Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “I was so sure you hated her,” he said, “that I gave her to your companion. Isn’t her younger sister more attractive? Take her instead.” New Living Translation “I truly thought you must hate her,” her father explained, “so I gave her in marriage to your best man. But look, her younger sister is even more beautiful than she is. Marry her instead.” English Standard Version And her father said, “I really thought that you utterly hated her, so I gave her to your companion. Is not her younger sister more beautiful than she? Please take her instead.” Berean Standard Bible “I was sure that you thoroughly hated her,” said her father, “so I gave her to one of the men who accompanied you. Is not her younger sister more beautiful than she? Please take her instead.” King James Bible And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her. New King James Version Her father said, “I really thought that you thoroughly hated her; therefore I gave her to your companion. Is not her younger sister better than she? Please, take her instead.” New American Standard Bible Her father said, “I really thought that you hated her intensely; so I gave her to your companion. Is her younger sister not more beautiful than she? Please let her be yours instead.” NASB 1995 Her father said, “I really thought that you hated her intensely; so I gave her to your companion. Is not her younger sister more beautiful than she? Please let her be yours instead.” NASB 1977 And her father said, “I really thought that you hated her intensely; so I gave her to your companion. Is not her younger sister more beautiful than she? Please let her be yours instead.” Legacy Standard Bible And her father said, “I really thought that you hated her intensely; so I gave her to your companion. Is not her younger sister better than she? Please let her be yours instead.” Amplified Bible Her father said, “I really thought you utterly hated her; so I gave her to your companion. Is her younger sister not more beautiful than she? Please take her [as your wife] instead.” Christian Standard Bible “I was sure you hated her,” her father said, “so I gave her to one of the men who accompanied you. Isn’t her younger sister more beautiful than she is? Why not take her instead? ” Holman Christian Standard Bible I was sure you hated her,” her father said, “so I gave her to one of the men who accompanied you. Isn’t her younger sister more beautiful than she is? Why not take her instead?” American Standard Version And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And her father said: I had thought that you hated her, and I gave her to your Groomsman. Behold, her younger sister who is better than she will be yours in her place” Brenton Septuagint Translation And her father spoke, saying, I said that thou didst surely hate her, and I gave her to one of thy friends: is not her younger sister better than she? let her be to thee instead of her. Contemporary English Version "When you left the way you did, I thought you were divorcing her. So I arranged for her to marry one of the young men who were at your party. But my younger daughter is even prettier, and you can have her as your wife." Douay-Rheims Bible I thought thou hadst hated her, and therefore I gave her to thy friend: but she hath a sister, who is younger and fairer than she, take her to wife instead of her. English Revised Version And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her. GOD'S WORD® Translation Her father said, "I thought you hated her. So I gave her to your best man. Isn't her younger sister better looking? Marry her instead!" Good News Translation He told Samson, "I really thought that you hated her, so I gave her to your friend. But her younger sister is prettier, anyway. You can have her, instead." International Standard Version Her father said, "Because I honestly thought that you hated her deeply, I gave her in marriage to your best man. Isn't her younger sister better than she? Please then, let her be yours instead." JPS Tanakh 1917 And her father said: 'I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion; is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.' Literal Standard Version and her father says, “I certainly said that you surely hated her, and I give her to your companion; is her younger sister not better than she? Please let her be to you instead of her.” Majority Standard Bible “I was sure that you thoroughly hated her,” said her father, “so I gave her to one of the men who accompanied you. Is not her younger sister more beautiful than she? Please take her instead.” New American Bible He said, “I thought you hated her, so I gave her to your best man. Her younger sister is better; you may have her instead.” NET Bible Her father said, "I really thought you absolutely despised her, so I gave her to your best man. Her younger sister is more attractive than she is. Take her instead!" New Revised Standard Version Her father said, “I was sure that you had rejected her; so I gave her to your companion. Is not her younger sister prettier than she? Why not take her instead?” New Heart English Bible Her father said, "I most certainly thought that you had utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to your companion. Isn't her younger sister more beautiful than she is? Please take her, instead." Webster's Bible Translation And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her. World English Bible Her father said, “I most certainly thought that you utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to your companion. Isn’t her younger sister more beautiful than she? Please, take her instead.” Young's Literal Translation and her father saith, I certainly said, that thou didst certainly hate her, and I give her to thy companion; is not her sister -- the young one -- better than she? Let her be, I pray thee, to thee, instead of her.' Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Samson's Revenge1Later on, at the time of the wheat harvest, Samson took a young goat and went to visit his wife. “I want to go to my wife in her room,” he said. But her father would not let him enter. 2“I was sure that you thoroughly hated her,” said her father, “so I gave her to one of the men who accompanied you. Is not her younger sister more beautiful than she? Please take her instead.” 3Samson said to them, “This time I will be blameless in doing harm to the Philistines.”… Cross References Judges 14:20 and his wife was given to one of the men who had accompanied him. Judges 15:3 Samson said to them, "This time I will be blameless in doing harm to the Philistines." Treasury of Scripture And her father said, I truly thought that you had utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to your companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray you, instead of her. I verily Judges 14:16,20 And Samson's wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hast not told it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee? … Acts 26:9 I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. gave Judges 14:20 But Samson's wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend. Genesis 38:14 And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife. take her. Jump to Previous Beautiful Companion Hadst Hate Hated Her Instead Intensely Please Really Seemed Sister Sure Thoroughly Thought Utterly Verily Young YoungerJump to Next Beautiful Companion Hadst Hate Hated Her Instead Intensely Please Really Seemed Sister Sure Thoroughly Thought Utterly Verily Young YoungerJudges 15 1. Samson is denied his wife3. He burns the Philistines' corn with foxes and firebrands 6. His wife and her father are burnt by the Philistines 8. Samson smites them hip and thigh 9. He is bound by the men of Judah, and delivered to the Philistines 14. He kills them with a jawbone 18. God makes the fountain En-hakkore for him in Lehi (2) Verily thought . . . utterly hated.--In the emphatic simplicity of the Hebrew style it is, Saying I said that hating, thou hatest her. As Samson had left his wife in anger immediately after the wedding feast, the father might have reasonably supposed that he meant finally to desert her. I gave her.--This must mean I have betrothed her, for otherwise she would not have still been living in her father's house. But if the father had been an honourable man he could not under these circumstances have done less than restore the dowry which Manoah had given for her. To thy companion.--See on Judges 14:20. Her younger sister.--The father sought in this way to repair the wrong he had inflicted, and to offer some equivalent for the dower which he had wrongly appropriated. Verse 2. - Is not her younger sister, etc. Samson's father-in-law might well have thought that Samson had forsaken his wife, and would never forgive her treachery. Possibly too he was a covetous man, and glad to get a second dower. Anyhow, his answer was conciliatory; but Samson was not in a mood to accept excuses, or be softened by conciliation.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew “I was sureוַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say you thoroughly hated her,” שָׂנֹ֣א (śā·nō) Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute Strong's 8130: To hate said אָמַ֙רְתִּי֙ (’ā·mar·tî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 559: To utter, say her father, אָבִ֗יהָ (’ā·ḇî·hā) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular Strong's 1: Father “so I gave וָאֶתְּנֶ֖נָּה (wā·’et·tə·nen·nāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | third person feminine singular Strong's 5414: To give, put, set her to one of the men who accompanied you. לְמֵרֵעֶ֑ךָ (lə·mê·rê·‘e·ḵā) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 4828: Friend, companion Is not הֲלֹ֨א (hă·lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no her younger הַקְּטַנָּה֙ (haq·qə·ṭan·nāh) Article | Adjective - feminine singular Strong's 6996: Small, young, unimportant sister אֲחֹתָ֤הּ (’ă·ḥō·ṯāh) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular Strong's 269: Sister -- a sister more beautiful טוֹבָ֣ה (ṭō·w·ḇāh) Adjective - feminine singular Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good than she? מִמֶּ֔נָּה (mim·men·nāh) Preposition | third person feminine singular Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of Please נָ֥א (nā) Interjection Strong's 4994: I pray', 'now', 'then' take תְּהִי־ (tə·hî-) Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person feminine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be her instead.” תַּחְתֶּֽיהָ׃ (taḥ·te·hā) Preposition | third person feminine singular Strong's 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of Links Judges 15:2 NIVJudges 15:2 NLT Judges 15:2 ESV Judges 15:2 NASB Judges 15:2 KJV Judges 15:2 BibleApps.com Judges 15:2 Biblia Paralela Judges 15:2 Chinese Bible Judges 15:2 French Bible Judges 15:2 Catholic Bible OT History: Judges 15:2 Her father said I most certainly thought (Jd Judg. 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