Revised Literal Translation
Judges 14:1
1And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.
Judges 14:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.
- New International Version (NIV)Samson went down to Timnah and saw there a young Philistine woman.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Samson went down to Timnah, and at Timnah he saw one of the daughters of the Philistines.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Now Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines.
Context of Judges 14:1
And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines. 2And 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. 3Then 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.
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וַיֵּ֥רֶד שִׁמְשׁ֖וֹן תִּמְנָ֑תָה וַיַּ֥רְא אִשָּׁ֛ה בְּתִמְנָ֖תָה מִבְּנ֥וֹת פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Judges 14:1
- Genesis 38:12And 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.
- 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 Beth–shemesh, and passed on to Timnah:
- Joshua 19:43And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron,
- 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 34:1And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
- 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.
- Job 31:11For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.
- Psalms 119:37Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
- 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.
Commentaries on Judges 14:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Went down to Timnath - A frontier town of the Philistines, at the beginning of the lands belonging to the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:57; but afterwards given up to Dan, Joshua 19:43. David took this place from the Philistines, but they again got possession of it in the reign of Ahaz, 2 Chronicles 28:18.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Timnath - See Joshua 15:10 and note. It was below Zorah Judges 13:2, about three miles S. W. of it.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Samson desires a wife of the Philistines. (1-4) Samson kills a lion. (5-9) Samson's riddle. (10-20) Verses 1-4 As far as Samson's marriage was a common case, it was weak and foolish of him to set his affections upon a daughter of the Philistines. Shall one, not only an Israelite, but a Nazarite, devoted to the Lord, covet to become one with a worshipper of Dagon? It does not appear that he had any reason to think her wise or virtuous, or any way likely to…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1Timnah was likely about four miles down the Sorek Valley from Mahaneh-dan, where Israelite and Philistine territories met.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-51-2. Timnath--now Tibna, about three miles from Zorah, his birthplace. saw a woman ... of the Philistines; and told his father and his mother, and said, ... get her for me to wife--In the East parents did, and do in many cases still, negotiate the marriage alliances for their sons. During their period of ascendency, the Philistine invaders had settled in the towns; and the intercourse between them and the Israelites was often of such a friendly and…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Judges 14
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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