Verse 6
Judges 14:6
New Living Translation
6
At that moment the Spirit of the LORD came powerfully upon him, and he ripped the lion’s jaws apart with his bare hands. He did it as easily as if it were a young goat. But he didn’t tell his father or mother about it.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/תִּצְלַ֨ח עָלָ֜י/ו ר֣וּחַ יְהוָ֗ה וַֽ/יְשַׁסְּעֵ֨/הוּ֙ כְּ/שַׁסַּ֣ע הַ/גְּדִ֔י וּ/מְא֖וּמָה אֵ֣ין בְּ/יָד֑/וֹ וְ/לֹ֤א הִגִּיד֙ לְ/אָבִ֣י/ו וּ/לְ/אִמּ֔/וֹ אֵ֖ת אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשָֽׂה
English Translation
And the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon him, and he tore it apart as one tears a young goat, and there was nothing in his hand; and he did not tell his father or his mother what he had done.
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Chapter 14 Context
1
One day when Samson was in Timnah, one of the Philistine women caught his eye.
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2
When he returned home, he told his father and mother, “A young Philistine woman in Timnah caught my...
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3
His father and mother objected. “Isn’t there even one woman in our tribe or among all the Israelites...
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4
His father and mother didn’t realize the LORD was at work in this, creating an opportunity to work a...
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5
As Samson and his parents were going down to Timnah, a young lion suddenly attacked Samson near the...
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6
At that moment the Spirit of the LORD came powerfully upon him, and he ripped the lion’s jaws apart...
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When Samson arrived in Timnah, he talked with the woman and was very pleased with her.
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8
Later, when he returned to Timnah for the wedding, he turned off the path to look at the carcass of...
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9
He scooped some of the honey into his hands and ate it along the way. He also gave some to his fathe...
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10
As his father was making final arrangements for the marriage, Samson threw a party at Timnah, as was...
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11
When the bride’s parents saw him, they selected thirty young men from the town to be his companions.
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12
Samson said to them, “Let me tell you a riddle. If you solve my riddle during these seven days of th...
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But if you can’t solve it, then you must give me thirty fine linen robes and thirty sets of festive...
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14
So he said: “Out of the one who eats came something to eat;<br>out of the strong came something swee...
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15
On the fourth day they said to Samson’s wife, “Entice your husband to explain the riddle for us, or...
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16
So Samson’s wife came to him in tears and said, “You don’t love me; you hate me! You have given my p...
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So she cried whenever she was with him and kept it up for the rest of the celebration. At last, on t...
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18
So before sunset of the seventh day, the men of the town came to Samson with their answer: “What is...
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19
Then the Spirit of the LORD came powerfully upon him. He went down to the town of Ashkelon, killed t...
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20
So his wife was given in marriage to the man who had been Samson’s best man at the wedding.
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