Judges 14:11

KJV1611 – Modern English

And it happened, when they saw him, they brought thirty companions to be with him.

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  • 1 Sam 10:23 : 23 And they ran and fetched him from there: and when he stood among the people, he was taller than any of the people from his shoulders upward.
  • 1 Sam 16:6 : 6 And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD'S anointed is before him.
  • Matt 9:15 : 15 And Jesus said to them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then they shall fast.
  • John 3:29 : 29 He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice. Therefore this my joy is fulfilled.

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  • Judg 14:7-10
    4 verses
    79%

    7 And he went down and talked with the woman, and she pleased Samson well.

    8 And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion. And behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcass of the lion.

    9 And he took some in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and he gave them some, and they ate. But he did not tell them that he had taken the honey out of the carcass of the lion.

    10 So his father went down to the woman, and Samson made there a feast, for so the young men used to do.

  • Judg 14:12-17
    6 verses
    77%

    12 And Samson said to them, I will now put forth a riddle to you. If you can certainly declare it to me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty changes of garments.

    13 But if you cannot declare it to me, then you shall give me thirty sheets and thirty changes of garments. And they said to him, Put forth your riddle, so we may hear it.

    14 And he said to them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days explain the riddle.

    15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said to Samson's wife, Entice your husband to tell us the riddle, lest we burn you and your father's house with fire. Have you called us to impoverish us? Is it not so?

    16 And Samson's wife wept before him and said, You only hate me, and love me not. You have put forth a riddle to the children of my people, and have not told it to me. And he said to her, Behold, I have not told it to my father or my mother, and shall I tell you?

    17 And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted. And it came to pass on the seventh day that he told her, because she pressed him greatly. And she told the riddle to the children of her people.

  • Judg 14:19-20
    2 verses
    77%

    19 And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and killed thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave the changes of garments to those who explained the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father's house.

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

  • Judg 15:10-13
    4 verses
    74%

    10 The men of Judah said, Why have you come up against us? They answered, We have come up to bind Samson, to do to him as he has done to us.

    11 Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock Etam and said to Samson, Do you not know that the Philistines rule over us? What is this you have done to us? He said to them, As they did to me, so have I done to them.

    12 They said to him, We have come down to bind you, so we may deliver you into the hand of the Philistines. Samson said to them, Swear to me that you will not attack me yourselves.

    13 They said to him, No; but we will bind you tightly and deliver you into their hand; but surely we will not kill you. They bound him with two new ropes and brought him up from the rock.

  • Judg 16:27
    74%

    27 Now the temple was full of men and women. All the lords of the Philistines were there—about three thousand men and women on the roof, watching while Samson performed.

  • Judg 15:1-4
    4 verses
    73%

    1 After a while, during the wheat harvest, Samson visited his wife with a young goat; and he said, I will go in to my wife in the chamber. But her father would not allow him to enter.

    2 Her father said, I truly thought you hated her; therefore I gave her to your companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? Take her instead, I ask you.

    3 Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be blameless toward the Philistines, though I cause them harm.

    4 Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took torches, and turned them tail to tail, and put a torch between every two tails.

  • Judg 14:1-5
    5 verses
    73%

    1 And Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines.

    2 And he came up and told his father and mother, saying, I have seen a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines. Now therefore, get her for me as a wife.

    3 Then his father and mother said to him, Is there not a woman among the daughters of your brothers or among all my people, that you go to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said to his father, Get her for me, for she pleases me well.

    4 But his father and mother did not know that it was from the LORD, that he sought an occasion against the Philistines, for at that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel.

    5 Then Samson went down with his father and mother to Timnah, and came to the vineyards of Timnah. And behold, a young lion came roaring against him.

  • 1 Sam 30:16
    71%

    16 And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.

  • Judg 16:25
    70%

    25 So it happened, when their hearts were merry, that they said, "Call for Samson, that he may perform for us." So they called for Samson from the prison, and he performed for them, and they stationed him between the pillars.

  • Judg 16:4-5
    2 verses
    70%

    4 It came to pass after this, that he loved a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.

    5 And the lords of the Philistines came to her and said, "Entice him, and find out where his great strength lies, and by what means we may overpower him, so that we may bind him and afflict him. Every one of us will give you eleven hundred pieces of silver."

  • Judg 16:31
    69%

    31 And his brothers and all his father's house came down and took him, and brought him up and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol, in the tomb of his father Manoah. He had judged Israel twenty years.

  • Judg 16:8-9
    2 verses
    69%

    8 So the lords of the Philistines brought her seven fresh cords, which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.

    9 Now men were lying in wait, staying with her in the room. And she said, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" But he broke the cords as a strand of yarn breaks when it touches fire. So the secret of his strength was not known.

  • 1 Chr 12:39
    69%

    39 They were there with David for three days, eating and drinking, for their brethren had prepared for them.

  • Judg 15:6-7
    2 verses
    69%

    6 Then the Philistines said, Who has done this? They answered, Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife and given her to his companion. The Philistines came up and burned her and her father with fire.

    7 Samson said to them, Though you have done this, yet I will be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.

  • Judg 19:21-22
    2 verses
    68%

    21 So he brought him into his house and fed the donkeys, and they washed their feet, and ate and drank.

    22 As they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, surrounded the house, and beat at the door, and spoke to the master of the house, the old man, saying, "Bring out the man who came into your house, that we may know him."

  • Judg 16:23
    68%

    23 Now the lords of the Philistines gathered to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice. And they said, "Our god has delivered Samson our enemy into our hand."

  • Judg 15:15
    68%

    15 He found a new jawbone of a donkey, reached out his hand, took it, and killed a thousand men with it.

  • 2 Sam 3:20
    68%

    20 So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And David made Abner and the men who were with him a feast.

  • 1 Sam 14:21
    68%

    21 Moreover, the Hebrews who had been with the Philistines before that time, who went up with them into the camp, also turned to be with the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan.

  • Judg 19:14
    68%

    14 So they passed on and went their way, and the sun went down upon them when they were near Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin.

  • Gen 26:30
    68%

    30 And he made them a feast, and they ate and drank.

  • Judg 16:18
    67%

    18 When Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, "Come up once more, for he has told me all his heart." So the lords of the Philistines came up to her, and brought the money in their hand.

  • 1 Sam 9:22
    67%

    22 And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the parlor, and made them sit in the chief place among those who were invited, who were about thirty people.

  • Judg 13:24
    67%

    24 And the woman bore a son and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the LORD blessed him.

  • Judg 19:3-4
    2 verses
    67%

    3 And her husband got up and went after her to speak kindly to her and bring her back, having his servant with him and a pair of donkeys. She brought him into her father's house, and when the young woman’s father saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.

    4 His father-in-law, the young woman's father, kept him, and he stayed with him three days: so they ate and drank and lodged there.

  • 1 Sam 30:21
    67%

    21 And David came to the two hundred men, who were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had also made to stay at the brook Besor: and they went out to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him: and when David came near to the people, he greeted them.