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As they approached the vineyards of Timnah, suddenly a young lion came roaring toward him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/judges/14.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />As Samson and his parents were going down to Timnah, a young lion suddenly attacked Samson near the vineyards of Timnah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/judges/14.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Then Samson went down with his father and mother to Timnah, and they came to the vineyards of Timnah. And behold, a young lion came toward him roaring.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/judges/14.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother and came to the vineyards of Timnah. Suddenly a young lion came roaring at him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/judges/14.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion roared against him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/judges/14.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />So Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother, and came to the vineyards of Timnah. Now <i>to his</i> surprise, a young lion <i>came</i> roaring against him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/judges/14.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother, and came as far as the vineyards of Timnah; and behold, a young lion <i>came</i> roaring toward him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/judges/14.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Then Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother, and came as far as the vineyards of Timnah; and behold, a young lion came roaring toward him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/judges/14.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Then Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother, and came as far as the vineyards of Timnah; and behold, a young lion <i>came</i> roaring toward him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/judges/14.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother, and they came as far as the vineyards of Timnah; and behold, a young lion <i>came</i> roaring toward him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/judges/14.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother [to arrange the marriage], and they came as far as the vineyards of Timnah; and suddenly, a young lion <i>came</i> roaring toward him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/judges/14.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother and came to the vineyards of Timnah. Suddenly a young lion came roaring at him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/judges/14.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother and came to the vineyards of Timnah. Suddenly a young lion came roaring at him, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/judges/14.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnah, and came to the vineyards of Timnah: and, behold, a young lion roared against him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/judges/14.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />As Samson and his parents reached the vineyards near Timnah, a fierce young lion suddenly roared and attacked Samson. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/judges/14.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnah, and came to the vineyards of Timnah: and, behold, a young lion roared against him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/judges/14.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Samson went with his father and mother to Timnah. When they were coming to the vineyards of Timnah, a young roaring lion met Samson.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/judges/14.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />So Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother. As they were going through the vineyards there, he heard a young lion roaring. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/judges/14.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Then Samson went down in the direction of Timnah with his father and mother and arrived as far as the vineyards of Timnah. And—surprise!—a young lion came roaring at him! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/judges/14.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother and came to the vineyards of Timnah. Suddenly a young lion came roaring at him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/judges/14.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Samson went down to Timnah. When he approached the vineyards of Timnah, he saw a roaring young lion attacking him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/judges/14.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Then Samson went down with his father and his mother to Timnah. And he turned aside and went into the vineyards of Timnah, and look, a young lion roared against him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/judges/14.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and behold, a young lion roared against him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/judges/14.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Then Samson went down to Timnah with his father and his mother, and came to the vineyards of Timnah; and behold, a young lion roared at him. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/judges/14.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And Samson goes down—also his father and his mother, to Timnath, and they come to the vineyards of Timnath, and behold, a lion’s whelp roars at meeting him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/judges/14.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Samson goeth down -- also his father and his mother, to Timnath, and they come unto the vineyards of Timnath, and lo, a lion's whelp roareth at meeting him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/judges/14.