Verse 19
Judges 14:19
GOD'S WORD Translation
19
Yahweh’s Spirit came mightily on him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and struck thirty men of them, and took their plunder, then gave the changes of clothing to those who declared the riddle. His anger burned, and he went up to his father’s house.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/תִּצְלַ֨ח עָלָ֜י/ו ר֣וּחַ יְהוָ֗ה וַ/יֵּ֨רֶד אַשְׁקְל֜וֹן וַ/יַּ֥ךְ מֵ/הֶ֣ם שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים אִ֗ישׁ וַ/יִּקַּח֙ אֶת חֲלִ֣יצוֹתָ֔/ם וַ/יִּתֵּן֙ הַ/חֲלִיפ֔וֹת לְ/מַגִּידֵ֖י הַ/חִידָ֑ה וַ/יִּ֣חַר אַפּ֔/וֹ וַ/יַּ֖עַל בֵּ֥ית אָבִֽי/הוּ
English Translation
And the Spirit of the Lord overcame him, and he went down to Ashkelon and struck down thirty men, and he took their belongings and gave the changes to those who explained the riddle, and his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father’s house.
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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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He came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, “I have seen a woman in Timnah of the daug...
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3
Then his father and his mother said to him, “Isn’t there a woman among your brothers’ daughters, or...
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4
But his father and his mother didn’t know that it was of Yahweh; for he sought an occasion against t...
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5
Then went Samson down with his father and his mother to Timnah, and came to the vineyards of Timnah;...
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6
Yahweh’s Spirit came mightily on him, and he tore him as he would have torn a young goat; and he had...
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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 gav...
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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 declare it to me within the seven day...
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but if you can’t declare it to me, then you shall give me thirty linen garments and thirty changes o...
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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...
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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
Yahweh’s Spirit came mightily on him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and struck thirty men of them, a...
20
But Samson’s wife was given to his companion who had been his friend.
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