Judges 14:11

King James Version

And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When the Philistines saw him, they brought thirty men to accompany him.

Hebrew Names Version
It happened, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.

Lexham English Bible
When they saw him, they took thirty companions, and they were with him.

English Standard Version
As soon as the people saw him, they brought thirty companions to be with him.

New Century Version
When the people saw him, they sent thirty friends to be with him.

New English Translation
When the Philistines saw he had no attendants, they gave him thirty groomsmen who kept him company.

Amplified Bible
When the people saw him, they brought thirty companions (wedding attendants) to be with him.

New American Standard Bible
When they saw him, they brought thirty companions to be with him.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And when they sawe him, they brought thirtie companions to be with him.

Legacy Standard Bible
En toe hulle hom sien, neem hulle dertig vriende om by hom te wees.

Contemporary English Version
When the Philistines saw what Samson was like, they told thirty of their young men to stay with him at the party.

Complete Jewish Bible
When the P'lishtim saw him, they provided thirty companions to be with him.

Darby Translation
And it came to pass when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions, and they were with him.

Easy-to-Read Version
When the Philistines saw that he was having a party, they sent 30 men to be with him.

George Lamsa Translation
And when they saw him, there came thirty men and became his groomsmen.

Good News Translation
When the Philistines saw him, they sent thirty young men to stay with him.

Literal Translation
And it happened when they saw him, they took thirty companions, and they were with him.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And whan they sawe him, they gaue him thirtie companyons to be with him.

American Standard Version
And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.

Bible in Basic English
And he took thirty friends, and they were with him.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And whe they sawe him, they brought thirtie companions to be with him.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.

King James Version (1611)
And it came to passe when they saw him, that they brought thirtie companions to be with him.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And it came to pass when they saw him, that they took thirty guests, and they were with him.

English Revised Version
And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.

Berean Standard Bible
And when the Philistines saw him, they selected thirty men to accompany him.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor whanne the citeseyns of that place hadden seyn hym, thei yauen to hym thretti felowis, whiche schulen be with hym.

Young's Literal Translation
and it cometh to pass when they see him, that they take thirty companions, and they are with him.

Update Bible Version
And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.

Webster's Bible Translation
And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.

World English Bible
It happened, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.

New King James Version
And it happened, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.

New Living Translation
When the bride's parents saw him, they selected thirty young men from the town to be his companions.

New Life Bible
When the people saw him, they brought thirty friends to be with him.

New Revised Standard
When the people saw him, they brought thirty companions to be with him.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And it came to pass, because they feared him, that they took thirty companions, who remained with him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when the citizens of that place saw him, they brought him thirty companions to be with him.

Revised Standard Version
And when the people saw him, they brought thirty companions to be with him.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
When they saw him, they brought thirty companions to be with him.

Contextual Overview

¹⁰ So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do. ¹¹ And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him. ¹² And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments: ¹³ But if ye cannot declare it me, then shall ye give me thirty sheets and thirty change of garments. And they said unto him, Put forth thy riddle, that we may hear it. ¹⁴ And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days expound the riddle. ¹⁵ And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson's wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father's house with fire: have ye called us to take that we have? is it not so? ¹⁶ And Samson's wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hast not told it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee? ¹⁷ And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she lay sore upon him: and she told the riddle to the children of her people. ¹⁸ And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion? and he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle. ¹⁹ And the Spirit of the Lord came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave change of garments unto them which expounded the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father's house.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

saw him: 1 Samuel 10:23, 1 Samuel 16:6

thirty: Matthew 9:15, John 3:29

Reciprocal: Job 41:6 - General Song of Solomon 8:13 - the companions Mark 2:19 - Can Luke 5:34 - the children

Cross-References

Genesis 12:5
And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.

Genesis 14:16
And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.

Genesis 14:21
And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.

Deuteronomy 28:31
Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them.

Deuteronomy 28:35
The Lord shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head.

Deuteronomy 28:51
And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it came to pass; when they saw him,.... That is, the Philistines, the citizens of Timnath, when they saw that he was come to consummate his marriage:

that they brought thirty companions to be with him; to be the bridegroom's men, or children of the bridechamber, as they are called, Matthew 9:15 or friends of the bridegroom, John 3:29 to keep him company during the nuptial feast: this they did according to custom, and in honour and respect unto him; though some think, and so Josephus l, that they were brought to be guards upon him, observing that he was a man of great might, strength, and courage, so that they were afraid of him, lest he should have some design upon them; but it is not certain that there was anything very visible or terrible in him, more than in another man, that showed him to be of extraordinary courage and strength, since it was but at times the Spirit of the Lord came upon him, and as yet he had done nothing to their knowledge which showed him to be such; had they indeed known of his encounter with the lion, they might have had such thoughts of him, but this they knew nothing of.

l Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 5. c. 8. sect. 6.)

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thirty companions - These were “the children of the bride-chamber” (Matthew 9:15; see Judges 14:20). From the number of them it may be inferred that Samson’s family was of some wealth and importance.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Judges 14:11. They brought thirty companions — These are called in Scripture children of the bride-chamber, and friends of the bridegroom. See the whole of this subject particularly illustrated in the observations at the end, Clarke "John 3:25".