Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

Samson went down to Timnah and saw a young Philistine woman there.

New American Standard Bible

Then Samson went down to Timnah and saw a woman in Timnah, one of the daughters of the Philistines.

King James Version

And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.

International Standard Version

A while later, Samson went down to Timnah and observed a woman in Timnah who was of Philistine origin.

A Conservative Version

And Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines.

American Standard Version

And Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines.

Amplified

Samson went down to Timnah and at Timnah he saw a woman, one of the daughters of the Philistines.

Bible in Basic English

Now Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah, of the daughters of the Philistines;

Darby Translation

Samson went down to Timnah, and at Timnah he saw one of the daughters of the Philistines.

Julia Smith Translation

And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath from the daughters of Philisteim.

King James 2000

And Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And Samson went down to Timnah, and he saw a woman in Timnah from the daughters of the Philistines.

Modern King James verseion

And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines,

NET Bible

Samson went down to Timnah, where a Philistine girl caught his eye.

New Heart English Bible

Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines.

The Emphasized Bible

And Samson went down to Timnath, - and saw a woman in Timnath, of the daughters of the Philistines.

Webster

And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.

World English Bible

Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines.

Youngs Literal Translation

And Samson goeth down to Timnath, and seeth a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And Samson
שׁמשׁון 
Shimshown 
Usage: 38

ירד 
Yarad 
Usage: 378

to Timnath
תּמנה 
Timnah 
Usage: 12

and saw
ראה 
Ra'ah 
Usage: 1308

a woman
נשׁים אשּׁה 
'ishshah 
Usage: 780

in Timnath
תּמנה 
Timnah 
Usage: 12

of the daughters
בּת 
Bath 
Usage: 587

References

Context Readings

Samson Marries

1 Samson went down to Timnah and saw a young Philistine woman there. 2 He went back and told his father and his mother: “I have seen a young Philistine woman in Timnah. Now get her for me as a wife.”


Cross References

Genesis 38:12-13

After a long time Judah’s wife, the daughter of Shua, died. When Judah had finished mourning, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went up to Timnah to the sheepshearers.

Joshua 15:10

The border turned westward from Baalah to Mount Seir, went to the northern slope of Mount Jearim (that is, Chesalon), descended to Beth-shemesh, and proceeded to Timnah.

Joshua 19:43

Elon, Timnah, Ekron,

Genesis 6:2

the sons of God saw that the daughters of mankind were beautiful, and they took any they chose as wives for themselves.

Genesis 34:1-2

Dinah, Leah’s daughter whom she bore to Jacob, went out to see some of the young women of the area.

2 Samuel 11:2

One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.

Job 31:1

I have made a covenant with my eyes.
How then could I look at a young woman?

Psalm 119:37

Turn my eyes
from looking at what is worthless;
give me life in Your ways.

1 John 2:16

For everything that belongs to the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride in one’s lifestyle—is not from the Father, but is from the world.

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