Judges 14:11

The NET Bible®

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

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.

King James Version
And it came to pass, 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.

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 Then Samson's father accompanied him to Timnah for the marriage. Samson hosted a party there, for this was customary for bridegrooms to do. ¹¹ When the Philistines saw he had no attendants, they gave him thirty groomsmen who kept him company. ¹² Samson said to them, "I will give you a riddle. If you really can solve it during the seven days the party lasts, I will give you thirty linen robes and thirty sets of clothes. ¹³ But if you cannot solve it, you will give me thirty linen robes and thirty sets of clothes." They said to him, "Let us hear your riddle." ¹⁴ He said to them, "Out of the one who eats came something to eat; out of the strong one came something sweet." They could not solve the riddle for three days. ¹⁵ On the fourth day they said to Samson's bride, "Trick your husband into giving the solution to the riddle. If you refuse, we will burn up you and your father's family. Did you invite us here to make us poor?" ¹⁶ So Samson's bride cried on his shoulder and said, "You must hate me; you do not love me! You told the young men a riddle, but you have not told me the solution." He said to her, "Look, I have not even told my father or mother. Do you really expect me to tell you?" ¹⁷ She cried on his shoulder until the party was almost over. Finally, on the seventh day, he told her because she had nagged him so much. Then she told the young men the solution to the riddle. ¹⁸ On the seventh day, before the sun set, the men of the city said to him, "What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?" He said to them, "If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have solved my riddle!" ¹⁹ The Lord 's spirit empowered him. He went down to Ashkelon and killed thirty men. He took their clothes and gave them to the men who had solved the riddle. He was furious as he went back home.

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 his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the possessions they had accumulated and the people they had acquired in Haran, and they left for the land of Canaan. They entered the land of Canaan.

Genesis 14:16
He retrieved all the stolen property. He also brought back his nephew Lot and his possessions, as well as the women and the rest of the people.

Genesis 14:21
Then the king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give me the people and take the possessions for yourself."

Deuteronomy 28:31
Your ox will be slaughtered before your very eyes but you will not eat of it. Your donkey will be stolen from you as you watch and will not be returned to you. Your flock of sheep will be given to your enemies and there will be no one to save you.

Deuteronomy 28:35
The Lord will afflict you in your knees and on your legs with painful, incurable boils—from the soles of your feet to the top of your head.

Deuteronomy 28:51
They will devour the offspring of your livestock and the produce of your soil until you are destroyed. They will not leave you with any grain, new wine, olive oil, calves of your herds, or lambs of your flocks until they have destroyed you.

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".