Verse 3
Judges 14:3
American Standard Version
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Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said unto his father, Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר ל֜/וֹ אָבִ֣י/ו וְ/אִמּ֗/וֹ הַ/אֵין֩ בִּ/בְנ֨וֹת אַחֶ֤י/ךָ וּ/בְ/כָל עַמִּ/י֙ אִשָּׁ֔ה כִּֽי אַתָּ֤ה הוֹלֵךְ֙ לָ/קַ֣חַת אִשָּׁ֔ה מִ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים הָ/עֲרֵלִ֑ים וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר שִׁמְשׁ֤וֹן אֶל אָבִי/ו֙ אוֹתָ֣/הּ קַֽח לִ֔/י כִּֽי הִ֖יא יָשְׁרָ֥ה בְ/עֵינָֽ/י
English Translation
And he said to him, “Is there not a woman among the daughters of your brothers or among all my people, that you go to take a woman from the uncircumcised Philistines?” And Samson said to his father, “Get her for me, for she is right in my eyes.”
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Chapter 14 Context
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And Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines.
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And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnah of the d...
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Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there never a woman among the daughters of thy bret...
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But his father and his mother knew not that it was of Jehovah; for he sought an occasion against the...
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Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnah, and came to the vineyards of Timnah...
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And the Spirit of Jehovah came mightily upon him, and he rent him as he would have rent a kid; and h...
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And he went down, and talked with the woman, and she pleased Samson well.
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And after a while he returned to take her; and he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion: and,...
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And he took it into his hands, and went on, eating as he went; and he came to his father and mother,...
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And his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to...
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11
And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.
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And Samson said unto them, Let me now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can declare it unto me with...
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but if ye cannot declare it unto me, then shall ye give me thirty linen garments and thirty changes...
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And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth food, And out of the strong came forth sweetness....
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And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson`s wife, Entice thy husband, that...
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And Samson`s wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put...
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And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh...
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And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter t...
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And the Spirit of Jehovah came mightily upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and smote thirty men...
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But Samson`s wife was [given] to his companion, whom he had used as his friend.
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