20And Samson's wife was given to the friend who had attended him at his wedding.


In Context

17 She cried the whole seven days of the feast. So on the seventh day he finally told her, because she continued to press him. She in turn explained the riddle to her people.

18 Before sunset on the seventh day the men of the town said to him, "What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?" Samson said to them, "If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have solved my riddle."

19 Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon him in power. He went down to Ashkelon, struck down thirty of their men, stripped them of their belongings and gave their clothes to those who had explained the riddle. Burning with anger, he went up to his father's house.

20 And Samson's wife was given to the friend who had attended him at his wedding.

Judges 14:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:20But Samson’s wife was [given] to his companion, whom he had used as his friend.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:20But his wife took one of his friends and bridal companions for her husband.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:20But Samson's wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:20And Samson's wife was given to his companion, who had been his best man.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:20But Samson's wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:20But Samson's wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:20But Samson's wife was [given] to his companion, whom he had used as his friend.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

14:20and Samson's wife becometh his companion's, who is his friend.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:20But Samson's wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend.