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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
ויאמר שמשון--בלחי החמור חמור חמרתים בלחי החמור הכיתי אלף איש
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
vyAmr SHmSHvn--blKHy hKHmvr KHmvr KHmrtym blKHy hKHmvr hkyty Alp AySH

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
et ait in maxilla asini in mandibula pulli asinarum delevi eos et percussi mille viros

King James Variants
American King James Version   
And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps on heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
And Samson said, With the jawbone of a donkey, heaps upon heaps, with the jawbone of a donkey have I slain a thousand men.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.
Authorized (King James) Version   
And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.
New King James Version   
Then Samson said: “With the jawbone of a donkey, Heaps upon heaps, With the jawbone of a donkey I have slain a thousand men!”
21st Century King James Version   
And Samson said, “With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.”

Other translations
American Standard Version   
And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, With the jawbone of an ass have I smitten a thousand men.
Darby Bible Translation   
And Samson said, "With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jawbone of an ass have I slain a thousand men."
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
And he said: With the jawbone of an ass, with the jaw of the colt of asses I have destroyed them, and have slain a thousand men.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jawbone of an ass have I smitten a thousand men.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
And Samson said, “With the jawbone of a donkey, heaps upon heaps, with the jawbone of a donkey have I struck down a thousand men.”
God's Word   
Then Samson said, "With a jawbone from a donkey, I've made two piles of them. With a jawbone from a donkey, I've killed a thousand men."
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
Then Samson said: With the jawbone of a donkey I have piled them in a heap. With the jawbone of a donkey I have killed 1,000 men.
International Standard Version   
Then Samson declared, "With a jawbone from the donkey— here a heap, there a pair of heaps— with the jawbone of the donkey I've killed 1,000 men."
NET Bible   
Samson then said, "With the jawbone of a donkey I have left them in heaps; with the jawbone of a donkey I have struck down a thousand men!"
New American Standard Bible   
Then Samson said, "With the jawbone of a donkey, Heaps upon heaps, With the jawbone of a donkey I have killed a thousand men."
New International Version   
Then Samson said, "With a donkey's jawbone I have made donkeys of them. With a donkey's jawbone I have killed a thousand men."
New Living Translation   
Then Samson said, "With the jawbone of a donkey, I've piled them in heaps! With the jawbone of a donkey, I've killed a thousand men!"
Webster's Bible Translation   
And Samson said, With the jaw-bone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.
The World English Bible   
Samson said, "With the jawbone of a donkey, heaps on heaps; with the jawbone of a donkey I have struck a thousand men."
EasyEnglish Bible   
Then Samson sang this song: ‘I have used a donkey's skull to kill 1,000 men. I have made them like many heaps of dead donkeys!’
Young‘s Literal Translation   
And Samson saith, `With a jaw-bone of the ass -- an ass upon asses -- with a jaw-bone of the ass I have smitten a thousand men.'
New Life Version   
Then Samson said, “With the bone of a donkey there are bodies upon bodies. With the bone of a donkey I have killed 1,000 men.”
The Voice Bible   
Samson (singing): With the jawbone of a donkey, I have piled them high. With the jawbone of a donkey, I have killed 1,000 men.
Living Bible   
Tossing away the jawbone, he remarked, “Heaps upon heaps, All with a donkey’s jaw! I’ve killed a thousand men, All with a donkey’s jaw!” (The place has been called “Jawbone Hill” ever since.)
New Catholic Bible   
Samson said, “With the jawbone of a donkey, I have piled them up; with the jawbone of a donkey, I have killed a thousand men.”
Legacy Standard Bible   
Then Samson said, “With the jawbone of a donkey, Heaps upon heaps, With the jawbone of a donkey I have struck down 1,000 men.”
Jubilee Bible 2000   
Then Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, one heap, two heaps; with the jaw of an ass I have slain a thousand men.
Christian Standard Bible   
Then Samson said: With the jawbone of a donkey I have piled them in heaps. With the jawbone of a donkey I have killed a thousand men.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
And Samson said, With the jawbone of a donkey, heaps upon heaps, with the jawbone of a donkey I have slain 1,000 men!
New Century Version   
Then Samson said, “With a donkey’s jawbone I made donkeys out of them. With a donkey’s jawbone I killed a thousand men!”
The Message   
