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Selected Verse: Judges 15:2 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jud 15:2 |
Strong Concordance |
And her father [01] said [0559], I verily [0559] thought [0559] that thou hadst utterly [08130] hated [08130] her; therefore I gave [05414] her to thy companion [04828]: is not her younger [06996] sister [0269] fairer [02896] than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her--This allegation was a mere sham, a flimsy pretext to excuse his refusal of admittance. The proposal he made of a marriage with her younger sister was but an insult to Samson, and one which it was unlawful for an Israelite to accept (Lev 18:18). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| I gave her - In marriage. Samson had probably not heard of this before. Samson's father had paid the dowry for the older sister; her father therefore offers her sister in her room. The fear of Samson probably also influenced him. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Hated her - Because thou didst desert her: but this was no sufficient cause; for he should have endeavored a reconciliation, and not have disposed of another man's wife without his consent. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Thou hadst utterly hated her - As he was conscious she had given him great cause so to do.
Her younger sister - The father appears to have been perfectly sincere in this offer. |
18 Neither shalt thou take [03947] a wife [0802] to her sister [0269], to vex [06887] her, to uncover [01540] her nakedness [06172], beside the other in her life [02416] time.