但必作道上的蛇，路中的虺，咬伤马蹄，使骑马的坠落于后。

但必作道旁的蛇，路边的毒蛇，咬伤马蹄，使骑马的人向后坠落。

但必作道旁的蛇，路边的毒蛇，咬伤马蹄，使骑马的人向后坠落。

他必成为路边的蛇，道旁的毒蛇，咬伤马蹄，使骑马的人坠落。

但要作路上的蛇，道中的毒蛇，他要咬伤马蹄，使骑马的人向后坠落。

但必作道旁的蛇，路边的毒蛇，咬马的脚跟，使骑马的向后坠落。

但必作道上的蛇，路中的虺，咬傷馬蹄，使騎馬的墜落於後。

但必作道旁的蛇，路邊的毒蛇，咬傷馬蹄，使騎馬的人向後墜落。

但必作道旁的蛇，路邊的毒蛇，咬傷馬蹄，使騎馬的人向後墜落。

他必成為路邊的蛇，道旁的毒蛇，咬傷馬蹄，使騎馬的人墜落。

但要作路上的蛇，道中的毒蛇，他要咬傷馬蹄，使騎馬的人向後墜落。

但必做道路上的蛇，路徑上的角蛇，咬傷馬的腳後跟，以致騎馬的向後墜落。

但必作道旁的蛇，路邊的毒蛇，咬馬的腳跟，使騎馬的向後墜落。

但為道上之蛇、途間之蝮、以傷馬足、而墜騎者、

但如蛇於途側、蝮於道旁、以傷馬足、乘者下墜。

但如蛇於道側、蝮於途間、以傷馬足、乘者仰墮、

Dan will be a snake by the roadside, a viper along the path, that bites the horse’s heels so that its rider tumbles backward.

Dan will be a snake by the side of the road. He will be a poisonous snake along the path. It bites the horse’s heels so that the rider falls off backward.

Dan shall be a serpent in the way, a viper by the path, that bites the horse’s heels so that his rider falls backward.

Dan will be a snake beside the road, a poisonous viper along the path that bites the horse’s hooves so its rider is thrown off.

Dan will be a snake by the road, a viper beside the path, that bites the horse’s heels so that its rider falls backward.

Dan shall be a serpent in the way, A horned viper in the path, That bites the horse’s heels, So that its rider falls backward.

Dan shall be a serpent by the way, A viper by the path, That bites the horse’s heels So that its rider shall fall backward.

Dan shall be a serpent in the way, An adder in the path, That biteth the horse’s heels, So that his rider falleth backward.

He will be a snake by the road, a viper beside the path, that bites the horses’ heels so that its rider falls backward.

Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.

May Dan be a snake beside the road, a viper by the path, that bites the heels of the horse so that its rider falls backward.

Dan will be a serpent on the trail, an adder in the path, That bites the horse’s heels, so that his rider falls backward.

from Dan, ready for battle— 28,600; (niv)

When they had gone some distance from Micah’s house, the men who lived near Micah were called together and overtook the Danites.As they shouted after them, the Danites turned and said to Micah,“ What’s the matter with you that you called out your men to fight?”He replied,“ You took the gods I made, and my priest, and went away. What else do I have? How can you ask,‘ What’s the matter with you?’”The Danites answered,“ Don’t argue with us, or some of the men may get angry and attack you, and you and your family will lose your lives.”So the Danites went their way, and Micah, seeing that they were too strong for him, turned around and went back home.Then they took what Micah had made, and his priest, and went on to Laish, against a people at peace and secure. They attacked them with the sword and burned down their city.There was no one to rescue them because they lived a long way from Sidon and had no relationship with anyone else. The city was in a valley near Beth Rehob. The Danites rebuilt the city and settled there.They named it Dan after their ancestor Dan, who was born to Israel— though the city used to be called Laish.There the Danites set up for themselves the idol, and Jonathan son of Gershom, the son of Moses, and his sons were priests for the tribe of Dan until the time of the captivity of the land.They continued to use the idol Micah had made, all the time the house of God was in Shiloh. (niv)

But the hair on his head began to grow again after it had been shaved.Now the rulers of the Philistines assembled to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god and to celebrate, saying,“ Our god has delivered Samson, our enemy, into our hands.”When the people saw him, they praised their god, saying,“ Our god has delivered our enemy into our hands, the one who laid waste our land and multiplied our slain.”While they were in high spirits, they shouted,“ Bring out Samson to entertain us.” So they called Samson out of the prison, and he performed for them. When they stood him among the pillars,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.”Now the temple was crowded with men and women; all the rulers of the Philistines were there, and on the roof were about three thousand men and women watching Samson perform.Then Samson prayed to the Lord,“ Sovereign Lord, remember me. Please, God, strengthen me just once more, and let me with one blow get revenge on the Philistines for my two eyes.”Then Samson reached toward the two central pillars on which the temple stood. Bracing himself against them, his right hand on the one and his left hand on the other,Samson said,“ Let me die with the Philistines!” Then he pushed with all his might, and down came the temple on the rulers and all the people in it. Thus he killed many more when he died than while he lived. (niv)

Samson went down to Timnah and saw there a young Philistine woman.When he returned, he said to his father and mother,“ I have seen a Philistine woman in Timnah; now get her for me as my wife.”His father and mother replied,“ Isn’t there an acceptable woman among your relatives or among all our people? Must you go to the uncircumcised Philistines to get a wife?” But Samson said to his father,“ Get her for me. She’s the right one for me.”( His parents did not know that this was from the Lord, who was seeking an occasion to confront the Philistines; for at that time they were ruling over Israel.)Samson went down to Timnah together with his father and mother. As they approached the vineyards of Timnah, suddenly a young lion came roaring toward him.The Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon him so that he tore the lion apart with his bare hands as he might have torn a young goat. But he told neither his father nor his mother what he had done.Then he went down and talked with the woman, and he liked her.Some time later, when he went back to marry her, he turned aside to look at the lion’s carcass, and in it he saw a swarm of bees and some honey.He scooped out the honey with his hands and ate as he went along. When he rejoined his parents, he gave them some, and they too ate it. But he did not tell them that he had taken the honey from the lion’s carcass.Now his father went down to see the woman. And there Samson held a feast, as was customary for young men.When the people saw him, they chose thirty men to be his companions.“ Let me tell you a riddle,” Samson said to them.“ If you can give me the answer within the seven days of the feast, I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes.If you can’t tell me the answer, you must give me thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes.”“ Tell us your riddle,” they said.“ Let’s hear it.”He replied,“ Out of the eater, something to eat; out of the strong, something sweet.” For three days they could not give the answer.On the fourth day, they said to Samson’s wife,“ Coax your husband into explaining the riddle for us, or we will burn you and your father’s household to death. Did you invite us here to steal our property?” (niv)