Judges 15:8He struck them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and lived in the cleft of the rock of Etam.
The setting
Battlefield near Lehi, Israel, ~1100 BC. Bodies scattered across the hillside. Samson, covered in blood, suddenly realizes what he's done and flees to a cave...
The emotion here: horrified narrator describing uncontrolled violence
The original word
shoq (שוק) — hip/thigh, but idiom means 'completely, thoroughly destroyed'
Why it matters
The phrase 'hip and thigh' was ancient military terminology for total victory
Read with care
What most readers miss in Judges 15:8
Samson immediately isolates himself after the massacre - showing he knew he'd gone too far
Common misconceptionPeople think this shows God approving of Samson's violence, but the immediate hiding shows even Samson knew this was wrong.
The thread continues
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Bible Genome reading
Judges 15:8 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
Judges 15:8 comes from the book of Judges, written during the judges period. These words are attributed to Narrator. The dominant emotion in this verse is angry, with a comfort power of 10% and a tone that is urgent. It belongs to the narrative genre of biblical literature. Key themes include violence, retreat. Notable phrases: hip and thigh; great slaughter; cleft of the rock.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same angry
“Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, 'I am strong.'”
— Joel 3:10
“You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!”
— Matthew 23:24
“Listen to this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who tell their husba…”
— Amos 4:1
“I hate, I despise your feasts, and I can't stand your solemn assemblies.”
— Amos 5:21
“Your eyes shall not pity; life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.”
— Deuteronomy 19:21
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