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Samson will go down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and they will come even to the vineyards of Timnath: and behold, a young lion roared at his meeting.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/judges/14.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Then Samson went down with his father and mother to Thamnatha. And when they were come to the vineyards of the town, behold a young lion met him raging and roaring. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/judges/14.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And so, Samson descended with his father and mother to Timnah. And when they had arrived at the vineyards of the town, he saw a young lion, savage and roaring, and it met him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/judges/14.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />So Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother. When he turned aside to the vineyards of Timnah, a young lion came roaring out toward him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/judges/14.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Then Samson went down with his father and mother to Timnah. When he came to the vineyards of Timnah, suddenly a young lion roared at him.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/judges/14.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Then Samson went down with his father and mother to Timnath, and they came to the vineyards of Timnath; and, behold, a young lion roared at him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/judges/14.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Samson came down, and his father and his mother to Tamnath, and they came unto the vineyard of Tamnath, and behold, a whelp of a lion roared against him<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/judges/14.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnah, and came to the vineyards of Timnah; and, behold, a young lion roared against him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/judges/14.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And Sampson and his father and his mother went down to Thamnatha, and he came to the vineyard of Thamnatha; and behold, a young lion roared in meeting him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/judges/14-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AjzBiIYY2Dc?start=4251" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/judges/14.htm">Samson's Marriage</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">4</span>(Now his father and mother did not know this was from the LORD, who was seeking an occasion to move against the Philistines; for at that time the Philistines were ruling over Israel.) <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/8123.htm" title="8123: šim·šō·wn (N-proper-ms) -- A deliverer of Isr. From shemesh; sunlight; Shimshon, an Israelite.">Then Samson</a> <a href="/hebrew/3381.htm" title="3381: way·yê·reḏ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To come or go down, descend. ">went down</a> <a href="/hebrew/8553.htm" title="8553: tim·nā·ṯāh (N-proper-fs:: 3fs) -- Territory, two cities in Judah. From manah; a portion assigned; Timnah, the name of two places in Palestine.">to Timnah</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: wə·’ā·ḇîw (Conj-w:: N-msc:: 3ms) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">with his father</a> <a href="/hebrew/517.htm" title="517: wə·’im·mōw (Conj-w:: N-fsc:: 3ms) -- A mother. A primitive word; a mother; in a wide sense (like 'ab).">and mother</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: way·yā·ḇō·’ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">and came</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ- (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/3754.htm" title="3754: kar·mê (N-mpc) -- A vineyard. From an unused root of uncertain meaning; a garden or vineyard.">the vineyards</a> <a href="/hebrew/8553.htm" title="8553: ṯim·nā·ṯāh (N-proper-fs:: 3fs) -- Territory, two cities in Judah. From manah; a portion assigned; Timnah, the name of two places in Palestine.">of Timnah.</a> <a href="/hebrew/2009.htm" title="2009: wə·hin·nêh (Conj-w:: Interjection) -- Lo! behold! Prolongation for hen; lo!">Suddenly</a> <a href="/hebrew/3715.htm" title="3715: kə·p̄îr (N-msc) -- Young lion. From kaphar; a village; also a young lion.">a young lion</a> <a href="/hebrew/738.htm" title="738: ’ă·rā·yō·wṯ (N-mp) -- A lion. Or earyeh; from 'arah; a lion."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7580.htm" title="7580: šō·’êḡ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To roar. A primitive root; to rumble or moan.">came roaring</a> <a href="/hebrew/7122.htm" title="7122: liq·rā·ṯōw (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf:: 3ms) -- To encounter, befall. A primitive root: to encounter, whether accidentally or in a hostile manner.">at him,</a> </span><span class="reftext">6</span>and the Spirit of the LORD came powerfully upon him, and he tore the lion apart with his bare hands as one would tear a young goat. But he did not tell his father or mother what he had done.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/17-34.htm">1 Samuel 17:34-37</a></span><br />David replied, “Your servant has been tending his father’s sheep, and whenever a lion or a bear came and carried off a lamb from the flock, / I went after it, struck it down, and delivered the lamb from its mouth. If it reared up against me, I would grab it by its fur, strike it down, and kill it. / Your servant has killed lions and bears; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/5-8.htm">1 Peter 5:8</a></span><br />Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/3-8.htm">Amos 3:8</a></span><br />The lion has roared—who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken—who will not prophesy?