Bible in Basic English
"But Samson's wife was given to the friend who had been his best man."
— Judges 14:20-1964, Bible in Basic English
“But Samson’s wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend. ”
“But Samson’s wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend. ”
“But Samson's wife was [given] to his companion, whom he had used as his friend.”
“Samson’s bride was then given to his best man.”
“But his wife took one of his friends and bridal companions for her husband. ”
“But Samson’s wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend. ”
And all the seven days of the feast she went on weeping over him; and on the seventh day he gave her the answer, because she gave him no peace; and she sent word of it to the children of her people.
Then on the seventh day, before he went into the bride's room, the men of the town said to him, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said to them, If you had not been ploughing with my cow you would not have got the answer to my question.
And the spirit of the Lord came rushing on him, and he went down to Ashkelon and, attacking thirty men there, took their clothing from them, and gave it to the men who had given the answer to his hard question. Then, full of wrath, he went back to his father's house.
But Samson's wife was given to the friend who had been his best man.