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But his father and mother replied, “Can’t you find a young woman among your relatives or among any of our people? Must you go to the uncircumcised Philistines to get a wife?” But Samson told his father, “Get her for me, for she is pleasing to my eyes.”
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Then his father and his mother said to him, “Is there never a woman among the daughters of your brothers, or among all my people, that you go to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines?” Samson said to his father, “Get her for me; for she pleases me well.”
World English Bible (WEB)
Then his father{H1} and his mother{H517} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, Is there never{H369} a woman{H802} among the daughters{H1323} of thy brethren{H251}, or among all my people{H5971}, that thou goest{H1980}{(H8802)} to take{H3947}{(H8800)} a wife{H802} of the uncircumcised{H6189} Philistines{H6430}? And Samson{H8123} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto his father{H1}, Get{H3947}{(H8798)} her for me; for she pleaseth me well{H3474}{(H8804)}{H5869}.
Strong's King James
And his father saith to him—also his mother, ‘Is there not among the daughters of thy brethren, and among all my people, a woman, that thou art going to take a woman from the uncircumcised Philistines?’ and Samson saith unto his father, ‘Take her for me, for she is right in mine eyes.’
Young's Literal Translation
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