“And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.”
King James Version (KJV)
15:8 Hip and thigh - It seems to be a phrase, to express a desperate attack, attended with the utmost hurry and confusion: and perhaps intimates, that they all fled before him. So he smote them in the hinder parts. Rock Etam - A natural fortress, where he waited to see what steps the Philistines would take.
And he smote them hip and thigh, with a great slaughter; and hee went down and dwelt in the top of the rocke Etam.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
He struck them ruthlessly with a great slaughter; and he went down and lived in the cleft of the rock of Etam.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the cleft of the rock of Etam.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And he made an attack on them, driving them in uncontrolled flight, and causing great destruction; then he went away to his safe place in the crack of the rock at Etam.
- Basic English Bible
And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter. And he went down and dwelt in the cleft of the cliff Etam.
- Darby Bible
And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter. And he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.
- Webster's Bible
He struck them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and lived in the cleft of the rock of Etam.
- World English Bible
And he smiteth them hip and thigh -- a great smiting, and goeth down and dwelleth in the cleft of the rock Etam.
- Youngs Literal Bible
And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter; and he went down and dwelt in the cleft of the rock of Etam.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible