Judges 15:2 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

² ‘I was sure you hated her,’ her father said, ‘so I gave her to one of the men who accompanied you. Isn’t her younger sister more beautiful than she is? Why not take her instead? ’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² And her father said, I truly thought you utterly hated her, so I gave her to your companion. Is her younger sister not fairer than she? Take her, I pray you, instead.

American Standard Version (1901)

² 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.

Common English Bible

² Her father said, “I was so sure that you had completely rejected her that I gave her in marriage to one of your companions. Don’t you think her younger sister is even better? Let her be your wife instead.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

² "I thought that you would hate her, and therefore I gave her to your friend. But she has a sister, who is younger and more beautiful than she is. And she may be a wife for you, instead of her."

Judges 15:2 Cross References

Genesis 38:14

So she took off her widow’s clothes, veiled her face,  covered herself, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah. For she saw that, though Shelah had grown up, she had not been given to him as a wife.

Acts 26:9

In fact, I myself was convinced that it was necessary to do many things in opposition to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

Judges 14:16

So Samson’s wife came to him, weeping, and said, ‘You hate me and don’t love me!  You told my people the riddle, but haven’t explained it to me.’ ‘Look,’ he said,  ‘I haven’t even explained it to my father or mother, so why should I explain it to you? ’

Judges 14:20

and his wife was given to one of the men who had accompanied him.

Judges 15:3

Samson said to them, ‘This time I will be blameless  when I harm the Philistines.’