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Judges 14:1

SamsonTimnah
Temptation
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.

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BSB
One day Samson went down to Timnah, where he saw a young Philistine woman.
KJV
And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.
WEB
Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines.
ASV
And Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines.
DARBY
And Samson went down to Timnathah, and saw a woman in Timnathah of the daughters of the Philistines.
BLB
And Samson went down to Timnah and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines.
ÅB
Engang gikk Samson ned til Timnata; der så han en kvinne, en av filistrenes døtre.
OTB
Samson dro ned til Timna, og der så han en ung kvinne, en av filisterne.
B1930
Engang gikk Samson ned til Timnata; der så han en kvinne, en av filistrenes døtre.

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  • Joshua 15:10

    And 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:

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  • 1 John 2:16

    For 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.

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  • Joshua 19:43

    And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron,

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  • Psalms 119:37

    Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.

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  • Job 31:1

    I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?

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  • Genesis 34:1–2

    And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.

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  • Genesis 38:12–13

    And 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.

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  • Genesis 6:2

    That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.

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