Parallel Verses

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.

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 God opened a hollow place in the ground there at Lehi, and water came out of it. Samson drank it and felt better. The spring was named Hakkore. It still exists there at Lehi. 20 So he judged Israel twenty years in the days of the Philistines.

Cross References

Judges 13:1

The Israelites sinned against Jehovah again. So he let the Philistines rule them for forty years.

Judges 16:31

His brothers and the rest of his family came to get his body. They took him back and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of his father Manoah. He had been Israel's judge for twenty years.

Judges 13:5

After your son is born never cut his hair. This is because from the day of his birth he will be dedicated to God as a Nazirite. He will begin the work of delivering Israel from the Philistines.

Hebrews 11:32

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

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