Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
When they saw him, they took thirty companions, and they were with him.
New American Standard Bible
When they saw him, they brought thirty companions to be with him.
King James Version
And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.
Holman Bible
When the Philistines saw him, they brought 30 men to accompany him.
International Standard Version
When they saw him, they brought 30 companions to accompany him.
A Conservative Version
And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.
American Standard Version
And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.
Amplified
When the people saw him, they brought thirty companions (wedding attendants) to be with him.
Bible in Basic English
And he took thirty friends, and they were with him.
Darby Translation
And when the people saw him, they brought thirty companions to be with him.
Julia Smith Translation
And it will be when they saw him, and they will take thirty companions, and they will be with him.
King James 2000
And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.
Modern King James verseion
And it happened when they saw him, they brought thirty companions to be with him.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And when her friends saw him, they brought thirty companions to bear fellowship.
NET Bible
When the Philistines saw he had no attendants, they gave him thirty groomsmen who kept him company.
New Heart English Bible
It happened, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.
The Emphasized Bible
And it came to pass, because they feared him, that they took thirty companions, who remained with him.
Webster
And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.
World English Bible
It happened, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.
Youngs Literal Translation
and it cometh to pass when they see him, that they take thirty companions, and they are with him.
Interlinear
Ra'ah
Laqach
Word Count of 20 Translations in Judges 14:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
Samson Marries
10 His father went down to the woman, and Samson prepared there a feast, as young men were accustomed to doing this. 11 When they saw him, they took thirty companions, and they were with him. 12 And Samson said to them, "Let me tell you a riddle. If you can fully explain it to me within the seven days of the feast, and find [it out], I will give to you thirty linen garments and thirty festal garments.
Cross References
1 Samuel 10:23
So they ran and took him from there, and when he took his stand among the people, he was taller than all the people from his shoulders and up.
1 Samuel 16:6
{When they came}, he saw Eliab and said, "Surely his anointed one [is] before Yahweh!"
Matthew 9:15
And Jesus said to them, "{The bridegroom's attendants} are not able to mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them. But days are coming when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.
John 3:29
The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. But the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices {greatly} because of the bridegroom's voice. So this joy of mine is complete.