Judges 14:1

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“One day Samson went down to Timnah, where he saw a young Philistine woman.”

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BSBPD

“One day Samson went down to Timnah, where he saw a young Philistine woman.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And Samson goeth down to Timnath, and seeth a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Judges 14:1 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 6:2the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.
  2. Genesis 34:1Now Dinah, the daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the daughters of the land.
  3. Genesis 38:12After a long time Judah’s wife, the daughter of Shua, died. When Judah had finished mourning, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah.
  4. Joshua 15:10The border curled westward from Baalah to Mount Seir, ran along the northern slope of Mount Jearim (that is, Chesalon), went down to Beth-shemesh, and crossed to Timnah.
  5. Joshua 19:43Elon, Timnah, Ekron,
  6. Judges 16:1One day Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute and went in to spend the night with her.
  7. 2 Samuel 11:2One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.
  8. Job 31:1“I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?
  9. Psalms 119:37Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.
  10. 1 John 2:16For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.

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