Samson’s Marriage
Judges 14:1
In 11 translations
- BSB
- One day Samson went down to Timnah, where he saw a young Philistine woman.
- KJV
- And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.
- WEB
- Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines.
- ASV
- And Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines.
- LSV
- And Samson goes down to Timnath, and sees a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines,
- YLT
- And Samson goeth down to Timnath, and seeth a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines,
- DBY
- And Samson went down to Timnathah, and saw a woman in Timnathah of the daughters of the Philistines.
- DRC
- Then Samson went down to Thamnatlia, and seeing there a woman of the daughters of the Philistines,
- GNV
- Nowe Samson went downe to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistims,
- JPS
- And Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines.
- LXXE
- And Sampson went down to Thamnatha, and saw a woman in Thamnatha of the daughters of the Philistines.Observe, ἀλλόφυλοι here and elsewhere is rendered Philistines.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וַיֵּ֥רֶד שִׁמְשׁ֖וֹן תִּמְנָ֑תָה וַיַּ֥רְא אִשָּׁ֛ה בְּתִמְנָ֖תָה מִבְּנ֥וֹת פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ κατέβη Σαμψὼν εἰς Θαμναθὰ, καὶ εἶδε γυναῖκα ἐν Θαμναθὰ ἀπὸ τῶν θυγατέρων τῶν ἀλλοφύλων.
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Cross-references most cited first
- Joshua 19:43Elon, Timnah, Ekron,
- 1 John 2:16For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.
- Joshua 15:10The border curled westward from Baalah to Mount Seir, ran along the northern slope of Mount Jearim (that is, Chesalon), went down to Beth-shemesh, and crossed to Timnah.
- Psalms 119:37Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.
- Job 31:1“I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?
- 2 Samuel 11:2One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.
- Genesis 38:12–13After a long time Judah’s wife, the daughter of Shua, died. When Judah had finished mourning, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah. When Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is…
- Genesis 34:1–2Now Dinah, the daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the daughters of the land. When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the region, saw her, he took her and lay with her by force.
- Genesis 6:2the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.
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