No J...
Judges 15:5 - 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 15:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Into the standing corn of the Philistines. — He probably did this at night, when his actions would be unobserved, and no one would be at hand to quench the flames. We may imagine him watching the t...
Judges 15:5 - 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 15:5 - 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 15:5 - 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 15:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I pass over the other considerations here noticed to remark the most interesting, namely, of the suitable punishment on the house of Samson's wife's father. The Reader will recollect the treachery of...
Judges 15:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And when he had set the brands on fire ,.... Disposed as before related; and foxes being naturally fearful of, and frightened with fire, and especially so near them as at their tails, would run into...
Judges 15:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And when he had set the brands on fire, he let [them] go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing corn, with the vineyards [and] olives. Ver....
Judges 15:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He let them go , &c. Successively at several times, and in divers places, so that they might not hinder one another, nor all run into the same field; but, being dispersed in all parts, might spr...
Judges 15:5 - 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 15:5 - 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 15:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He let them go, to wit, successively at several times, and in divers places, with great care and discretion, so as they might not hinder one another, nor all run into the same field; but being disp...
Judges 15:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing corn of the Philistines and burnt up both the shocks, and the standing corn, and also the olive orchards.' Having prepared...
Judges 15:5 - 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 15:5 - 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 15:5 - 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 15:5 - 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 15:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Samson's Revenge on the Philistines
Judges 15:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 14:30 ; Exodus 22:6
Judges 15:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Let them go — Successively at several times; and in divers places, so that they might not hinder one another, nor all run into the same field; but being dispersed in all parts, might spread the pla...

Judges 15:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Judges 15:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 15:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 15:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 15:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 15:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 15:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 15:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judges 15:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 15:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 15:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 15:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 15:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 15:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 15:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 15:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 15:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 15:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 15:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 15:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Judges 15:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 15:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 15:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 15:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes