Verse 4
Judges 14:4
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
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Now his parents knew not that the thing was done by the Lord, and that he sought an occasion against the Philistines: for at that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/אָבִ֨י/ו וְ/אִמּ֜/וֹ לֹ֣א יָדְע֗וּ כִּ֤י מֵ/יְהוָה֙ הִ֔יא כִּי תֹאֲנָ֥ה הֽוּא מְבַקֵּ֖שׁ מִ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים וּ/בָ/עֵ֣ת הַ/הִ֔יא פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים מֹשְׁלִ֥ים בְּ/יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
English Translation
And his father and his mother did not know that it was from the LORD, for he sought an occasion against the Philistines. And at that time, the Philistines were ruling over Israel.
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Chapter 14 Context
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He came up, and told his father and his mother, saying: I saw a woman in Thamnatha of the daughters...
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And his father and mother said to him: Is there no woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or amo...
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And he went down and spoke to the woman that had pleased his eyes.
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And after some days returning to take her, he went aside to see the carcass of the lion, and behold...
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But his wife took one of his friends and bridal companions for her husband.
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