Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
Then went Samson unto Gaza, - and saw there an unchaste woman, and went in unto her.
New American Standard Bible
Now Samson went to
King James Version
Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.
Holman Bible
Samson went to Gaza,
International Standard Version
Sometime later, Samson went to Gaza, saw a prostitute there, and went in to have sex with her.
A Conservative Version
And Samson went to Gaza, and saw a harlot there, and went in to her.
American Standard Version
And Samson went to Gaza, and saw there a harlot, and went in unto her.
Amplified
Then Samson went to Gaza and saw a prostitute there, and went in to her.
Bible in Basic English
Now Samson went to Gaza, and there he saw a loose woman and went in to her.
Darby Translation
Samson went to Gaza, and there he saw a harlot, and he went in to her.
Julia Smith Translation
And Samson will go to Gaza, and he will see there a woman, a harlot, and he will go in to her.
King James 2000
Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there a harlot, and went in unto her.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Samson went down to Gaza; there he saw a prostitute and {had sex with her}.
Modern King James verseion
Then Samson went to Gaza. And he saw a harlot there, and went in to her.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an whore, and went in unto her.
NET Bible
Samson went to Gaza. There he saw a prostitute and went in to have sex with her.
New Heart English Bible
Samson went to Gaza, and saw a prostitute there, and went in to her.
Webster
Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there a harlot, and went in to her.
World English Bible
Samson went to Gaza, and saw there a prostitute, and went in to her.
Youngs Literal Translation
And Samson goeth to Gaza, and seeth there a woman, a harlot, and goeth in unto her;
Themes
Adultery » Instances of » Samson
Friends » False friends » Delilah was false to samson
Samson » A life of contrasts » Yet under the power of carnal appetites
Samson » Cohabits with delilah, a prostitute; her machinations with the philistines to overcome him
Verse Info
Context Readings
Samson And Delilah
1 Then went Samson unto Gaza, - and saw there an unchaste woman, and went in unto her. 2 And it was told the Gazites, saying - Samson hath come in hither. So they came round, and lay in wait for him, all the night, in the gate of the city, - but kept themselves quiet all the night, saying, Until the light of the morning, then will we slay him.
Cross References
Joshua 15:47
Ashdod, her towns and her villages. Gaza, her towns and her villages, as far as the ravine of Egypt, - and the great sea and coast.
Genesis 10:19
And it came to pass that the boundary of the Canaanite was from Zidon, as thou enterest in towards Gerar unto Gaza, - as thou enterest in towards Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboim, as far as Lasha.
Genesis 38:16-18
So he turned aside unto her. by the way, and said Grant it! I pray thee, let me come in unto thee! For he knew not that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, What wilt thou give me, if thou shouldst come in unto me?
Ezra 9:1-2
Now, when these things were ended, the rulers drew near unto me, saying, The people of Israel and the priests and the Levites have not kept themselves separate from the peoples of the lands, - in view of their abominations-even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites;