Verse 18
Judges 14:18
Free Bible Version
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The Spirit of the Lord swept over him and he went to Ashkelon, killed thirty of their men, took their clothing, and gave it to those who had explained the riddle. Furiously angry, Samson went back to his father's house.
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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Chapter 14 Context
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One day Samson went to Timnah, where a young Philistine woman attracted his attention.
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He went back home and told his father and mother, “A Philistine woman in Timnah caught my attention....
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But his father and mother replied, “Can't you find a young woman from our tribe or from our own peop...
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(His father and mother didn't realize that this was in the Lord's plans, who was looking for an oppo...
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Samson went to Timnah with his father and mother. When they passed the Timnah vineyards, all of a su...
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The Spirit of the Lord swept over him, and he ripped the lion apart with his bare hands as easily as...
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Later on when Samson returned to marry her, he turned off the road to look for the lion's carcass. I...
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He scraped out some of the honey into his hands and ate it as he walked. When he got back to his fat...
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While his father went to visit the woman, Samson held a drinking party there, because this was the c...
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When the Philistine people saw him, they arranged for thirty men to accompany him.
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“Let me pose a riddle to you,” Samson said to them. “If you can find its meaning and explain it to m...
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But if you can't explain it to me, you'll give me thirty linen cloaks and thirty sets of clothes.” “...
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“Food came out of the eater, and sweetness came out of the strong,” he said. Three days later they s...
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On the fourth day they came to Samson's wife and told her, “Use your charms to get your husband to e...
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So Samson's wife went crying to him, saying, “You really do hate me, don't you! You don't love me at...
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She cried in front of him for the whole time of the party, and eventually on the seventh day he expl...
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Before the sun set on the seventh day, the men of the town came to Samson and said, “What's sweeter...
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The Spirit of the Lord swept over him and he went to Ashkelon, killed thirty of their men, took thei...