Judges 14:11 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

When her family saw him, they chose 30 of their friends to be with him.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

And he took thirty friends, and they were with him.

DBY:

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

ERV:

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

JPS:

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

WBS:

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

WEB:

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

YLT:

and it cometh to pass when they see him, that they take thirty companions, and they are with him.

Judges 14:11 Cross References

XREF:

Judges 14:10 Then his father went down to the woman; and Samson made a feast there, for the young men customarily did this.

Judges 14:12 Then Samson said to them, "Let me now propound a riddle to you; if you will indeed tell it to me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen wraps and thirty changes of clothes. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

14:11 And it came to pass, when {e} they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.
(e) That is, her parents or friends.

WES:

14:11 Saw him - Or, observed him, his stature, and strength, and countenance, and carriage, which were extraordinary. Brought - Partly in compliance with the custom of having bride - men; though they were not so numerous; but principally by way of caution, and as a guard put upon him under a pretence of respect and affection.

MHC:

14:10-20 Samson's riddle literally meant no more than that he had got honey, for food and for pleasure, from the lion, which in its strength and fury was ready to devour him. But the victory of Christ over Satan, by means of his humiliation, agonies, and death, and the exaltation that followed to him, with the glory thence to the Father, and spiritual advantages to his people, seem directly alluded to. And even death, that devouring monster, being robbed of his sting, and stripped of his horror, forwards the soul to the realms of bliss. In these and other senses, out of the eater comes forth meat, and out of the strong, sweetness. Samson's companions obliged his wife to get the explanation from him. A worldly wife, or a worldly friend, is to a godly man as an enemy in the camp, who will watch every opportunity to betray him. No union can be comfortable or lasting, where secrets cannot be intrusted, without danger of being divulged. Satan, in his temptations, could not do us the mischief he does, if he did not plough with the heifer of our corrupt nature. His chief advantage against us arises from his correspondence with our deceitful hearts and inbred lusts. This proved an occasion of weaning Samson from his new relations. It were well for us, if the unkindness we meet with from the world, and our disappointments in it, obliged us by faith and prayer to return to our heavenly Father's house, and to rest there. See how little confidence is to be put in man. Whatever pretence of friendship may be made, a real Philistine will soon be weary of a true Israelite.

CONC:

Companions Friends Pass Thirty

Appeared Companions Thirty

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