Judges 14:11

Updated Bible 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.

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.

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.

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 And his father went down to the woman: and Samson made a feast there; for so the young men used 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 to them, Let me now put forth a riddle to you: if you can declare it to me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of raiment; ¹³ but if you can't declare it to me, then you shall give me thirty linen garments and thirty changes of raiment. And they said to him, Put forth your riddle, that we may hear it. ¹⁴ And he said to them, Out of the eater came forth food, And out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days declare the riddle. ¹⁵ And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said to Samson's wife, Entice your husband, that he may declare to us the riddle, or else we will burn you and your father's house with fire: have you called us to impoverish us? Or not? ¹⁶ And Samson's wife wept before him, and said, You only hate me, and don't love me: you have put forth a riddle to the sons of my people, and haven't told it to me. And he said to her, Look, I haven't told it to my father nor my mother, and shall I tell you? 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 pressed him intensely; and she told the riddle to the sons of her people. ¹⁸ And the men of the city said to 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 to them, If you did not plow with my heifer, You did not find out my riddle. ¹⁹ And the Spirit of Yahweh came mightily on him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and smote thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave the changes [of raiment] to those that declared the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father's house.

Bible Verse Review
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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 back his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.

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

Deuteronomy 28:31
Your ox shall be slain before your eyes, and you shall not eat thereof: your donkey shall be violently taken away from before your face, and shall not be restored to you: your sheep shall be given to your enemies, and you shall have none to save you.

Deuteronomy 28:35
Yahweh will smite you in the knees, and in the legs, with an intense boil, whereof you can't be healed, from the sole of your foot to the crown of your head.

Deuteronomy 28:51
and shall eat the fruit of your cattle, and the fruit of your ground, until you are destroyed; that also shall not leave you grain, new wine, or oil, the increase of your cattle, or the young of your flock, until they have caused you to perish.

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".