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Judges 16:30 — compare English translations

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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. He bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell on the lords, and on all the people who were therein. So the dead that he killed at his death were more than those who he killed in his life.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    Then Samson said, “My soul shall die with the Philistines!” And he stretched out with his strength, and the house fell on the lords and on all of the people who in it. So the ones dying whom he killed at his death were more than those he killed in his life.

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