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Judges 14:7

And he went down, & talked with the woman which was beautifull in the eyes of Samson.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Courtship;   Lion;   Samson;   Thompson Chain Reference - Courtship;   Home;   Love;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Marriage;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Miracle;   Zorah;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Timnath;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Insects;   Judges, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Levi;   Marriage;   Philistines;   Samson;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Marriage;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Bride;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Reign of the Judges;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Lion;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Bee;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Betrothal;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then he went and spoke to the woman, because she seemed right to Samson.
Hebrew Names Version
He went down, and talked with the woman, and she pleased Shimshon well.
King James Version
And he went down, and talked with the woman; and she pleased Samson well.
Lexham English Bible
Then he went down and talked to the woman, and she pleased Samson.
English Standard Version
Then he went down and talked with the woman, and she was right in Samson's eyes.
New Century Version
Then he went down to the city and talked to the Philistine woman, and he liked her.
New English Translation
Samson continued on down to Timnah and spoke to the girl. In his opinion, she was just the right one.
Amplified Bible
So he went down and talked with the woman; and she looked pleasing to Samson.
New American Standard Bible
So he went down and talked to the woman; and she looked pleasing to Samson.
Legacy Standard Bible
Toe gaan hy af en praat met die vrou; en sy het Simson geval.
Contemporary English Version
When they got to Timnah, Samson talked to the woman, and he was sure that she was the one for him.
Complete Jewish Bible
Then he went down and talked with the woman and found he still liked her.
Darby Translation
And he went down and talked with the woman; and she pleased Samson well.
Easy-to-Read Version
So Samson went down to the city and talked to the Philistine woman. She pleased him.
George Lamsa Translation
And they went down and talked with the woman; and she pleased Samson well.
Good News Translation
Then he went and talked to the young woman, and he liked her.
Literal Translation
And he went down and talked with the woman. And she was pleasing in the eyes of Samson.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Now whan he came downe, he spake wt the woman, and she pleased Samsons eyes.
American Standard Version
And he went down, and talked with the woman, and she pleased Samson well.
Bible in Basic English
So he went down and had talk with the woman; and she was pleasing to Samson.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he went downe, & talked with the woman, whiche seemed well fauoured in the sight of Samson.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he went down, and talked with the woman; and she pleased Samson well.
King James Version (1611)
And hee went downe and talked with the woman, and she pleased Samson well.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they went down and spoke to the woman, and she was pleasing in the eyes of Sampson.
English Revised Version
And he went down, and talked with the woman; and she pleased Samson well.
Berean Standard Bible
Then Samson continued on his way down and spoke to the woman, because he wanted her.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he yede doun, and spak to the womman, that pleside hise iyen.
Young's Literal Translation
And he goeth down and speaketh to the woman, and she is right in the eyes of Samson;
Update Bible Version
And he went down, and talked with the woman, and she pleased Samson well.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he went down, and talked with the woman; and she pleased Samson well.
World English Bible
He went down, and talked with the woman, and she pleased Samson well.
New King James Version
Then he went down and talked with the woman; and she pleased Samson well.
New Living Translation
When Samson arrived in Timnah, he talked with the woman and was very pleased with her.
New Life Bible
Then Samson went down and talked to the woman. She looked good to him.
New Revised Standard
Then he went down and talked with the woman, and she pleased Samson.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So he went down, and spake unto the woman, - and she was pleasant in the eyes of Samson.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he went down, and spoke to the woman that had pleased his eyes.
Revised Standard Version
Then he went down and talked with the woman; and she pleased Samson well.
THE MESSAGE
Then he went on down and spoke to the woman. In Samson's eyes, she was the one.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So he went down and talked to the woman; and she looked good to Samson.

Contextual Overview

1 Nowe Samson went downe to Timnath, and saw a woma in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistims, 2 And he came vp and told his father and his mother and saide, I haue seene a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistims: now therfore giue me her to wife. 3 Then his father and his mother sayde vnto him, Is there neuer a wife among the daughters of thy brethren, and among all my people, that thou must go to take a wife of the vncircumcised Philistims? And Samson sayd vnto his father, Giue mee her, for she pleaseth me wel. 4 But his father and his mother knewe not that it came of the Lorde, that he should seeke an occasion against the Philistims: for at that time the Philistims reigned ouer Israel. 5 Then went Samson and his father and his mother downe to Timnath, and came to ye vineyardes at Timnath: and beholde, a young Lyon roared vpon him. 6 And the Spirit of the Lorde came vpon him, and he tare him, as one should haue rent a kid, and had nothing in his hand, neither told he his father nor his mother what he had done. 7 And he went down, & talked with the woman which was beautifull in the eyes of Samson. 8 And within a fewe dayes, when he returned to receiue her, he went aside to see the karkeis of the Lion: and behold, there was a swarme of bees, and hony in the body of the Lyon. 9 And he tooke therof in his handes, and went eating, and came to his father and to his mother, and gaue vnto them, and they did eate: but hee told not them, that he had taken the hony out of the body of the lyon.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Cross-References

Genesis 14:1
And in the dayes of Amraphel King of Shinar, Arioch King of Ellasar, Chedor-laomer King of Elam, and Tidal king of the nations:
Genesis 14:8
Then went out the King of Sodom, and the King of Gomorah, and the King of Admah, and the King of Zeboiim, and the King of Bela, which is Zoar: and they ioyned battell with them in the vale of Siddim:
Genesis 14:12
They tooke Lot also Abrams brothers sonne and his substance (for he dwelt at Sodom) and departed.
Genesis 14:16
And he recouered all the substance, and also brought againe his brother Lot, & his goods, and the women also and the people.
Genesis 16:14
Wherefore the well was called, Beerlahai-roi. lo, it is betweene Kadesh and Bered.
Genesis 20:1
Afterward Abraham departed thence toward the South countrey and dwelled betweene Cadesh and Shur, and soiourned in Gerar.
Genesis 36:12
And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esaus sonne, and bare vnto Eliphaz, Amalek: these be the sonnes of Adah Esaus wife.
Genesis 36:16
Duke Korah, Duke Gatam, Duke Amalek: these are the Dukes that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom: these were the sonnes of Adah.
Numbers 13:26
And they went and came to Moses and to Aaron and vnto al the Congregation of the children of Israel, in the wildernesse of Paran, to Kadesh, and brought to the, and to all the Congregation tydings, and shewed them the fruite of the lande.
Numbers 14:43
For the Amalekites & the Canaanites are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sworde: for in as much as ye are turned away from the Lord, the Lord also will not be with you.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he went down, and talked with the woman,.... Entered into a conversation with her, that he might the better judge of her other qualifications, besides that of outward form and beauty, whether she would be a suitable yoke fellow for him; and he talked with her about marriage, and proposed it to her, or talked about her to her father and near relations; and, as the Targum expresses it, asked the woman, not only asked of her consent, but demanded her of her friends: it may refer, as Abarbinel observes, to his father, that he went down and talked with the woman and with her relations about her, concerning the affair of his son's marriage with her:

and she pleased Samson well; he liked her conversation as well as her person, and the more he conversed with her, the more agreeable she was to him, and the more desirous he was to marry her. Though some observe from hence, that she did not please the father of Samson as himself; so Abarbinel.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Judges 14:7. And talked with the woman — That is, concerning marriage; thus forming the espousals.


 
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