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_timothy/4-17.htm">2 Timothy 4:17</a></span><br />But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed, and all the Gentiles would hear it. So I was delivered from the mouth of the lion.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/17-49.htm">1 Samuel 17:49-51</a></span><br />Then David reached into his bag, took out a stone, and slung it, striking the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground. / Thus David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone; without a sword in his hand he struck down the Philistine and killed him. / David ran and stood over him. He grabbed the Philistine’s sword and pulled it from its sheath and killed him, and he cut off his head with the sword. When the Philistines saw that their hero was dead, they turned and ran.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/28-1.htm">Proverbs 28:1</a></span><br />The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/6-22.htm">Daniel 6:22</a></span><br />My God sent His angel and shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, for I was found innocent in His sight, and I have done no wrong against you, O king.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/13-24.htm">1 Kings 13:24-25</a></span><br />As he went on his way, a lion met him on the road and killed him, and his body was left lying in the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it. / And there were men passing by who saw the body lying in the road with the lion standing beside it, and they went and reported this in the city where the old prophet lived.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/31-4.htm">Isaiah 31:4</a></span><br />For this is what the LORD has said to me: “Like a lion roaring or a young lion over its prey—and though a band of shepherds is called out against it, it is not terrified by their shouting or subdued by their clamor—so the LORD of Hosts will come down to do battle on Mount Zion and its heights.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/5-14.htm">Hosea 5:14</a></span><br />For I am like a lion to Ephraim and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear them to pieces and then go away. I will carry them off where no one can rescue them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/5-5.htm">Revelation 5:5</a></span><br />Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed to open the scroll and its seven seals.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/2-23.htm">2 Kings 2:23-24</a></span><br />From there, Elisha went up to Bethel, and as he was walking up the road, a group of boys came out of the city and jeered at him, chanting, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!” / Then he turned around, looked at them, and called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD. Suddenly two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/91-13.htm">Psalm 91:13</a></span><br />You will tread on the lion and cobra; you will trample the young lion and serpent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/11-6.htm">Isaiah 11:6-9</a></span><br />The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the goat; the calf and young lion and fatling will be together, and a little child will lead them. / The cow will graze with the bear, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox. / The infant will play by the cobra’s den, and the toddler will reach into the viper’s nest. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/23-20.htm">2 Samuel 23:20</a></span><br />And Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a man of valor from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. He struck down two champions of Moab, and on a snowy day he went down into a pit and killed a lion.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion roared against him.</p><p class="hdg">against him.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/judges/9-52.htm">Approached</a> <a href="/revelation/5-5.htm">Lion</a> <a href="/judges/14-4.htm">Meeting</a> <a href="/judges/14-4.htm">Mother</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-10.htm">Roared</a> <a href="/revelation/10-3.htm">Roareth</a> <a href="/revelation/10-3.htm">Roaring</a> <a href="/judges/5-15.htm">Rushing</a> <a href="/judges/14-3.htm">Samson</a> <a href="/joshua/11-7.htm">Suddenly</a> <a href="/judges/14-2.htm">Timnah</a> <a href="/judges/14-2.htm">Timnath</a> <a href="/judges/13-19.htm">Together</a> <a href="/joshua/24-13.htm">Vine-Gardens</a> <a href="/judges/11-33.htm">Vineyards</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/33-22.htm">Whelp</a> <a href="/judges/14-1.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_samuel/9-18.htm">Approached</a> <a href="/judges/14-6.htm">Lion</a> <a href="/judges/20-2.htm">Meeting</a> <a href="/judges/14-6.htm">Mother</a> <a href="/psalms/38-8.htm">Roared</a> <a href="/job/4-10.htm">Roareth</a> <a href="/job/4-10.htm">Roaring</a> <a href="/judges/20-33.htm">Rushing</a> <a href="/judges/14-7.htm">Samson</a> <a href="/1_samuel/25-20.htm">Suddenly</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/1-51.htm">Timnah</a> <a href="/genesis/36-12.htm">Timnath</a> <a href="/judges/16-23.htm">Together</a> <a href="/judges/21-20.htm">Vine-Gardens</a> <a href="/judges/15-5.htm">Vineyards</a> <a href="/nahum/2-11.htm">Whelp</a> <a href="/judges/14-6.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Judges 14</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/14-1.htm">Samson desires a wife of the Philistines.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/14-6.htm">In his journey he kills a lion</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/14-8.htm">In a second journey he finds honey in the carcass</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/14-10.htm">Samson's marriage feast</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/14-12.htm">His riddle by his wife is made known</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/14-19.htm">He strikes down thirty Philistines</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/14-20.htm">His wife is married to another.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/judges/14.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div><b>Then Samson went down to Timnah</b><br />The phrase "went down" in Hebrew is "yarad," which often implies a physical descent but can also suggest a spiritual or moral decline. Timnah was a Philistine city, and Samson's journey there foreshadows his entanglement with the Philistines, who were enemies of Israel. This descent can be seen as symbolic of Samson's gradual departure from his Nazirite vow and his calling as a judge of Israel. The journey to Timnah marks the beginning of a series of events that lead to both personal and national consequences.<p><b>with his father and mother</b><br />Samson's parents accompany him, highlighting the familial bonds and the respect for parental authority in ancient Israelite culture. However, their presence also underscores the tension between Samson's personal desires and his obligations to his family and God. His parents' involvement in his journey to a Philistine city may indicate their concern for his choices, reflecting the broader theme of parental guidance and the struggle between following God's will and personal inclinations.<p><b>and came to the vineyards of Timnah</b><br />The mention of "vineyards" is significant, as Samson, being a Nazirite, was to abstain from wine and anything related to the vine (<a href="/numbers/6-3.htm">Numbers 6:3-4</a>). This setting foreshadows the potential for temptation and compromise. The vineyards symbolize the allure of worldly pleasures and the challenges of maintaining one's spiritual commitments amidst such temptations. Samson's presence in the vineyards serves as a metaphor for his proximity to spiritual danger and the ease with which one can stray from their vows.<p><b>Suddenly a young lion came roaring at him</b><br />The "young lion" represents a sudden and fierce challenge, both physically and spiritually. In the ancient Near East, lions were symbols of strength and danger, and their appearance often signified a test or trial. The lion's roar can be seen as a metaphor for the unexpected trials that believers face, testing their faith and reliance on God. Samson's encounter with the lion is a pivotal moment that demonstrates God's empowerment, as he later overcomes the lion through divine strength. This event foreshadows the spiritual battles that Samson will face and the need for divine intervention in overcoming them.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/judges/14.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5)<span class= "bld">The vineyards of Timnath.</span>--All this part of Palestine, and especially the neighbouring valley of Sorek (<a href="/judges/16-4.htm" title="And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.">Judges 16:4</a>), was famous for its vines (<a href="/isaiah/5-2.htm" title="And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the middle of it, and also made a wine press therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.">Isaiah 5:2</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/2-21.htm" title="Yet I had planted you a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then are you turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine to me?">Jeremiah 2:21</a>). The hills of Judah, which at that time were laboriously terraced up to the summit, like the hill-sides of the Italian valleys, were peculiarly favourable for vineyards (<a href="/genesis/49-11.htm" title="Binding his foal to the vine, and his ass's colt to the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:">Genesis 49:11</a>). Now they are bleak and bare by the denudation of centuries, but might by labour be once more rendered beautiful and fruitful.<p><span class= "bld">A young lion.</span>--Literally, <span class= "ital">a lion of lions, </span>like <span class= "ital">"</span>a kid of goats" (Judges xiii, 15). That lions and other wild beasts were still common in Palestine, we see, both from the direct statement of the fact (<a href="/1_kings/10-19.htm" title="The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays.">1Kings 10:19</a>; <a href="/2_kings/17-25.htm" title="And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which slew some of them.">2Kings 17:25</a>, &c.), from the incidents which show it to have been so (<a href="/1_samuel/17-34.htm" title="And David said to Saul, Your servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:">1Samuel 17:34</a>; <a href="/2_samuel/23-20.htm" title="And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lion like men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the middle of a pit in time of snow:">2Samuel 23:20</a>; <a href="/1_kings/13-25.htm" title="And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcass cast in the way, and the lion standing by the carcass: and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelled.">1Kings 13:25</a>; <a href="/1_kings/20-36.htm" title="Then said he to him, Because you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, behold, as soon as you are departed from me, a lion shall slay you. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him.">1Kings 20:36</a>), and from the names Arieh (<a href="/2_kings/15-6.htm" title="And the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?">2Kings 15:6</a>), Lebaoth ("lionesses," <a href="/joshua/15-32.htm" title="And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages:">Joshua 15:32</a>), Beth Lebaoth (<a href="/joshua/19-6.htm" title="And Bethlebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and their villages:">Joshua 19:6</a>), Shaalbim ("jackals"), Zeboim ("hyenas"), &c. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/judges/14.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 5.