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Judges 14:20

Samson

18 And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.

19 And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave change of garments unto them which expounded the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father’s house.

But Samson’s wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend.
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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
and his wife was given to one of the men who had accompanied him.
KJV
But Samson’s wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend.
WEB
But Samson’s wife was given to his companion, who had been his friend.
ASV
But Samson`s wife was [given] to his companion, whom he had used as his friend.
DARBY
And Samson's wife was [given] to his companion, whom he had made his friend.
BLB
And the wife of Samson was unto his companion who had attended to him.
ÅB
Men Samsons hustru ble gitt til den av hans brudesvenner som han hadde valgt seg til følgesvenn.
OTB
Samsons kone ble gitt til en av hans ledsagere som hadde vært med ham på gjestebudet.
B1930
Men Samsons hustru blev gitt til den av hans brudesvenner som han hadde valgt sig til følgesvenn.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Judges 15:2

    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.

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  • John 3:29

    He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.

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  • John 13:18

    I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.

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  • Micah 7:5

    Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.

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  • Psalms 55:12–13

    For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:

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  • Jeremiah 9:5

    And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.

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  • Judges 15:6

    Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered, Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire.

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  • Matthew 26:49–50

    And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, master; and kissed him.

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