2When he returned, he said to his father and mother, "I have seen a Philistine woman in Timnah; now get her for me as my wife."


In Context

1 Samson went down to Timnah and saw there a young Philistine woman.

2 When he returned, he said to his father and mother, "I have seen a Philistine woman in Timnah; now get her for me as my wife."

3 His father and mother replied, "Isn't there an acceptable woman among your relatives or among all our people? Must you go to the uncircumcised Philistines to get a wife?" But Samson said to his father, "Get her for me. She's the right one for me."

4 (His parents did not know that this was from the LORD , who was seeking an occasion to confront the Philistines; for at that time they were ruling over Israel.)

Judges 14:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:2And 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:2He came up, and told his father and his mother, saying: I saw a woman in Thamnatha of the daughters of the Philistines: I beseech you, take her for me to wife.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:2And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:2Then he came up, and told his father and mother, |I saw one of the daughters of the Philistines at Timnah; now get her for me as my wife.|

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:2And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:2And 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 for a wife.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:2He came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, |I have seen a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me as wife.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

14:2and cometh up and declareth to his father, and to his mother, and saith, 'A woman I have seen in Timnath, of the daughters of the Philistines; and now, take her for me for a wife.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:2And 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.