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Judges 14:8

After some days he returned to take her. And he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion, and behold, there was a swarm of bees in the body of the lion, and honey.

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Judges 14:8 — The New International Version (NIV)

Some time later, when he went back to marry her, he turned aside to look at the lion’s carcass, and in it he saw a swarm of bees and some honey.

Judges 14:8 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcase of the lion.

Judges 14:8 — New Living Translation (NLT)

Later, when he returned to Timnah for the wedding, he turned off the path to look at the carcass of the lion. And he found that a swarm of bees had made some honey in the carcass.

Judges 14:8 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

After some time, when he returned to get her, he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion. And behold, a swarm of bees and honey were in the carcass of the lion.

Judges 14:8 — New Century Version (NCV)

Several days later Samson went back to marry her. On his way he went over to look at the body of the dead lion and found a swarm of bees and honey in it.

Judges 14:8 — American Standard Version (ASV)

And after a while he returned to take her; and he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees in the body of the lion, and honey.

Judges 14:8 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

And he returned after a time to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion; and behold, there was a swarm of bees in the carcase of the lion, and honey;

Judges 14:8 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Later he went back to marry her. ⸤On his way⸥ he left the road to look at the lion he had killed. He saw a swarm of bees and some honey in the lion’s dead body.

Judges 14:8 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

After some time, when he returned to get her, he left the road to see the lion’s carcass, and there was a swarm of bees with honey in the carcass.

Judges 14:8 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

After a while he returned to marry her, and he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion, and there was a swarm of bees in the body of the lion, and honey.

Judges 14:8 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

And he returned after awhile to marry her, and he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion, and there was a swarm of wild honey bees in the body of the lion, and honey.

Judges 14:8 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Some time later, he was going back to get married to her. But he turned off the road to look at the lion’s dead body. Large numbers of bees and some honey were in it.

Judges 14:8 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

When he returned later to take her, he turned aside to look at the carcass of the lion; and behold, a swarm of bees and honey were in the body of the lion.


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