Judges 14:20 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁰ And Samson’s wife was given to his companion, who had been his best man.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ But Samson's wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ But Samson's wife was [given] to his companion who was his [best] friend.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ But Samson’s wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend.

Common English Bible

²⁰ And Samson’s wife married one of those who had been his companions.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ Then his wife took as a husband one of his friends and wedding companions.

Judges 14:20 Cross References

Judges 15:2

Her father said, “I was sure that you had rejected her, so I gave her to your companion. Is not her younger sister prettier than she? Why not take her instead?”

John 3:29

He who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom who stands and hears him rejoices greatly at the bridegroom’s voice. For this reason my joy has been fulfilled.

John 13:18

I am not speaking of all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But it is to fulfill the scripture, ‘The one who ate my bread has lifted his heel against me.’

Micah 7:5

Put no trust in a friend; have no confidence in a loved one; guard the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your embrace,

Jeremiah 9:5

They all deceive their neighbors, and no one speaks the truth; they have taught their tongues to speak lies; they commit iniquity and are too weary to repent.

Judges 15:6

Then the Philistines asked, “Who has done this?” And they said, “Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he has taken Samson’s wife and given her to his companion.” So the Philistines came up and burned her and her father.

Song of Solomon 5:1

I come to my garden, my sister, my bride; I gather my myrrh with my spice; I eat my honeycomb with my honey; I drink my wine with my milk. Eat, friends, drink, and be drunk with love.

1 Samuel 18:19

But at the time when Saul’s daughter Merab should have been given to David, she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as a wife.