Verse 18
Judges 14:18
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
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And they on the seventh day before the sun went down said to him: What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said to them: If you had not ploughed with my heifer, you had not found out my riddle.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֣אמְרוּ ל/וֹ֩ אַנְשֵׁ֨י הָ/עִ֜יר בַּ/יּ֣וֹם הַ/שְּׁבִיעִ֗י בְּ/טֶ֨רֶם֙ יָבֹ֣א הַ/חַ֔רְסָ/ה מַה מָּת֣וֹק מִ/דְּבַ֔שׁ וּ/מֶ֥ה עַ֖ז מֵ/אֲרִ֑י וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר לָ/הֶ֔ם לוּלֵא֙ חֲרַשְׁתֶּ֣ם בְּ/עֶגְלָתִ֔/י לֹ֥א מְצָאתֶ֖ם חִידָתִֽ/י
English Translation
And the men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sunset, "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."
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