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Samson said, With the jawbone of a donkey, heaps on heaps, With the jawbone of a donkey I have struck a thousand men.
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A Poetic Victory Cry
Commentators explain that Samson's victory cry is a clever poem in the original Hebrew. The word for "ass" (chamor) is the same as the word for "heap." This wordplay, which is lost in translation, is a form of ancient poetry used to express deep, triumphant emotion.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
There is a play upon the word, three times repeated, which means both “an ass” and also “a heap.” The spirit of riddle-making ([Reference Judges 14…
19th Century
Anglican
And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass. — Here we once more find ourselves in very primitive regions of poetry and paronomasia. Samso…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Samson said In a kind of triumphant song:
with the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps
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