Judges 15:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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?”

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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."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² I thought thou hadst hated her, and therefore I gave her to thy friend. But she hath a sister, who is younger and fairer than she: take her to wife instead of her.

Judges 15:2 Cross References

Genesis 38:14

she put off her widow’s garments, put on a veil, wrapped herself up, and sat down at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah. She saw that Shelah was grown up, yet she had not been given to him in marriage.

Acts 26:9

“Indeed, I myself was convinced that I ought to do many things against the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

Judges 14:16

So Samson’s wife wept before him, saying, “You hate me; you do not really love me. You have asked a riddle of my people, but you have not explained it to me.” He said to her, “Look, I have not told my father or my mother. Why should I tell you?”

Judges 14:20

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

Judges 15:3

Samson said to them, “This time, when I do mischief to the Philistines, I will be without blame.”