Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
Samson went down to Gaza; there he saw a prostitute and {had sex with 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.
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.
The Emphasized Bible
Then went Samson unto Gaza, - and saw there an unchaste woman, and went in unto 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 Samson went down to Gaza; there he saw a prostitute and {had sex with her}. 2 The Gazites [were told], "Samson has come here," so they surrounded [the place] and lay in ambush for him all night at the city gate. They kept silent all night, saying, "[We will wait] until the morning light, and then we will kill him."
Cross References
Joshua 15:47
Ashdod, its towns and villages; Gaza, its towns and villages, up to the wadi of Egypt and the Great Sea and its coast.
Genesis 10:19
And the territory of the Canaanites [was] from Sidon {in the direction of} Gerar as far as Gaza, and {in the direction of} Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
Genesis 38:16-18
And he turned aside to her at the roadside and said, "Please come, let me come in to you," for he did not know that she [was] his daughter-in-law. And she said, "What will you give to me that you may come in to me?"
Ezra 9:1-2
After finishing these things the officials approached me saying, "The people of Israel, the priests, and the Levites have not separated from the people of the lands with their detestable things, and from the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.