14 So he said to them:
“Out of the eater came something to eat,
And out of the strong came something sweet.” Now for three days they could not explain the riddle.
“Out of the eater came something to eat,
And out of the strong came something sweet.” Now for three days they could not explain the riddle.
15 But it came to pass on the1 seventh day that they said to Samson’s wife, a“Entice your husband, that he may explain the riddle to us, bor else we will burn you and your father’s house with fire. Have you invited us in order to take what is ours? Is that not so?”
16 Then Samson’s wife wept on him, and said, a“You only hate me! You do not love me! You have posed a riddle to the sons of my people, but you have not explained it to me.” And he said to her, “Look, I have not explained it to my father or my mother; so should I explain it to you?”
17 Now she had wept on him the seven days while their feast lasted. And it happened on the seventh day that he told her, because she pressed him so much. Then she explained the riddle to the sons of her people.
18 So the men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down:
“What is sweeter than honey?
And what is stronger than a lion?” And he said to them:
“If you had not plowed with my heifer,
You would not have solved my riddle!”
“What is sweeter than honey?
And what is stronger than a lion?” And he said to them:
“If you had not plowed with my heifer,
You would not have solved my riddle!”
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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Interlinear Bible for Judges 14:16:
Shimshown (#8123)
'ishshah (#802)
bakah (#1058)
`al (#5921)
'amar (#559)
raq (#7535)
sane' (#8130)
'ahab (#157)
lo' (#3808)
chuwd (#2330)
chiydah (#2420)
ben (#1121)
`am (#5971)
lo' (#3808)
nagad (#5046)
'amar (#559)
hinneh (#2009)
lo' (#3808)
nagad (#5046)
'ab (#1)
'em (#517)
nagad (#5046)
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