Verse 20
Judges 14:20
Bible in Basic English
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But Samson's wife was given to the friend who had been his best man.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/תְּהִ֖י אֵ֣שֶׁת שִׁמְשׁ֑וֹן לְ/מֵ֣רֵעֵ֔/הוּ אֲשֶׁ֥ר רֵעָ֖ה לֽ/וֹ
English Translation
And she was the wife of Shimshon to his companion, who was a friend to him.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 14 Context
1
Now Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah, of the daughters of the Philistines;
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And when he came back he said to his father and mother, I have seen a woman in Timnah, of the daught...
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Then his father and mother said to him, Is there no woman among the daughters of your relations or a...
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Now his father and mother had no knowledge that this was the purpose of the Lord, who had the destru...
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Then Samson went down to Timnah (and his father and his mother,) and came to the vine-gardens of Tim...
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And the spirit of the Lord came on him with power, and, unarmed as he was, pulling the lion in two a...
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So he went down and had talk with the woman; and she was pleasing to Samson.
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Then after a time he went back to take her; and turning from the road to see the dead body of the li...
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And he took the honey in his hand, and went on, tasting it on the way; and when he came to his fathe...
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Then Samson went down to the woman, and made a feast there, as was the way among young men.
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11
And he took thirty friends, and they were with him.
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And Samson said, Now I have a hard question for you: if you are able to give me the answer before th...
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But if you are not able to give me the answer, then you will have to give me thirty linen robes and...
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14
And he said, Out of the taker of food came food, and out of the strong came the sweet. And at the en...
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So on the fourth day they said to Samson's wife, Get from your husband the answer to his question by...
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Then Samson's wife, weeping over him, said, Truly you have no love for me but only hate; you have pu...
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And all the seven days of the feast she went on weeping over him; and on the seventh day he gave her...
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Then on the seventh day, before he went into the bride's room, the men of the town said to him, What...
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19
And the spirit of the Lord came rushing on him, and he went down to Ashkelon and, attacking thirty m...
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But Samson's wife was given to the friend who had been his best man.