Judges 15:2

Judges 15:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.
• New International Version (NIV)“I was so sure you hated her,” he said, “that I gave her to your companion. Isn’t her younger sister more attractive? Take her instead.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And her father said, "I really thought that you utterly hated her, so I gave her to your companion. Is not her younger sister more beautiful than she? Please take her instead."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Her father said, “I really thought that you thoroughly hated her; therefore I gave her to your companion. Is not her younger sister better than she? Please, take her instead.”

Context of Judges 15:2

1Later, during the wheat harvest, Samson went to visit his wife. He took a young goat along for her. He said, “I’m going to sleep with my wife in her bedroom.” But her father would not let him go in. Her father said, “I thought you hated her. So I gave her to your best man. Isn’t her younger sister better looking? Marry her instead!” 3Samson said to him, “This time I won’t be guilty when I get even with the Philistines, even though I’m going to do something terrible to them.” 4So Samson caught 300 foxes. He tied them together in pairs by their tails. Then he fastened a torch between their tails.

Judges 15:2 word by word

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אָבִ֗יהָ אָמֹ֤ר אָמַ֙רְתִּי֙ כִּי־שָׂנֹ֣א שְׂנֵאתָ֔הּ וָאֶתְּנֶ֖נָּה לְמֵרֵעֶ֑ךָ הֲלֹ֨א אֲחֹתָ֤הּ הַקְּטַנָּה֙ טוֹבָ֣ה מִמֶּ֔נָּה תְּהִי־נָ֥א לְךָ֖ תַּחְתֶּֽיהָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And her fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• that thou hadst utterlyשָׂנֵאώânê' · to hateH8130
• her; therefore I gaveנָתַןnâthan · to give: give(marriage)H5414
• her to thy companionמֵרֵעַmêrêa‛ · companionH4828
• not her youngerקָטָןqâţân qâţôn · smallH6996
• sisterאָחוֹת'âchôth · sisterH269
• fairerטוֹבţôb · pleasantH2896

Cross-references for Judges 15:2

• Judges 14:16So Samson’s wife cried on his shoulder. She said, “You hate me! You don’t really love me! You gave my friends a riddle and didn’t tell me the answer.” Samson replied, “I haven’t even told my father and mother, so why should I tell you?”
• Acts 26:9“I used to think that I had to do a lot of things to oppose the one named Jesus of Nazareth.
• Judges 14:20Samson’s wife was given to his best man.
• Genesis 38:14she took off her widow’s clothes, covered her face with a veil, and disguised herself. Then she sat down at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah. (She did this because she realized that Shelah was grown up now, and she hadn’t been given to him in marriage.)

Commentaries on Judges 15:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Thou hadst utterly hated her - As he was conscious she had given him great cause so to do. Her younger sister - The father appears to have been perfectly sincere in this offer.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2I gave her - In marriage. Samson had probably not heard of this before. Samson‘s father had paid the dowry for the older sister; her father therefore offers her sister in her room. The fear of Samson probably also influenced him.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2The father might have believed his daughter was abandoned (see study note on Judges 14:20). Offering the younger sister could have been his way to fix his betrayal.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her--This allegation was a mere sham, a flimsy pretext to excuse his refusal of admittance. The proposal he made of a marriage with her younger sister was but an insult to Samson, and one which it was unlawful for an Israelite to accept (Le 18:18).Read the comment

Topics related to Judges 15:2

• Samson

In the dictionaries

• Displeasure
• Fast
• Hip
• Samson
• Visit
• Israel, History of
• Judges, Book of
• Judges, Period of
• Shephelah
• Philistines

Commentaries on Judges 15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings