Judges Chapter 14 verse 20 Holy Bible
But Samson's wife was `given' to his companion, whom he had used as his friend.
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But Samson's wife was given to the friend who had been his best man.
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And Samson's wife was given to his companion, who had been his best man.
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But Samson's wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend.
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But Samson's wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend.
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But Samson's wife was [given] to his companion, whom he had used as his friend.
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and Samson's wife becometh his companion's, who `is' his friend.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 20. - His companion - no doubt his "best man," the "friend of the bridegroom." The parents of the Thimnathite, having no doubt obtained Samson's dower, and supposing him to have finally broken with his treacherous wife, proceeded to give her in marriage to the Philistine young man who had been Samson's friend - perhaps the man to whom she had told the riddle. The sad end of this unhappy alliance fully justified the opposition of Samson's parents to it in ver. 3.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(20) To his companion, whom he had used as his friend--i.e., to the chief of the paranyraphs (the bride-conductor, LXX.); "the friend of the bride-groom" (John 3:29). Hence, even if the suspicion as to the meaning of Samson's words in Judges 14:18 be unfounded, it is clear that there was treachery and secret hostility at work. Bunsen renders the phrase, "to his companion, whose friend (amica) she was."
