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Judges 14:11
Judges 14:11 is verse 11 of Judges chapter 14, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
And when the Philistines saw him, they selected thirty men to accompany him.
Or when the bride’s parents saw him; literally when they saw him
King James Version
And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.
World English Bible
When they saw him, they brought thirty companions to be with him.
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Judges 14:9–13 · Berean Standard Bible
9 So he scooped some honey into his hands and ate it as he went along. And when he returned to his father and mother, he gave some to them and they ate it. But he did not tell them that he had taken the honey from the lion’s carcass.
10 Then his father went to visit the woman, and Samson prepared a feast there, as was customary for the bridegroom.
11 And when the Philistines saw him, they selected thirty men to accompany him.
12 “Let me tell you a riddle,” Samson said to them. “If you can solve it for me within the seven days of the feast, I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes.
13 But if you cannot solve it, you must give me thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes.” “Tell us your riddle,” they replied. “Let us hear it.”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
1 Samuel 10:23So they ran and brought Saul, and when he stood among the people, he was a head taller than any of the others.
1 Samuel 16:6When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and said, “Surely here before the LORD is His anointed.”
Matthew 9:15Jesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while He is with them? But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.
John 3:29The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.