14:3a But his father and mother replied,

His father and mother asked him,
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But they said,

14:3b “Can’t you find a young woman among your relatives or among any of our people?

“Is there not even one woman here ⌊who is good enough for you (sing.) ⌋ ? Not even one in our clan, or in all the nation Israel?
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“There ⌊must be⌋ at least one woman among our people ⌊whom you could marry⌋ . Or, certainly there is a woman among all the people of Israel.

14:3c Must you go to the uncircumcised Philistines to get a wife?”

Why do you (sing.) go to the Philistia people to find a wife? They are not even circumcised.”
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You should not go to the heathen/unclean Philistia people to take a wife.”

14:3d But Samson told his father, “Get her for me,

But Samson answered his father, “Get (sing.) her for me.
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Samson replied to his father, “I want you to get her for me,

14:3e for she is pleasing to my eyes.”

She is pleasing in my eyes.”
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because she is the woman I like/want.”

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