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Judges 16:1

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Samson’s Downfall

16:1Samson went to Gaza. There he saw a prostitute and went in to have sex with her.1

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  1. 1 Heb “and he went in to her.” The idiom בּוֹא אֶל (bo’ ’el, “to go to”) often has sexual connotations.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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

NIVNew International Version (2011)

One day Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute. He went in to spend the night with her.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute and went to bed with her.

NLTNew Living Translation

One day Samson went to the Philistine town of Gaza and spent the night with a prostitute.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Samson went down to Gaza; there he saw a prostitute and had sex with her.

KJV 1900King James Version

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