Verse 4
Judges 14:4
American Standard Version
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But his father and his mother knew not that it was of Jehovah; for he sought an occasion against the Philistines. Now at that time the Philistines had rule 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
1
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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12
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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14
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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