Verse 14
Judges 14:14
World English Bible, British Edition
14
He said to them,
“Out of the eater came out food.
Out of the strong came out sweetness.”
They couldn’t in three days declare the riddle.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר לָ/הֶ֗ם מֵ/הָֽ/אֹכֵל֙ יָצָ֣א מַאֲכָ֔ל וּ/מֵ/עַ֖ז יָצָ֣א מָת֑וֹק וְ/לֹ֥א יָכְל֛וּ לְ/הַגִּ֥יד הַ/חִידָ֖ה שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת יָמִֽים
English Translation
And he said to them, "From the eater came something to eat, and from the strong came something sweet." But they could not explain the riddle for three days.
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Chapter 14 Context
1
Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of
the Philistines.
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2
He came up, and told his father and his mother, saying, “I have seen
a woman in Timnah of the daught...
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3
Then his father and his mother said to him, “Isn’t there a woman
amongst your brothers’ daughters, o...
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4
But his father and his mother didn’t know that it was of the LORD;
for he sought an occasion against...
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5
Then Samson went down to Timnah with his father and his mother,
and came to the vineyards of Timnah;...
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6
The LORD’s Spirit came mightily on him, and he tore him as he would have
torn a young goat with his...
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7
He went down and talked with the woman, and she pleased Samson well.
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8
After a while he returned to take her, and he went over to see the carcass
of the lion; and behold,...
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9
He took it into his hands, and went on, eating as he went. He came to
his father and mother and gave...
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10
His father went down to the woman; and Samson made a feast there, for
the young men used to do so.
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11
When they saw him, they brought thirty companions to be with him.
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12
Samson said to them, “Let me tell you a riddle now. If you can
tell me the answer within the seven d...
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13
but if you can’t tell me the answer, then you shall give me thirty
linen garments and thirty changes...
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14
He said to them,
“Out of the eater came out food.
Out of the strong came out sweetness.”
They couldn...
15
On the seventh day, they said to Samson’s wife, “Entice your husband,
that he may declare to us the...
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16
Samson’s wife wept before him, and said, “You just hate me,
and don’t love me. You’ve told a riddle...
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17
She wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted;
and on the seventh day, he told her, b...
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18
The men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went
down, “What is sweeter than h...
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19
The LORD’s Spirit came mightily on him, and he went down to
Ashkelon and struck thirty men of them....
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20
But Samson’s wife was given to his companion, who had been his friend.
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