Judges 14:11

Green's Literal Translation

And it happened when they saw him, they took thirty companions, and they were with him.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When the Philistines saw him, they brought thirty men to accompany him.

Hebrew Names Version
It happened, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.

King James Version
And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.

Lexham English Bible
When they saw him, they took thirty companions, and they were with him.

English Standard Version
As soon as the people saw him, they brought thirty companions to be with him.

New Century Version
When the people saw him, they sent thirty friends to be with him.

New English Translation
When the Philistines saw he had no attendants, they gave him thirty groomsmen who kept him company.

Amplified Bible
When the people saw him, they brought thirty companions (wedding attendants) to be with him.

New American Standard Bible
When they saw him, they brought thirty companions to be with him.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And when they sawe him, they brought thirtie companions to be with him.

Legacy Standard Bible
En toe hulle hom sien, neem hulle dertig vriende om by hom te wees.

Contemporary English Version
When the Philistines saw what Samson was like, they told thirty of their young men to stay with him at the party.

Complete Jewish Bible
When the P'lishtim saw him, they provided thirty companions to be with him.

Darby Translation
And it came to pass when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions, and they were with him.

Easy-to-Read Version
When the Philistines saw that he was having a party, they sent 30 men to be with him.

George Lamsa Translation
And when they saw him, there came thirty men and became his groomsmen.

Good News Translation
When the Philistines saw him, they sent thirty young men to stay with him.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And whan they sawe him, they gaue him thirtie companyons to be with him.

American Standard Version
And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.

Bible in Basic English
And he took thirty friends, and they were with him.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And whe they sawe him, they brought thirtie companions to be with him.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.

King James Version (1611)
And it came to passe when they saw him, that they brought thirtie companions to be with him.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And it came to pass when they saw him, that they took thirty guests, and they were with him.

English Revised Version
And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.

Berean Standard Bible
And when the Philistines saw him, they selected thirty men to accompany him.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor whanne the citeseyns of that place hadden seyn hym, thei yauen to hym thretti felowis, whiche schulen be with hym.

Young's Literal Translation
and it cometh to pass when they see him, that they take thirty companions, and they are with him.

Update Bible Version
And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.

Webster's Bible Translation
And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.

World English Bible
It happened, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.

New King James Version
And it happened, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.

New Living Translation
When the bride's parents saw him, they selected thirty young men from the town to be his companions.

New Life Bible
When the people saw him, they brought thirty friends to be with him.

New Revised Standard
When the people saw him, they brought thirty companions to be with him.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And it came to pass, because they feared him, that they took thirty companions, who remained with him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when the citizens of that place saw him, they brought him thirty companions to be with him.

Revised Standard Version
And when the people saw him, they brought thirty companions to be with him.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
When they saw him, they brought thirty companions to be with him.

Contextual Overview

¹⁰ And his father went down to the woman, and Samson made a feast there, for so the young men usually did. ¹¹ And it happened when they saw him, they took thirty companions, and they were with him. ¹² And Samson said to them, Please let me riddle a riddle to you. If declaring you declare it to me in the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I shall give you thirty linen blouses and thirty changes of garments. ¹³ And if you are not able to tell me, then you shall give me thirty linen blouses and thirty changes of garments. And they said to him, Riddle your riddle, and we shall hear it. ¹⁴ And he said to them, Out of the eater came forth food, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they were not able to declare the riddle in three days. ¹⁵ And it happened on the seventh day, they said to Samson's wife, Entice your husband, that he may declare to us the riddle, lest we burn you and your father's house with fire. Have you called for us to make us poor? Is it not so? ¹⁶ And Samson's wife wept before him, and said, You only hate me, and do not love me . You have riddled the riddle to the sons of my people, and you have not declared it to me. And he said toher, Behold, I have not declared it tomy father and to my mother, and shall I declare it to you? ¹⁷ And she wept before him the seven days on which they feasted. And it was on the seventh day, he told her, for she distressed him. And she told the riddle to the sons of her people. ¹⁸ And the men of the city said to him on the seventh day, before the sun went in, What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion? And he said to them, Unless you had plowedwith my heifer, you would not have found ¹⁹ And the Spirit of Jehovah came upon him. And he went down to Ashkelon and struck thirty men of them, and took their plunder. And he gave the changes to those who told the riddle; and his angerglowed. And he went up to his father'shouse.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

saw him: 1 Samuel 10:23, 1 Samuel 16:6

thirty: Matthew 9:15, John 3:29

Reciprocal: Job 41:6 - General Song of Solomon 8:13 - the companions Mark 2:19 - Can Luke 5:34 - the children

Cross-References

Genesis 12:5
And Abram took his wife Sarai, and his brother's son, Lot, and all their substance that they had gained, and the persons they had gotten in Haran. And they went out to go into the land of Canaan. And they came into the land of Canaan.

Genesis 14:16
And he brought back all the goods, and also brought back his brother, and also the women and the people.

Genesis 14:21
And the king of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the persons and take the goods for yourself.

Deuteronomy 28:31
Your ox shall be slaughtered before your eyes, and you shall not eat of it. Your ass shall be violently taken away from before you, and it will not be given back. Your sheep shallbe given to your enemies, and you shall have no deliverer.

Deuteronomy 28:35
Jehovah shall strike you with an evil ulcer on the knees, and on the legs, of which you cannot be healed from the sole of your foot even to your crown.

Deuteronomy 28:51
And he shall eat the fruit of your livestock, and the fruit of your land, until you are destroyed. He shall not leave to you grain, new wine, and oil, offspring of your oxen, or young ones of your flock, until he has destroyed you.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it came to pass; when they saw him,.... That is, the Philistines, the citizens of Timnath, when they saw that he was come to consummate his marriage:

that they brought thirty companions to be with him; to be the bridegroom's men, or children of the bridechamber, as they are called, Matthew 9:15 or friends of the bridegroom, John 3:29 to keep him company during the nuptial feast: this they did according to custom, and in honour and respect unto him; though some think, and so Josephus l, that they were brought to be guards upon him, observing that he was a man of great might, strength, and courage, so that they were afraid of him, lest he should have some design upon them; but it is not certain that there was anything very visible or terrible in him, more than in another man, that showed him to be of extraordinary courage and strength, since it was but at times the Spirit of the Lord came upon him, and as yet he had done nothing to their knowledge which showed him to be such; had they indeed known of his encounter with the lion, they might have had such thoughts of him, but this they knew nothing of.

l Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 5. c. 8. sect. 6.)

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thirty companions - These were “the children of the bride-chamber” (Matthew 9:15; see Judges 14:20). From the number of them it may be inferred that Samson’s family was of some wealth and importance.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Judges 14:11. They brought thirty companions — These are called in Scripture children of the bride-chamber, and friends of the bridegroom. See the whole of this subject particularly illustrated in the observations at the end, Clarke "John 3:25".