Verse Comparison: Judges 15:15
American Standard Version
And he found a fresh jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and smote a thousand men therewith.
Amplified® Bible
And he found a still moist jawbone of a donkey and reached out and took it and slew 1,000 men with it.
Contemporary English Version
Samson glanced around and spotted the jawbone of a donkey. The jawbone had not yet dried out, so it was still hard and heavy. Samson grabbed it and started hitting Philistines--he killed a thousand of them!
Darby English Version
And he found a fresh jawbone of an ass, and put out his hand and seized it, and with it he slew a thousand men.
Good News Bible
Then he found a jawbone of a donkey that had recently died. He reached down and picked it up, and killed a thousand men with it.
King James Version
And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith.
New American Standard Bible
He found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, so he reached out and took it and killed a thousand men with it.
New International Version
Finding a fresh jawbone of a donkey, he grabbed it and struck down a thousand men.
New King James Version
He found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, reached out his hand and took it, and killed a thousand men with it.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
He found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, so he reached out and took it and killed a thousand men with it.
Revised Standard Version
And he found a fresh jawbone of an ass, and put out his hand and seized it, and with it he slew a thousand men.
Young's Literal Translation
and he findeth a fresh jaw-bone of an ass, and putteth forth his hand and taketh it, and smiteth with it -- a thousand men.