So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
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4 additional translationsASV
And his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do.
WEB
Then his father went to visit the woman, and Samson prepared a feast there, as was customary for the bridegroom.
YLT
And his father goeth down unto the woman, and Samson maketh there a banquet, for so the young men do;
DBT
And his father went down to the woman, and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJudges — The post-conquest slide into cyclical apostasy. Twelve judges delivering Israel from successive oppressors, a pattern repeating seven times, and an appendix whose violence diagnoses a nation with no king.
- Author
- Anonymous; rabbinic tradition attributes to Samuel (Bava Batra 14b)
- Date
- Events c. 1375–1050 BC; compilation during the early monarchy