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Judges 14:3

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But his father and mother replied, “Can’t you find a young woman among your relatives or among any of our people? Must you go to the uncircumcised Philistines to get a wife?” But Samson told his father, “Get her for me, for she is pleasing to my eyes.”

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said unto his father, Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well.

KJV

Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said unto his father, Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well.

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This verse in Judges 14

Commentary

2 notes on this verse
The uncircumcised Philistines - Compare 1Sa 14:6; 1Sa 17:26; 1Sa 31:4, for a similar use of the term as one of reproach. Also Act 11:3.

This site's exposition

Is there never a woman

on Judges 14:3-4

The parents object on the ground of the uncircumcised Philistines, which is the same term of reproach Jonathan uses at 1 Samuel 14:6 and David at 1 Samuel 17:26. Samson's answer reads in the Hebrew she is right in mine eyes, and right in his own eyes is the sentence this book closes with at 17:6 and 21:25. Verse 4 says the parents knew not that it was of the Lord, and readers divide over what that covers: Matthew Henry takes the marriage rule as dispensed with where the aim was to strike the oppressor, while Albert Barnes reads God as turning misconduct he foresaw into an occasion rather than approving the match. The dominion named here is the forty years of 13:1, and 13:5 had said Samson would begin to deliver rather than finish.

The words behind it

28 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיֹּ֨אמֶרand he said

    vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

  • ל֜וֹto <the> him

    lo

  • אָבִ֣יוfather his

    ʾavivH1 →1212 times

  • וְאִמּ֗וֹand mother his

    veimoH517 →220 times

  • הַאֵין֩¿ [is] there not

    haeinH369 →789 times

  • בִּבְנ֨וֹתamong [the] daughters of

    bivnotH1323 →588 times

  • אַחֶ֤יךָbrothers your

    ʾacheikhaH251 →630 times

  • וּבְכָל־and among all

    uvekhol-H3605 →5413 times

  • עַמִּי֙people my

    ʾamiH5971 →1873 times

  • אִשָּׁ֔הa woman

    ʾishahH802 →781 times

  • כִּֽי־that

    ki-H3588 →4482 times

  • אַתָּ֤הyou

    ʾatahH859 →1094 times

  • הוֹלֵךְ֙[are] going

    holekhH1980 →1546 times

  • לָקַ֣חַתto take

    lakachatH3947 →966 times

  • אִשָּׁ֔הa wife

    ʾishahH802 →781 times

  • מִפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖יםfrom [the] Philistines

    mipelishtimH6430 →287 times

  • הָעֲרֵלִ֑ים<the> uncircumcised

    haarelimH6189 →

  • וַיֹּ֨אמֶרand he said

    vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

  • שִׁמְשׁ֤וֹןSamson

    shimshonH8123 →38 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • אָבִיו֙father his

    ʾavivH1 →1212 times

  • אוֹתָ֣הּ<obj.> her

    ʾotahH853 →10935 times

  • קַֽח־get

    kach-H3947 →966 times

  • לִ֔יfor <the> me

    li

  • כִּֽי־for

    ki-H3588 →4482 times

  • הִ֖יאshe

    hi'H1931 →1879 times

  • יָשְׁרָ֥הshe is pleasing

    yasherahH3474 →

  • בְעֵינָֽי׃in view my

    veeinaiH5869 →887 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

15 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Deuteronomy 7:2–3and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.4 worksJudges 15:18And being very thirsty, Samson cried out to the LORD, “You have accomplished this great deliverance through Your servant. Must I now die of thirst and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?”4 works1 Samuel 17:36Your servant has killed lions and bears; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God.”4 works1 Samuel 14:6Jonathan said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the outpost of these uncircumcised men. Perhaps the LORD will work on our behalf. Nothing can hinder the LORD from saving, whether by many or by few.”3 worksExodus 34:12–16Be careful not to make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land you are entering, lest they become a snare in your midst.3 works1 Samuel 17:26David asked the men who were standing with him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Just who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”3 works
The other 9 cross-references, with their words ▾
2 Samuel 1:20Tell it not in Gath; proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, and the daughters of the uncircumcised exult.3 works1 Samuel 31:4Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run it through me, or these uncircumcised men will come and run me through and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.3 worksGenesis 24:3–4and I will have you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am dwelling,2 worksGenesis 34:14“We cannot do such a thing,” they said. “To give our sister to an uncircumcised man would be a disgrace to us.2 worksGenesis 21:3–4And Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore to him.2 worksGenesis 13:8So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no contention between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen. After all, we are brothers.2 works1 Kings 9:12So Hiram went out from Tyre to inspect the towns that Solomon had given him, but he was not pleased with them.2 worksExodus 21:8If she is displeasing in the eyes of her master who had designated her for himself, he must allow her to be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, since he has broken faith with her.2 worksGenesis 21:27So Abraham brought sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelech, and the two men made a covenant.1 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    1 Samuel 14:6

    Jonathan said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the outpost of these uncircumcised men. Perhaps the LORD will work on our behalf. Nothing can hinder the LORD…

    it leads to

    • Matthew 19:26

      Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

    • Romans 8:31

      What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

    • Zechariah 4:6

      So he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the LORD of Hosts.

    • Deuteronomy 32:30

      How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?

    • 2 Chronicles 14:11

      Then Asa cried out to the LORD his God: “O LORD, there is no one besides You to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on…

  • Through

    1 Samuel 17:36

    Your servant has killed lions and bears; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God.”

    it leads to

    • 1 Samuel 17:10

      Then the Philistine said, “I defy the ranks of Israel this day! Give me a man to fight!”

  • Through

    Judges 15:18

    And being very thirsty, Samson cried out to the LORD, “You have accomplished this great deliverance through Your servant. Must I now die of thirst and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?”

    it leads to

    • Psalms 3:7–8

      Arise, O LORD! Save me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.

    • Psalms 22:14–15

      I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.

Where this verse is studied

About Judges

Samson Slays a Lion — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Samson Slays a Lion — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Judges: the study guide →Read Judges 14 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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