Judges 14:11

When they saw him, they brought thirty companions to be with him.

World English Bible Classic

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

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

12Samson said to them, “Let me tell you a riddle now. If you can tell me the answer within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothing;

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Cross References

1 Samuel 16:6When they had come, he looked at Eliab, and said, “Surely the LORD’s anointed is before him.”

Matthew 9:15Jesus said to them, “Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be 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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