Judges 14:11

14:11 When the Philistines saw he had no attendants, they gave him thirty groomsmen who kept him company. ¹ 

Judges 10:4

10:4 He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys and possessed thirty cities. To this day these towns are called Havvoth Jair ²  – they are in the land of Gilead. ³ 

Judges 14:13

14:13 But if you cannot solve it, ⁴  you will give me thirty linen robes and thirty sets of clothes.” They said to him, “Let us hear your riddle.” ⁵ 

Judges 12:9

12:9 He had thirty sons. He arranged for thirty of his daughters to be married outside his extended family, ⁶  and he arranged for thirty young women to be brought from outside as wives for his sons. ⁷  Ibzan ⁸  led ⁹  Israel for seven years;

Judges 14:12

14:12 Samson said to them, “I will give you a riddle. If you really can solve it during the seven days the party lasts, ¹⁰  I will give you thirty linen robes and thirty sets ¹¹  of clothes.

Judges 14:19

14:19 The Lord’s spirit empowered him. He went down to Ashkelon and murdered thirty men. He took their clothes ¹²  and gave them ¹³  to the men who had solved the riddle. He was furious as he went back home. ¹⁴ 

[14:11]  ¹ tn Heb “When they saw him, they gave him thirty companions and they were with him.” Instead of כִּרְאוֹתָם (kir’otam, “when they saw”) some ancient witnesses (e.g., some mss of the LXX) assume the reading בְּיִרְאָתָם (bÿyir’atam, “because they feared”).

[10:4]  ² sn The name Habboth Jair means “tent villages of Jair” in Hebrew.

[10:4]  ³ tn Heb “they call them Havvoth Jair to this day – which are in the land of Gilead.”

[14:13]  ³ tn Heb “you are unable to tell me.”

[14:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “Give your riddle so we can hear it.”

[12:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “thirty daughters he sent off outside.” Another option is to translate, “He arranged for his thirty daughters…” It is not clear if he had more than the “thirty daughters” mentioned in the text.

[12:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “and thirty daughters he brought for his sons from the outside.”

[12:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “He”; the referent (Ibzan) has been specified in the translation for clarity and for English stylistic reasons.

[12:9]  ⁷ tn Traditionally, “judged.”

[14:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “If you really can tell it to me [during] the seven days of the feast and you find [its answer].”

[14:12]  ⁶ tn Heb “changes.”

[14:19]  ⁶ tn Heb “equipment”; or “gear.”

[14:19]  ⁷ tn Heb “changes [of clothes].”

[14:19]  ⁸ tn Heb “he went up to his father’s house.”