Parallel Verses
New Heart English Bible
Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines.
New American Standard Bible
Then Samson went down to Timnah and saw a woman in Timnah, one of the daughters of the Philistines.
King James Version
And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.
Holman Bible
Samson went down to Timnah
International Standard Version
A while later, Samson went down to Timnah and observed a woman in Timnah who was of Philistine origin.
A Conservative Version
And Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines.
American Standard Version
And Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines.
Amplified
Samson went down to Timnah and at Timnah he saw a woman, one of the daughters of the Philistines.
Bible in Basic English
Now Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah, of the daughters of the Philistines;
Darby Translation
Samson went down to Timnah, and at Timnah he saw one of the daughters of the Philistines.
Julia Smith Translation
And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath from the daughters of Philisteim.
King James 2000
And Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And Samson went down to Timnah, and he saw a woman in Timnah from the daughters of the Philistines.
Modern King James verseion
And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines,
NET Bible
Samson went down to Timnah, where a Philistine girl caught his eye.
The Emphasized Bible
And Samson went down to Timnath, - and saw a woman in Timnath, of the daughters of the Philistines.
Webster
And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.
World English Bible
Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines.
Youngs Literal Translation
And Samson goeth down to Timnath, and seeth a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines,
Themes
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Judges 14:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Samson Marries
1 Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines. 2 He came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, "I have seen a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines. Now therefore get her for me as wife."
Cross References
Genesis 38:12-13
After many days, Shua's daughter, the wife of Judah, died. Judah was comforted, and went up to his sheepshearers to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah, the Adullamite.
Joshua 15:10
and the border turned about from Baalah westward to Mount Seir, and passed along to the side of Mount Jearim on the north (that is, Chesalon), and went down to Beth Shemesh, and passed along by Timnah;
Joshua 19:43
Elon, Timnah, Ekron,
Genesis 6:2
that God's sons saw that men's daughters were beautiful, and they took for themselves wives of all that they chose.
Genesis 34:1-2
Dinah, the daughter of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
2 Samuel 11:2
It happened at evening, that David arose from off his bed, and walked on the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful to look on.
Job 31:1
"I made a covenant with my eyes, how then should I look lustfully at a young woman?
Psalm 119:37
Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Revive me in your ways.
1 John 2:16
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not the Father's, but is the world's.