Judges 15:8
And he made a great slaughter of them, so that in astonishment they laid the calf of the leg upon the thigh. And going down he dwelt in a cavern of the rock Etam.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Percussitque eos ingenti plaga, ita ut stupentes suram femori imponerent. Et descendens habitavit in spelunca petræ Etam.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ ἐπάταξεν αὐτοὺς κνήμην ἐπὶ μηρόν, πληγὴν μεγάλην· καὶ κατέβη καὶ ἐκάθισεν ἐν τρυμαλιᾷ τῆς πέτρας Ἠτάμ.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיַּ֨ךְ אוֹתָ֥ם שׁ֛וֹק עַל יָרֵ֖ךְ מַכָּ֣ה גְדוֹלָ֑ה וַיֵּ֣רֶד וַיֵּ֔שֶׁב בִּסְעִ֖יף סֶ֥לַע עֵיטָֽם
Haydock's commentary
Thigh. Striking this part is often mentioned as a mark of consternation, Jeremias xxxi. 19. (Menochius)
Hebrew, "and he smote them thigh and leg, with a great slaughter." (Haydock)
Vatable supposes this means an entire destruction. Chaldean, "he smote both horse and foot." He rendered them incapable of fleeing, or of making resistance, Nahum ii. 5. (Calmet)
Cavern. Hebrew sahiph, signifies, "the top, branch, &c. The rock might be covered with wood, (Calmet) and was situated in the confines of the tribes of Simeon, Juda, and Dan, 1 Paralipomenon iv. 32. (Menochius)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.