Parallel Verses
Amplified
Then Samson went to Gaza and saw a prostitute there, and went in to 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.
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.
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 Samson went to Gaza and saw a prostitute there, and went in to her. 2 The Gazites were told, “Samson has come here.” So they surrounded the place and waited all night at the gate of the city to ambush him. They kept quiet all night, saying, “In the morning, when it is light, we will kill him.”
Cross References
Joshua 15:47
Ashdod, with its towns and its villages; Gaza, with its towns and its villages; as far as the Brook of Egypt (Wadi el-Arish) and the Great [Mediterranean] Sea with its coastline.
Genesis 10:19
The territory of the Canaanite extended from Sidon as one goes to Gerar, as far as Gaza; and as one goes to
Genesis 38:16-18
He turned to her by the road, and said, “Please come, let me lie with you”; for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, “What will you give me, that you may lie with me?”
Ezra 9:1-2
When these things were completed, the officials came to me and said, “The people of Israel and the priests and Levites have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, but have committed the repulsive acts of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.