Judges 14:12

14:12 Samson said to them, “I will give you a riddle. If you really can solve it during the seven days the party lasts, ¹  I will give you thirty linen robes and thirty sets ²  of clothes.

Judges 14:17

14:17 She cried on his shoulder ³  until the party was almost over. ⁴  Finally, on the seventh day, he told her because she had nagged him so much. ⁵  Then she told the young men the solution to the riddle. ⁶ 

Judges 16:18

16:18 When Delilah saw that he had told her his secret, ⁷  she sent for ⁸  the rulers of the Philistines, saying, “Come up here again, for he has told me ⁹  his secret.” ¹⁰  So the rulers of the Philistines went up to visit her, bringing the silver in their hands.

[14:12]  ¹ tn Heb “If you really can tell it to me [during] the seven days of the feast and you find [its answer].”

[14:12]  ² tn Heb “changes.”

[14:17]  ³ tn Heb “on him.”

[14:17]  ⁴ tn Heb “the seven days [during] which they held the party.” This does not mean she cried for the entire seven days; v. 15 indicates otherwise. She cried for the remainder of the seven day period, beginning on the fourth day.

[14:17]  ⁵ tn Heb “because she forced him.”

[14:17]  ⁶ tn Heb “she told the riddle to the sons of her people.”

[16:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “all his heart.”

[16:18]  ⁶ tn Heb “she sent and summoned.”

[16:18]  ⁷ tc The translation follows the Qere, לִי (li, “to me”) rather than the Kethib, לָהּ (lah, “to her”).

[16:18]  ⁸ tn Heb “all his heart.”