Category: Judges

American Standard Version (ASV):
Then the Philistines went up, and encamped in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.

King James Version (KJV):
Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.

American Standard Version (ASV):
Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they said, Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he hath taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire.

King James Version (KJV):
Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered, Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire.

American Standard Version (ASV):
And Samson said unto them, If ye do after this manner, surely I will be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.

King James Version (KJV):
And Samson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.

American Standard Version (ASV):
And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between every two tails.

King James Version (KJV):
And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails.

American Standard Version (ASV):
And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing grain of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks and the standing grain, and also the oliveyards.

King James Version (KJV):
And when he had set the brands on fire, he let [them] go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing corn, with the vineyards [and] olives.

American Standard Version (ASV):
And Samson said unto them, This time shall I be blameless in regard of the Philistines, when I do them a mischief.

King James Version (KJV):
And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure.

American Standard Version (ASV):
But it came to pass after a while, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in.

King James Version (KJV):
But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in.

American Standard Version (ASV):
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.

King James Version (KJV):
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.

American Standard Version (ASV):
And the Spirit of Jehovah came mightily upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and smote thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave the changes [of raiment] unto them that declared the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father’s house.

King James Version (KJV):
And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave change of garments unto them which expounded the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father’s house.

American Standard Version (ASV):
But Samson’s wife was [given] to his companion, whom he had used as his friend.

King James Version (KJV):
But Samson’s wife was [given] to his companion, whom he had used as his friend.