KJV King James Version
And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.
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Judges 14:1
And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
One day Samson went down to Timnah, where he saw a young Philistine woman.
WEB World English Bible
Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines.
ASV American Standard Version
And Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Samson goeth down to Timnath, and seeth a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines,
Surrounding context — Judges 14
1 And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.
2 And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife.
3 Then his father and his mother said unto him, [Is there] never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said unto his father, Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well.
4 But his father and his mother knew not that it [was] of the LORD, that he sought an occasion against the Philistines: for at that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel.
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1 John 2:16For all that [is] in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.Joshua 19:43And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron,Joshua 15:10And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which [is] Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Bethshemesh, and passed on to Timnah:Psalm 119:37Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; [and] quicken thou me in thy way.Job 31:1I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?2 Samuel 11:2And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king’s house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman [was] very beautiful to look upon.Genesis 6:2That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they [were] fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.Genesis 38:12-13And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah’s wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.Genesis 34:1-2And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
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