Verse 16
Judges 14:16
King James Version
16
And Samson’s wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hast not told
it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told
it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell
it
thee?
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/תֵּבְךְּ֩ אֵ֨שֶׁת שִׁמְשׁ֜וֹן עָלָ֗י/ו וַ/תֹּ֨אמֶר֙ רַק שְׂנֵאתַ֨/נִי֙ וְ/לֹ֣א אֲהַבְתָּ֔/נִי הַֽ/חִידָ֥ה חַ֨דְתָּ֙ לִ/בְנֵ֣י עַמִּ֔/י וְ/לִ֖/י לֹ֣א הִגַּ֑דְתָּה וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר לָ֗/הּ הִנֵּ֨ה לְ/אָבִ֧/י וּ/לְ/אִמִּ֛/י לֹ֥א הִגַּ֖דְתִּי וְ/לָ֥/ךְ אַגִּֽיד
English Translation
And Samson's wife wept before him and said, "You only hate me and do not love me; the riddle you posed to the children of my people, you have not told me." And he said to her, "Behold, to my father and my mother I have not told it, and to you I will tell it."
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Chapter 14 Context
1
And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.
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2
And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath of the...
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3
Then his father and his mother said unto him,
Is there never a woman among the daughters of thy bret...
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4
But his father and his mother knew not that it
was of the LORD, that he sought an occasion against t...
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5
Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timna...
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6
And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he rent him as he would have rent a kid, and...
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7
And he went down, and talked with the woman; and she pleased Samson well.
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8
And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion: and, b...
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9
And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and he gave...
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10
So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to...
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11
And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.
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12
And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me...
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13
But if ye cannot declare
it me, then shall ye give me thirty sheets and thirty change of garments. A...
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14
And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness....
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15
And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson’s wife, Entice thy husband, that...
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16
And Samson’s wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put...
17
And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh...
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18
And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What
is sweeter t...
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19
And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them,...
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20
But Samson’s wife was
given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend.
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