Parallel Verses

Amplified

And Samson judged Israel in the days of [occupation by] the Philistines for twenty years.

New American Standard Bible

So he judged Israel twenty years in the days of the Philistines.

King James Version

And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.

Holman Bible

And he judged Israel 20 years in the days of the Philistines.

International Standard Version

Samson governed Israel for twenty years during the Philistine domination.

A Conservative Version

And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.

American Standard Version

And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.

Bible in Basic English

And he was judge of Israel in the days of the Philistines for twenty years.

Darby Translation

And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.

Julia Smith Translation

And he will judge Israel in the days of Philisteim twenty years.

King James 2000

And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And he judged Israel in the days of [the] Philistines twenty years.

Modern King James verseion

And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And he judged Israel, in the days of the Philistines, twenty years.

NET Bible

Samson led Israel for twenty years during the days of Philistine prominence.

New Heart English Bible

He judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.

The Emphasized Bible

And he judged Israel, in the days of the Philistines, twenty years.

Webster

And he judged Israel, in the days of the Philistines, twenty years.

World English Bible

He judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.

Youngs Literal Translation

And he judgeth Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And he judged
שׁפט 
Shaphat 
Usage: 203

ישׂראל 
Yisra'el 
Usage: 2505

in the days
יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

of the Philistines
פּלשׁתּי 
P@lishtiy 
Usage: 288

עשׂרים 
`esriym 
Usage: 315

References

Context Readings

Samson Defeats The Philistines

19 So God split open the hollow place that was at Lehi, and water came out of it. When Samson drank, his spirit (strength) returned and he was revived. Therefore he named it En-hakkore (spring which is calling), which is at Lehi to this day. 20 And Samson judged Israel in the days of [occupation by] the Philistines for twenty years.


Cross References

Judges 13:1

Now Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord gave them into the hands of the Philistines for forty years.

Judges 16:31

Then his brothers and his father’s entire [tribal] household came down, took him, and brought him up; and they buried him in the tomb of Manoah his father, [which was] between Zorah and Eshtaol. So Samson had judged Israel for twenty years.

Judges 13:5

For behold, you shall conceive and give birth to a son. No razor shall come upon his head, for the boy shall be a Nazirite [dedicated] to God from birth; and he shall begin to rescue Israel from the hands of the Philistines.”

Hebrews 11:32

And what more shall I say? For time will fail me if I tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets,

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