Judges 15:2
2 “I was so sure you hated her,” he said, “that I gave her to your companion.k Isn’t her younger sister more attractive? Take her instead.”
Judges 15:2 — English Standard Version (ESV)
2 And her father said, “I really thought that you utterly hated her, so I gave her to your companion. Is not her younger sister more beautiful than she? Please take her instead.”
Judges 15:2 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
2 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.
Judges 15:2 — New Living Translation (NLT)
2 “I truly thought you must hate her,” her father explained, “so I gave her in marriage to your best man. But look, her younger sister is even more beautiful than she is. Marry her instead.”
Judges 15:2 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
2 Her father said, “I really thought that you thoroughly hated her; therefore I gave her to your companion. Is not her younger sister better than she? Please, take her instead.”
Judges 15:2 — New Century Version (NCV)
2 He said to Samson, “I thought you really hated your wife, so I gave her to your best man. Her younger sister is more beautiful. Take her instead.”
Judges 15:2 — American Standard Version (ASV)
2 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.
Judges 15:2 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
2 And her father said, I verily thought that thou didst utterly hate her; therefore I gave her to thy companion. Is not her younger sister fairer than she? Let her, I pray thee, be thine instead of her.
Judges 15:2 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
2 Her father said, “I thought you hated her. So I gave her to your best man. Isn’t her younger sister better looking? Marry her instead!”
Judges 15:2 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
2 “I was sure you hated her,” her father said, “so I gave her to one of the men who accompanied you. Isn’t her younger sister more beautiful than she is? Why not take her instead?”
Judges 15:2 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
2 Her father said, “I was sure that you had rejected her; so I gave her to your companion. Is not her younger sister prettier than she? Why not take her instead?”
Judges 15:2 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
2 Her father said, “I really thought that you hated her, so I gave her to your companion. Is not her younger sister more beautiful than she? Please, take her instead.”
Judges 15:2 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
2 Her father said, “I was sure you really hated her. So I gave her to your friend. Isn’t her younger sister more beautiful? Take her instead.”
Judges 15:2 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
2 Her father said, “I really thought that you hated her intensely; so I gave her to your companion. Is not her younger sister more beautiful than she? Please let her be yours instead.”