Judges 14:6
And the spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he rent him as one would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand; but he told not his father or his mother what he had done.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
7And he went down, and talked with the woman; and she pleased Samson well.
Cross References
Judges 3:10And the spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel; and he went out to war, and the LORD delivered Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Cushan-rishathaim.
Judges 13:25And the spirit of the LORD began to move him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
Judges 15:8And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter; and he went down and dwelt in the cleft of the rock of Etam.
Judges 16:30And Samson said: 'Let me die with the Philistines.' And he bent with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead that he slew at his death were more than they that he slew in his life.
1 Samuel 11:6And the spirit of God came mightily upon Saul when he heard those words, and his anger was kindled greatly.
1 Samuel 17:34And David said unto Saul: 'Thy servant kept his father's sheep; and when there came a lion, or a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock,
Matthew Henry on Judges 14:2-10
Samson Chooses a Philistine Wife; A Lion Slain by Samson. ( b. c. 1141.) 1 And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines. 2 And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife. 3 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… Read the whole commentary →