Judges 13:24
What does Judges 13:24 mean?
A plain-English look at Judges 13:24 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and Jehovah blessed him.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the Lord blessed him.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and Jehovah blessed him.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949So the woman gave birth to a son, and gave him the name Samson; and he became a man and the blessing of the Lord was on him.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And the woman beareth a son, and calleth his name Samson, and the youth groweth, and Jehovah doth bless him,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And she bore a son, and called his name Samson. And the child grew, and the Lord blessed him.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And the woman bore a son, and called his name Samson. And the child grew, and Jehovah blessed him.
Context
v.23But his wife said unto him, If Jehovah were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt-offering and a meal-offering at our hand, neither would he have showed us all these things, nor would at this time have told such things as these.
v.24This passage
v.25And the Spirit of Jehovah began to move him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Luke 1:80
And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his showing unto Israel.
- Luke 2:52
And Jesus advanced in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.
- Hebrews 11:32
And what shall I more say? for the time will fail me if I tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah; of David and Samuel and the prophets:
- 1 Samuel 3:19
And Samuel grew, and Jehovah was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground.