Judges 16:31 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years. ”

Judges 16:31 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Judges 16:31 in 6 Bible Translations

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Judges 16:31 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Then his brothers and all the house of his father came down and took him, and brought him up and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the burial site of Manoah his father. He judged Israel twenty years.”

Judges 16:31 — World English Bible

Judges 16:31 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the burying-place of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years. ”

Judges 16:31 — American Standard Version

Judges 16:31 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And his brethren come down, and all the house of his father, and lift him up, and bring him up, and bury him between Zorah and Eshtaol, in the burying-place of Manoah his father; and he hath judged Israel twenty years.”

Judges 16:31 — Young's Literal Translation

Judges 16:31 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And his brethren came down, and all the house of his father, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zoreah and Eshtaol in the sepulchre of Manoah his father. And he had judged Israel twenty years. ”

Judges 16:31 — Darby Translation

Judges 16:31 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Then his brethren, and all the house of his father came downe and tooke him, and brought him vp and buryed him betweene Zorah and Eshtaol, in the sepulchre of Manoah his father: nowe he had iudged Israel twenty yeeres. ”

Judges 16:31 — Geneva Bible

Judges 16:31 in Context — Judges 16

29 And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left.

30 And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life.

31 Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.

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What Does Judges 16:31 Mean?

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