Judges 16:26 - Forerunner Commentary

Judges 16:26

24 When the people saw him, they ^apraised their god; for they said:
“Our god has delivered into our hands our enemy,
The destroyer of our land,
And the one who multiplied our dead.”

25 So it happened, when their hearts were ^amerry, that they said, “Call for Samson, that he may perform for us.” So they called for Samson from the prison, and he performed for them. And they stationed him between the pillars.

26 Then Samson said to the lad who held him by the hand, “Let me feel the pillars which support the temple, so that I can lean on them.”

27 Now the temple was full of men and women. All the lords of the Philistines were there—about three thousand men and women on the ^aroof watching while Samson performed.

28 Then Samson called to the Lord, saying, “O Lord God, ^aremember me, I pray! Strengthen me, I pray, just this once, O God, that I may with one blow take vengeance on the Philistines for my two eyes!”

29 And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars which supported the temple, and he braced himself against them, one on his right and the other on his left.

30 Then Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines!” And he pushed with all his might, and the temple fell on the lords and all the people who were in it. So the dead that he killed at his death were more than he had killed in his life.

31 And his brothers and all his father’s household came down and took him, and brought him up and ^aburied him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of his father Manoah. He had judged Israel ^btwenty years.

Verse Comparison: Judges 16:26

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American Standard Version
and Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house resteth, that I may lean upon them.

Amplified® Bible
And Samson said to the lad who held him by the hand, Allow me to feel the pillars upon which the house rests, that I may lean against them.

Contemporary English Version
A young man was leading Samson by the hand, and Samson said to him, "I need to lean against something. Take me over to the columns that hold up the roof."

Darby English Version
and Samson said to the lad who held him by the hand, "Let me feel the pillars on which the house rests, that I may lean against them."

Good News Bible
Samson said to the boy who was leading him by the hand, "Let me touch the columns that hold up the building. I want to lean on them."

King James Version
And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that I may lean upon them.

New American Standard Bible
Then Samson said to the boy who was holding his hand, "Let me feel the pillars on which the house rests, that I may lean against them."

New International Version
Samson said to the servant who held his hand, "Put me where I can feel the pillars that support the temple, so that I may lean against them."

New King James Version
Then Samson said to the lad who held him by the hand, “Let me feel the pillars which support the temple, so that I can lean on them.”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then Samson said to the boy who held his hand, "Let me feel the pillars on which the house rests, that I may lean against them."

Revised Standard Version
and Samson said to the lad who held him by the hand, "Let me feel the pillars on which the house rests, that I may lean against them."

Young's Literal Translation
And Samson saith unto the young man who is keeping hold on his hand, `Let me alone, and let me feel the pillars on which the house is established, and I lean upon them.'

New English Translation
Samson said to the young man who held his hand, “Position me so I can touch the pillars that support the temple.¹ Then I can lean on them.”

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