Parallel Verses

New Heart English Bible

He judged Israel in the days of the Philistines 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.

Amplified

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

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 And God split the hollow place that is at Lehi, and water came out of it. When he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: therefore its name was called En Hakore, which is in Lehi, to this day. 20 He judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.

Cross References

Judges 13:1

The children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.

Judges 16:31

Then his brothers and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the burial site of Manoah his father. He judged Israel twenty years.

Judges 13:5

For behold, you shall conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head; for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb. And he shall begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines."

Hebrews 11:32

What more shall I say? For the time would fail me if I told of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets;

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