Judges 14:11

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

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

10And his father went down to the woman, and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do.

12And Samson said to them, Let me now propound a riddle to you; if ye clearly explain it to me within the seven days of the feast, and find [it] out, then I will give you thirty shirts, and thirty changes of garments.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 16:6And it came to pass when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely Jehovah's anointed is before him.

Matthew 9:15And Jesus said to them, Can the sons of the bridechamber mourn so long as the bridegroom is with them? But days will come when the bridegroom will have been taken away from them, and then they will fast.

Matthew Henry on Judges 14:11-20

Samson's Riddle; Slaughter of the Philistines. ( b. c. 1141.) 10 So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do. 11 And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him. 12 And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments: 13 But if ye cannot declare it… Read the whole commentary →

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