Judges 15:13
ContextNET © | They said to him, “We promise! 1 We will only take you prisoner and hand you over to them. We promise not to kill you.” They tied him up with two brand new ropes and led him up from the cliff. |
NIV © | "Agreed," they answered. "We will only tie you up and hand you over to them. We will not kill you." So they bound him with two new ropes and led him up from the rock. |
NASB © | So they said to him, "No, but we will bind you fast and give you into their hands; yet surely we will not kill you." Then they bound him with two new ropes and brought him up from the rock. |
NLT © | "We will tie you up and hand you over to the Philistines," they replied. "We won’t kill you." So they tied him up with two new ropes and led him away from the rock. |
MSG © | "We promise," they said. "We will tie you up and surrender you to them but, believe us, we won't kill you." They proceeded to tie him with new ropes and led him up from the Rock. |
BBE © | And they said, No; we will take you and give you up into their hands, but truly we will not put you to death. So knotting two new cords round him they took him up from the rock. |
NRSV © | They said to him, "No, we will only bind you and give you into their hands; we will not kill you." So they bound him with two new ropes, and brought him up from the rock. |
NKJV © | So they spoke to him, saying, "No, but we will tie you securely and deliver you into their hand; but we will surely not kill you." And they bound him with two new ropes and brought him up from the rock. |
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NET © [draft] ITL | They said <0559> to him, “We promise <0559> ! We will only take you prisoner <0631> and hand <05414> you over <05414> to them. We promise <04191> not <03808> to kill <04191> you.” They tied <0631> him up <0631> with two <08147> brand new <02319> ropes <05688> and led <05927> him up <05927> from <04480> the cliff .<05553> |
NET © | They said to him, “We promise! 1 We will only take you prisoner and hand you over to them. We promise not to kill you.” They tied him up with two brand new ropes and led him up from the cliff. |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “No,” meaning that they will not harm him. |