Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
And Samson goeth to Gaza, and seeth there a woman, a harlot, and goeth 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.
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.
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 And Samson goeth to Gaza, and seeth there a woman, a harlot, and goeth in unto her; 2 it is told to the Gazathites, saying, 'Samson hath come in hither;' and they go round and lay wait for him all the night at the gate of the city, and keep themselves silent all the night, saying, 'Till the light of the morning -- then we have slain him.'
Cross References
Joshua 15:47
Ashdod, its towns and its villages, Gaza, its towns and its villages, unto the brook of Egypt, and the great sea, and its border.
Genesis 10:19
And the border of the Canaanite is from Sidon, in thy coming towards Gerar, unto Gaza; in thy coming towards Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, unto Lasha.
Genesis 38:16-18
and he turneth aside unto her by the way, and saith, 'Come, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee,' (for he hath not known that she is his daughter-in-law); and she saith, 'What dost thou give to me, that thou mayest come in unto me?'
Ezra 9:1-2
And at the completion of these things, drawn nigh unto me have the heads, saying, 'The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not been separated from the peoples of the lands, as to their abominations, even the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite, the Ammonite, the Moabite, the Egyptian, and the Amorite,