| Judges 14:20 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | But Samson's wife was given to his companion who had been his friend. (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | Samson's wife was given to his best man.(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | But Samson's wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend. |
| ASV: | But Samson's wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend. |
| BBE: | But Samson's wife was given to the friend who had been his best man. |
| DBY: | And Samson's wife was given to his companion, who had been his best man. |
| ERV: | But Samson's wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend. |
| JPS: | But Samson's wife was given to his companion, whom he had had for his friend. |
| WBS: | But Samson's wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend. |
| WEB: | But Samson's wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend. |
| YLT: | and Samson's wife becometh his companion's, who is his friend. |
| Judges 14:20 Cross References |
| XREF: | Judges 15:2 Her father said, "I really thought that you hated her intensely; so I gave her to your companion. Is not her younger sister more beautiful than she? Please let her be yours instead." (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| WES: | 14:20 Was given - By her father. Whom he had used - That is, to the chief of the bride - men, to whom he had shewed most respect and kindness. |
| 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. |
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