KJV King James Version
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.
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Judges 14:2
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.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
So he returned and told his father and mother, “I have seen a daughter of the Philistines in Timnah. Now get her for me as a wife.”
WEB World English Bible
He came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, “I have seen a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me as wife.”
ASV American Standard Version
And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and cometh up and declareth to his father, and to his mother, and saith, ‘A woman I have seen in Timnath, of the daughters of the Philistines; and now, take her for me for a wife.’
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.
5 Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion roared against him.
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וַיַּ֗עַלH5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseוַיַּגֵּד֙H5046 · na.gadto tellלְאָבִ֣יוH1 · avfatherוּלְאִמּ֔וֹH517 · emmotherוַיֹּ֗אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayאִשָּׁ֛הH802 · ish.shahwomanרָאִ֥יתִיH7200 · ra.ahto see: seeבְתִמְנָ֖תָהH8553 · tim.nahTimnahמִבְּנ֣וֹתH1323 · batdaughterפְּלִשְׁתִּ֑יםH6430 · pe.lish.tiPhilistineוְעַתָּ֕הH6258 · at.tahnowקְחוּ־H3947 · la.qachto take: takeאוֹתָ֥הּH853 · et[Obj.]לִּ֖יH9030 · nimeלְאִשָּֽׁה׃H802 · ish.shahwoman
Cross-references
Genesis 34:4And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.Genesis 24:2-3And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:Genesis 21:21And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.2 Kings 14:9And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that [was] in Lebanon sent to the cedar that [was] in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that [was] in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.Genesis 38:6And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name [was] Tamar.
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