As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.

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He

Like a lily among thorns
    is my darling among the young women.

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The Beloved

Like a lily among thorns,
So is my love among the daughters.

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Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said unto his father, Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well.

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His father and mother replied, “Isn’t there an acceptable woman among your relatives or among all our people?(A) Must you go to the uncircumcised(B) Philistines to get a wife?(C)

But Samson said to his father, “Get her for me. She’s the right one for me.”

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Then his father and mother said to him, “Is there no woman among the daughters of (A)your brethren, or among all my people, that you must go and get a wife from the (B)uncircumcised Philistines?”

And Samson said to his father, “Get her for me, for [a]she pleases me well.”

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 14:3 Lit. she is right in my eyes