Parallel JDG 15:2

---

BSB § “I was sure that you thoroughly hated her,” said her father, “so I gave her to one of the men who accompanied you. Is not her younger sister more beautiful than she? Please take her instead.”

OEB No OEB JDG book available

WEB Her father said, “I most certainly thought that you utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to your companion. Isn’t her younger sister more beautiful than she? Please, take her instead.”

NET Her father said, “I really thought you absolutely despised her, so I gave her to your best man. Her younger sister is more attractive than she is. Take her instead!”

LSV and her father says, “I certainly said that you surely hated her, and I give her to your companion; is her younger sister not better than she? Please let her be to you instead of her.”

FBV “I thought you must totally hate her, so I gave her to your best man,” he told Samson. “But her younger sister is even more attractive—why don't you marry her instead?”

T4T He said to Samson, “I really thought that you hated her. So I gave her to the man who had been your best man at the wedding, and she married him. But look, her younger sister is [RHQ] more beautiful than she is. You can marry her!”

LEB 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.”[fn]

---

BBE And her father said, It seemed to me that you had only hate for her; so I gave her to your friend: but is not her younger sister fairer than she? so please take her in place of the other.

MOF No MOF JDG book available

JPS 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.'

ASV 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.

DRA I thought thou hadst hated her, and therefore I gave her to thy friend: but she hath a sister, who is younger and fairer than she, take her to wife instead of her.

YLT and her father saith, I certainly said, that thou didst certainly hate her, and I give her to thy companion; is not her sister — the young one — better than she? Let her be, I pray thee, to thee, instead of her.'

DBY 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.

RV 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.

WBS 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.

KJB 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.[fn]
  (And her father said, I verily thought that thou/you hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy/your companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.)

---

BB And her father sayde, I thought that thou haddest hated her, & therfore gaue I her to thy companion: Is not her younger sister fayrer then she? Take her I pray thee, in steade of the other.
  (And her father said, I thought that thou/you haddest hated her, and therefore gave I her to thy/your companion: Is not her younger sister fayrer then she? Take her I pray thee, in steade of the other.)

GNV And her father sayde, I thought that thou hadst hated her: therefore gaue I her to thy companion. Is not her yonger sister fayrer then shee? take her, I pray thee, in stead of the other.
  (And her father said, I thought that thou/you hadst hated her: therefore gave I her to thy/your companion. Is not her yonger sister fayrer then shee? take her, I pray thee, in stead of the other. )

CB and sayde: I thoughte thou wast displeased at her, and I gaue her vnto thy frende. But she hath a yonger sister which is more beutyfull then she, let ye same be thine for her.
  (and said: I thoughte thou/you wast displeased at her, and I gave her unto thy/your friend. But she hath/has a yonger sister which is more beutyfull then she, let ye/you_all same be thine/your for her.)

WYC Y gesside that thou haddist hatid hir, and therfor Y yaf hir to thi freend; but sche hath a sistir, which is yongere and fairere than sche, be sche `wijf to thee for hir.
  (I gesside that thou/you haddist hatid her, and therefore I gave her to thy/your friend; but she hath/has a sister, which is yongere and fairere than sche, be she `wijf to thee for her.)

LUT und sprach: Ich meinte, du wärest ihr gram worden, und habe sie deinem Freunde gegeben. Sie hat aber eine jüngere Schwester, die ist schöner denn sie; die laß dein sein für diese.
  (and spoke: I meinte, you wärest her gram worden, and have they/she/them deinem friends gegeben. They/She has but one jüngere Schwester, the is schöner because sie; the laß your his for diese.)

CLV Putavi quod odisses eam, et ideo tradidi illam amico tuo: sed habet sororem, quæ junior et pulchrior illa est: sit tibi pro ea uxor.
  (Putavi that odisses eam, and ideo tradidi illam amico tuo: but habet sororem, which yunior and pulchrior illa it_is: sit to_you pro ea uxor. )

BRN And her father spoke, saying, I said that thou didst surely hate her, and I gave her to one of thy friends: is not her younger sister better than she? let her be to thee instead of her.

BrLXX Καὶ εἶπεν ὁ πατὴρ αὐτὴς, λέγων, εἶπα ὅτι μισῶν ἐμίσησας αὐτὴν, καὶ ἔδωκα αὐτὴν ἑνὶ τῶν ἐκ τῶν φίλων σου· μὴ οὐχὶ ἡ ἀδελφὴ αὐτῆς ἡ νεωτέρα ἀγαθωτέρα ὑπὲρ αὐτήν; ἔστω δή σοι ἀντὶ αὐτῆς.
  (Kai eipen ho pataʸr autaʸs, legōn, eipa hoti misōn emisaʸsas autaʸn, kai edōka autaʸn heni tōn ek tōn filōn sou; maʸ ouⱪi haʸ adelfaʸ autaʸs haʸ neōtera agathōtera huper autaʸn? estō daʸ soi anti autaʸs. )