Judges 16:1 - Forerunner Commentary

Judges 16:1

Samson and Delilah

1 Now Samson went to ^aGaza and saw a harlot there, and went in to her.

2 When the Gazites were told, “Samson has come here!” they ^asurrounded the place and lay in wait for him all night at the gate of the city. They were quiet all night, saying, “In the morning, when it is daylight, we will kill him.”

3 And Samson lay low till midnight; then he arose at midnight, took hold of the doors of the gate of the city and the two gateposts, pulled them up, bar and all, put them on his shoulders, and carried them to the top of the hill that faces Hebron.

4 Afterward it happened that he loved a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.

5 And the ^alords of the Philistines came up to her and said to her, ^b“Entice him, and find out where his great strength lies, and by what means we may overpower him, that we may bind him to afflict him; and every one of us will give you eleven hundred pieces of silver.”

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American Standard Version
And Samson went to Gaza, and saw there a harlot, and went in unto her.

Amplified® Bible
THEN SAMSON went to Gaza and saw a harlot there, and went in to her.

Contemporary English Version
One day while Samson was in Gaza, he saw a prostitute and went to her house to spend the night.

Darby English Version
Samson went to Gaza, and there he saw a harlot, and he went in to her.

Good News Bible
One day Samson went to the Philistine city of Gaza, where he met a prostitute and went to bed with her.

King James Version
Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.

New American Standard Bible
Now Samson went to Gaza and saw a harlot there, and went in to her.

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

New King James Version
Now Samson went to Gaza and saw a harlot there, and went in to her.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Now Samson went to Gaza and saw a harlot there, and went in to her.

Revised Standard Version
Samson went to Gaza, and there he saw a harlot, and he went in to her.

Young's Literal Translation
And Samson goeth to Gaza, and seeth there a woman, a harlot, and goeth in unto her;

New English Translation
Samson went to Gaza. There he saw a prostitute and went in to have sex with her.¹

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