1One day Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute. He went in to spend the night with her.


In Context

1 One day Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute. He went in to spend the night with her.

2 The people of Gaza were told, "Samson is here!" So they surrounded the place and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate. They made no move during the night, saying, "At dawn we'll kill him."

3 But Samson lay there only until the middle of the night. Then he got up and took hold of the doors of the city gate, together with the two posts, and tore them loose, bar and all. He lifted them to his shoulders and carried them to the top of the hill that faces Hebron.

Judges 16:1 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:1Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:1He went also into Gaza, and saw there a woman a harlot, and went in unto her.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:1And Samson went to Gaza, and saw there a harlot, and went in unto her.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:1Samson went to Gaza, and there he saw a harlot, and he went in to her.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:1And Samson went to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:1Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there a harlot, and went in to her.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:1Samson went to Gaza, and saw there a prostitute, and went in to her.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:1And Samson goeth to Gaza, and seeth there a woman, a harlot, and goeth in unto her;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:1Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in to her.