As he approached Lehi, the Philistines came to meet him, shouting in triumph. And then the Spirit of God came on him with great power. The ropes on his arms fell apart like flax on fire; the strips of leather slipped off his hands. He spotted a fresh donkey jawbone, reached down and grabbed it, and with it killed the whole company. And Samson said, With a donkey’s jawbone I made heaps of donkeys of them. With a donkey’s jawbone I killed an entire company.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
Samson said: With the jawbone of a donkey, heaps upon heaps! With the jawbone of a donkey I have struck down a thousand men.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
And Samson said, “With the jawbone of a donkey, heaps upon heaps, with the jawbone of a donkey I have slain a thousand men.”
Good News Translation®   
So Samson sang, “With the jawbone of a donkey I killed a thousand men; With the jawbone of a donkey I piled them up in piles.”
Wycliffe Bible   
and he said, With the cheek[bone] of an ass, that is, with the nether cheek[bone] of a colt of she-asses, I have done away Philistines, and I have killed therewith a thousand men. (and he said, With the jawbone of a donkey, that is, with the lower jawbone of the colt of a female donkey, I have done away the Philistines, and I have killed a thousand men with it.)
Contemporary English Version   
After the fighting was over, he made up this poem about what he had done to the Philistines: I used a donkey's jawbone to kill a thousand men; I beat them with this jawbone over and over again.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
And Samson said, “With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jawbone of an ass have I slain a thousand men.”
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
And Samson said, “With the jawbone of a donkey, heaps upon heaps, with the jawbone of a donkey I have slain a thousand men.”
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
And Samson said, ‘With the jawbone of a donkey, heaps upon heaps, with the jawbone of a donkey I have slain a thousand men.’
Common English Bible © 2011   
Samson said, “With a donkey’s jawbone, stacks on stacks! With a donkey’s jawbone, I’ve killed one thousand men.”
Amplified Bible © 2015   
Then Samson said, “With the jawbone of a donkey, Heaps upon heaps, With the jawbone of a donkey I have struck down a thousand men.”
English Standard Version Anglicised   
And Samson said, “With the jawbone of a donkey, heaps upon heaps, with the jawbone of a donkey have I struck down a thousand men.”
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Then Samson said, “With the jawbone of an ass I have piled them in a heap; With the jawbone of an ass I have slain a thousand men.”
New American Standard Bible   
And Samson said, “With the jawbone of a donkey, Heaps upon heaps, With the jawbone of a donkey I have killed a thousand men.”
The Expanded Bible   
Then Samson said, “With a donkey’s jawbone I ·made donkeys out of them [or have piled them in heaps]. With a donkey’s jawbone I ·killed [L struck down] a thousand men!”
Tree of Life Version   
Then Samson said, “With the jawbone of a donkey, a heap . . . two heaps, with the jawbone of a donkey I struck down a thousand men.”
Revised Standard Version   
And Samson said, “With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jawbone of an ass have I slain a thousand men.”
New International Reader's Version   
Then Samson said, “By using a donkey’s jawbone I’ve made them look like donkeys. By using a donkey’s jawbone I’ve struck down 1,000 men.”
BRG Bible   
And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.
Complete Jewish Bible   
Shimshon said, “With the jawbone of a donkey I left heaps piled on heaps! With the jawbone of a donkey I killed a thousand men!”
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
And Samson said, ‘With the jawbone of a donkey, heaps upon heaps, with the jawbone of a donkey I have slain a thousand men.’
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
And Shimshon said, With the lechi (jawbone) of a chamor heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of a chamor have I slain a thousand men.
Names of God Bible   
Then Samson said, “With a jawbone from a donkey, I’ve made two piles of them. With a jawbone from a donkey, I’ve killed a thousand men.”
Modern English Version   
Samson said, “With a jawbone of a donkey, heaps upon heaps. With a jawbone of a donkey I have slain a thousand men.”
Easy-to-Read Version   
Then Samson said, “With a donkey’s jawbone, I killed 1000 men! With a donkey’s jawbone, I piled them into a tall pile.”
International Children’s Bible   
Then Samson said, “With a donkey’s jawbone I have made donkeys out of them. With a donkey’s jawbone I have killed 1,000 men!”
Lexham English Bible   
And Samson said, “With the jawbone of the donkey, heap upon heap; with the jawbone of the donkey, I struck dead one thousand men.”
New International Version - UK   
Then Samson said, ‘With a donkey’s jawbone I have made donkeys of them. With a donkey’s jawbone I have killed a thousand men.’