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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
וילך שמשון עזתה וירא שם אשה זונה ויבא אליה
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
vylk SHmSHvn `zth vyrA SHm ASHh zvnh vybA Alyh

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
abiit quoque in Gazam et vidit ibi meretricem mulierem ingressusque est ad eam

King James Variants
American King James Version   
Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in to her.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there a harlot, and went in unto her.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.
Authorized (King James) Version   
Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.
New King James Version   
Now Samson went to Gaza and saw a harlot there, and went in to her.
21st Century King James Version   
Then went Samson to Gaza and saw there a harlot, and went in unto her.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
And Samson went to Gaza, and saw there a harlot, and went in unto her.
Darby Bible Translation   
Samson went to Gaza, and there he saw a harlot, and he went in to her.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
He went also into Gaza, and saw there a woman a harlot, and went in unto her.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
And Samson went to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
Samson went to Gaza, and there he saw a prostitute, and he went in to her.
God's Word   
Samson went to Gaza. There he saw a prostitute and slept with her.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute and went to bed with her.
International Standard Version   
Sometime later, Samson went to Gaza, saw a prostitute there, and went in to have sex with her.
NET Bible   
Samson went to Gaza. There he saw a prostitute and went in to have sex with her.
New American Standard Bible   
Now Samson went to Gaza and saw a harlot there, and went in to her.
New International Version   
One day Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute. He went in to spend the night with her.
New Living Translation   
One day Samson went to the Philistine town of Gaza and spent the night with a prostitute.
Webster's Bible Translation   
Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there a harlot, and went in to her.
The World English Bible   
Samson went to Gaza, and saw there a prostitute, and went in to her.
EasyEnglish Bible   
One day, Samson went to Gaza. He met a prostitute there and he slept with her.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
And Samson goeth to Gaza, and seeth there a woman, a harlot, and goeth in unto her;
New Life Version   
Samson went to Gaza and saw a woman who sold the use of her body there. He went in to her.
The Voice Bible   
When Samson went to Gaza, he saw a prostitute there who pleased him, so he went in to be with her.
Living Bible   
One day Samson went to the Philistine city of Gaza and spent the night with a prostitute.
New Catholic Bible   
One day Samson went to Gaza. He saw a prostitute there, and he had sex with her.
Legacy Standard Bible   
Then Samson went to Gaza and saw a harlot there and went in to her.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
Then Samson went to Gaza and saw a harlot there and went in unto her.
Christian Standard Bible   
Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute and went to bed with her.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
Then Samson went to Gaza and saw a harlot there, and went in to her.
New Century Version   
One day Samson went to Gaza and saw a prostitute there. He went in to spend the night with her.
The Message   
Samson went to Gaza and saw a prostitute. He went to her. The news got around: “Samson’s here.” They gathered around in hiding, waiting all night for him at the city gate, quiet as mice, thinking, “At sunrise we’ll kill him.”
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
One time Samson went to Gaza. There he saw a prostitute and went to her.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Once Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute and went in to her.
Good News Translation®   
One day Samson went to the Philistine city of Gaza, where he met a prostitute and went to bed with her.
Wycliffe Bible   
Also Samson went into Gaza, and he saw there a woman whore, and he entered to her. (And one day Samson went to Gaza, and he saw a whore-woman there, and he slept with her.)
Contemporary English Version   
One day while Samson was in Gaza, he saw a prostitute and went to her house to spend the night.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Samson went to Gaza, and there he saw a harlot, and he went in to her.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
Once Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute and went in to her.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
Once Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute and went in to her.
Common English Bible © 2011   
One day Samson traveled to Gaza. While there, he saw a prostitute and had sex with her.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
Then Samson went to Gaza and saw a prostitute there, and went in to her.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
Samson went to Gaza, and there he saw a prostitute, and he went in to her.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Once Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute and visited her.
New American Standard Bible   
Now Samson went to Gaza and saw a prostitute there, and had relations with her.
The Expanded Bible   
One day Samson went to Gaza and saw a prostitute there. He went in ·to spend the night with her [L to her; C a euphemism for sexual relations].
Tree of Life Version   
Once Samson went to Gaza and eyed a prostitute there, so he went to her.
Revised Standard Version   
Samson went to Gaza, and there he saw a harlot, and he went in to her.
New International Reader's Version   
One day Samson went to Gaza. There he saw a prostitute. He went in to spend the night with her.
BRG Bible   
Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.
Complete Jewish Bible   
Shimshon went to ‘Azah, where he saw a prostitute and went in to spend the night with her.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
Once Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute and went in to her.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
Then went Shimshon to Azah (Gaza), and saw there a zonah, and went in unto her.
Names of God Bible   
Samson went to Gaza. There he saw a prostitute and slept with her.
Modern English Version   
Samson went to Gaza. There he saw a prostitute and spent the night with her.
Easy-to-Read Version   
One day Samson went to the city of Gaza. He saw a prostitute there and went in to stay the night with her.
International Children’s Bible   
One day Samson went to Gaza. He saw a prostitute there. He went in to spend the night with her.
Lexham English Bible   
Samson went down to Gaza; there he saw a prostitute and had sex with her.
New International Version - UK   
One day Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute. He went in to spend the night with her.