Judges 16:1,21
Judges 16:1-2 The Message (MSG)
Samson went to Gaza and saw a prostitute. He went to her. The news got around: “Samson’s here.” They gathered around in hiding, waiting all night for him at the city gate, quiet as mice, thinking, “At sunrise we’ll kill him.”
Judges 16:21-22 The Message (MSG)
The Philistines grabbed him, gouged out his eyes, and took him down to Gaza. They shackled him in irons and put him to the work of grinding in the prison. But his hair, though cut off, began to grow again.
Judges 16:1 King James Version (KJV)
Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.
Judges 16:21 King James Version (KJV)
But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.
Judges 16:1 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Now Samson went to Gaza and saw a harlot there, and went in to her.
Judges 16:21 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Then the Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza and bound him with bronze chains, and he was a grinder in the prison.
Judges 16:1 New Century Version (NCV)
One day Samson went to Gaza and saw a prostitute there. He went in to spend the night with her.
Judges 16:21 New Century Version (NCV)
Then the Philistines captured Samson and tore out his eyes. They took him down to Gaza, where they put bronze chains on him and made him grind grain in the prison.
Judges 16:1 American Standard Version (ASV)
And Samson went to Gaza, and saw there a harlot, and went in unto her.
Judges 16:21 American Standard Version (ASV)
And the Philistines laid hold on him, and put out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison-house.
Judges 16:1 New International Version (NIV)
One day Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute. He went in to spend the night with her.
Judges 16:21 New International Version (NIV)
Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes and took him down to Gaza. Binding him with bronze shackles, they set him to grinding grain in the prison.
Judges 16:1 New King James Version (NKJV)
Now Samson went to Gaza and saw a harlot there, and went in to her.
Judges 16:21 New King James Version (NKJV)
Then the Philistines took him and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza. They bound him with bronze fetters, and he became a grinder in the prison.
Judges 16:1 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Then Samson went to Gaza and saw a prostitute there, and went in to her.
Judges 16:21 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Then the Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza and bound him with [two] bronze chains; and he was forced to be a grinder [of grain into flour at the mill] in the prison.
Judges 16:1 New Living Translation (NLT)
One day Samson went to the Philistine town of Gaza and spent the night with a prostitute.
Judges 16:21 New Living Translation (NLT)
So the Philistines captured him and gouged out his eyes. They took him to Gaza, where he was bound with bronze chains and forced to grind grain in the prison.
Judges 16:1 The Passion Translation (TPT)
One day, Samson went to Gaza, a Philistine town, and slept with a prostitute there.
Judges 16:21 The Passion Translation (TPT)
So the Philistines captured him and gouged out his eyes. They took him down to Gaza, where they bound him with bronze chains and forced him to grind grain in the prison.