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Went down</span>, showing that Timnath was on lower ground than Zorah; it was in fact in the <span class="accented">Shephelah</span>. <span class="cmt_word">The vineyards of Timnath</span>. The valley of Sorek (<a href="/judges/16-4.htm">Judges 16:4</a>), so famous for its vines (<a href="/isaiah/5-2.htm">Isaiah 5:2</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/2-21.htm">Jeremiah 2:21</a>), from which it derived its name (<span class="accented">Sorek</span>, translated in the above passages <span class="accented">the choicest vine</span>, and <span class="accented">a noble vine</span>), is thought to have been in the immediate neighbourhood. Probably the whole district under the hills was a succession of vineyards, like the country round Bordeaux. Samson had left the road along which his father and mother were walking, at a pace, perhaps, too slow for his youthful energy, and had plunged into the vineyards. Of a sudden a young lion, - a term designating a lion between the age of a cub and a full-grown lion, - brought there, perhaps, in pursuit of the foxes or jackals, which often had their holes in vineyards (<a href="/songs/2-15.htm">Song of Solomon 2:15</a>), roared against him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/judges/14-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Then Samson</span><br /><span class="heb">שִׁמְשׁ֛וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(šim·šō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8123.htm">Strong's 8123: </a> </span><span class="str2">Samson -- a deliverer of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">went down</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֵּ֧רֶד</span> <span class="translit">(way·yê·reḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3381.htm">Strong's 3381: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come or go down, descend</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to Timnah</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּמְנָ֑תָה</span> <span class="translit">(tim·nā·ṯāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8553.htm">Strong's 8553: </a> </span><span class="str2">Timnah -- 'territory', two cities in Judah</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with his father</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאָבִ֥יו</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’ā·ḇîw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> </span><span class="str2">Father</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and mother</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאִמּ֖וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’im·mōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_517.htm">Strong's 517: </a> </span><span class="str2">A mother, )</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and came</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(way·yā·ḇō·’ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">עַד־</span> <span class="translit">(‘aḏ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> </span><span class="str2">As far as, even to, up to, until, while</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the vineyards</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּרְמֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(kar·mê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3754.htm">Strong's 3754: </a> </span><span class="str2">A garden, vineyard</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Timnah.</span><br /><span class="heb">תִמְנָ֔תָה</span> <span class="translit">(ṯim·nā·ṯāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8553.htm">Strong's 8553: </a> </span><span class="str2">Timnah -- 'territory', two cities in Judah</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Suddenly</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהִנֵּה֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hin·nêh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Interjection<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2009.htm">Strong's 2009: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo! behold!</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a young lion</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּפִ֣יר</span> <span class="translit">(kə·p̄îr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3715.htm">Strong's 3715: </a> </span><span class="str2">A village, a young lion</span><br /><br /><span class="word">came roaring</span><br /><span class="heb">שֹׁאֵ֖ג</span> <span class="translit">(šō·’êḡ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7580.htm">Strong's 7580: </a> </span><span class="str2">To rumble, moan</span><br /><br /><span class="word">at him,</span><br /><span class="heb">לִקְרָאתֽוֹ׃</span> <span class="translit">(liq·rā·ṯōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7125.htm">Strong's 7125: </a> </span><span class="str2">Against he come, help, meet, seek, to, in the way </span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/judges/14-5.htm">Judges 14:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/judges/14-5.htm">Judges 14:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/judges/14-5.htm">Judges 14:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/judges/14-5.htm">Judges 14:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/judges/14-5.htm">Judges 14:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/judges/14-5.htm">Judges 14:5 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/judges/14-5.htm">Judges 14:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/judges/14-5.htm">Judges 14:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/judges/14-5.htm">Judges 14:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/judges/14-5.htm">Judges 14:5 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/judges/14-5.htm">OT History: Judges 14:5 Then went Samson down and his father (Jd Judg. 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