Judges 16:1 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹ Samson went to Gaza, and there he saw a harlot, and he went in to her.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ THEN SAMSON went to Gaza and saw a harlot there, and went in to her.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ And Samson went to Gaza, and saw there a harlot, and went in unto her.

Common English Bible

¹ One day Samson traveled to Gaza. While there, he saw a prostitute and had sex with her.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ He also went into Gaza. And there he saw a harlot woman, and he entered to her.

Judges 16:1 Cross References

Genesis 10:19

And the territory of the Canaanites extended from Sidon, in the direction of Gerar, as far as Gaza, and in the direction of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.

Proverbs 7:8

passing along the street near her corner, taking the road to her house

Joshua 15:47

Ashdod, its towns and its villages; Gaza, its towns and its villages; to the Brook of Egypt, and the Great Sea with its coast-line.

Judges 1:18

Judah also took Gaza with its territory, and Ashkelon with its territory, and Ekron with its territory.

Judges 14:1

Samson went down to Timnah, and at Timnah he saw one of the daughters of the Philistines.

Judges 16:2

The Gazites were told, “Samson has come here,” and they surrounded the place and lay in wait for him all night at the gate of the city. They kept quiet all night, saying, “Let us wait till the light of the morning; then we will kill him.”