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Judges 14:3-20

Then his father
<01>
and his mother
<0517>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto him, [Is there] never
<0369>
a woman
<0802>
among the daughters
<01323>
of thy brethren
<0251>_,
or among all my people
<05971>_,
that thou goest
<01980> (8802)
to take
<03947> (8800)
a wife
<0802>
of the uncircumcised
<06189>
Philistines
<06430>_?
And Samson
<08123>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto his father
<01>_,
Get
<03947> (8798)
her for me; for she pleaseth me well
<03474> (8804) <05869>_.
{pleaseth...: Heb. is right in mine eyes}
But his father
<01>
and his mother
<0517>
knew
<03045> (8804)
not that it [was] of the LORD
<03068>_,
that he sought
<01245> (8764)
an occasion
<08385>
against the Philistines
<06430>_:
for at that time
<06256>
the Philistines
<06430>
had dominion
<04910> (8802)
over Israel
<03478>_.
Then went
<03381> (0)
Samson
<08123>
down
<03381> (8799)_,
and his father
<01>
and his mother
<0517>_,
to Timnath
<08553>_,
and came
<0935> (8799)
to the vineyards
<03754>
of Timnath
<08553>_:
and, behold, a young
<03715>
lion
<0738>
roared
<07580> (8802)
against
<07125> (8800)
him. {against...: Heb. in meeting him}
And the Spirit
<07307>
of the LORD
<03068>
came mightily
<06743> (8799)
upon him, and he rent
<08156> (8762)
him as he would have rent
<08156> (8763)
a kid
<01423>_,
and [he had] nothing
<03972>
in his hand
<03027>_:
but he told
<05046> (8689)
not his father
<01>
or his mother
<0517>
what he had done
<06213> (8804)_.
And he went down
<03381> (8799)_,
and talked
<01696> (8762)
with the woman
<0802>_;
and she pleased
<03474> (0)
Samson
<08123>
well
<03474> (8799) <05869>_.
And after a time
<03117>
he returned
<07725> (8799)
to take
<03947> (8800)
her, and he turned aside
<05493> (8799)
to see
<07200> (8800)
the carcase
<04658>
of the lion
<0738>_:
and, behold, [there was] a swarm
<05712>
of bees
<01682>
and honey
<01706>
in the carcase
<01472>
of the lion
<0738>_.
And he took
<07287> (8799)
thereof in his hands
<03709>_,
and went on
<03212> (8799)
eating
<0398> (8800)_,
and came
<01980> (8800)
to his father
<01>
and mother
<0517>_,
and he gave
<05414> (8799)
them, and they did eat
<0398> (8799)_:
but he told
<05046> (8689)
not them that he had taken
<07287> (8804)
the honey
<01706>
out of the carcase
<01472>
of the lion
<0738>_.
So his father
<01>
went down
<03381> (8799)
unto the woman
<0802>_:
and Samson
<08123>
made
<06213> (8799)
there a feast
<04960>_;
for so used the young men
<0970>
to do
<06213> (8799)_.
And it came to pass, when they saw
<07200> (8800)
him, that they brought
<03947> (8799)
thirty
<07970>
companions
<04828>
to be with him.
And Samson
<08123>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto them, I will now put forth
<02330> (8799)
a riddle
<02420>
unto you: if ye can certainly
<05046> (8687)
declare
<05046> (8686)
it me within the seven
<07651>
days
<03117>
of the feast
<04960>_,
and find [it] out
<04672> (8804)_,
then I will give
<05414> (8804)
you thirty
<07970>
sheets
<05466>
and thirty
<07970>
change
<02487>
of garments
<0899>_:
{sheets: or, shirts}
But if ye cannot
<03201> (8799)
declare
<05046> (8687)
[it] me, then shall ye give
<05414> (8804)
me thirty
<07970>
sheets
<05466>
and thirty
<07970>
change
<02487>
of garments
<0899>_.
And they said
<0559> (8799)
unto him, Put forth
<02330> (8798)
thy riddle
<02420>_,
that we may hear
<08085> (8799)
it. {sheets: or, shirts}
And he said
<0559> (8799)
unto them, Out of the eater
<0398> (8802)
came forth
<03318> (8804)
meat
<03978>_,
and out of the strong
<05794>
came forth
<03318> (8804)
sweetness
<04966>_.
And they could
<03201> (8804)
not in three
<07969>
days
<03117>
expound
<05046> (8687)
the riddle
<02420>_.
And it came to pass on the seventh
<07637>
day
<03117>_,
that they said
<0559> (8799)
unto Samson's
<08123>
wife
<0802>_,
Entice
<06601> (8761)
thy husband
<0376>_,
that he may declare
<05046> (8686)
unto us the riddle
<02420>_,
lest we burn
<08313> (8799)
thee and thy father's
<01>
house
<01004>
with fire
<0784>_:
have ye called
<07121> (8804)
us to take that we have
<03423> (8800)_?
[is it] not [so]? {take...: Heb. possess us, or, impoverish us?}
And Samson's
<08123>
wife
<0802>
wept
<01058> (8799)
before him, and said
<0559> (8799)_,
Thou dost but hate
<08130> (8804)
me, and lovest
<0157> (8804)
me not: thou hast put forth
<02330> (8804)
a riddle
<02420>
unto the children
<01121>
of my people
<05971>_,
and hast not told
<05046> (8689)
[it] me. And he said
<0559> (8799)
unto her, Behold, I have not told
<05046> (8689)
[it] my father
<01>
nor my mother
<0517>_,
and shall I tell
<05046> (8686)
[it] thee?
And she wept
<01058> (8799)
before him the seven
<07651>
days
<03117>_,
while their feast
<04960>
lasted
<01961> (8804)_:
and it came to pass on the seventh
<07637>
day
<03117>_,
that he told
<05046> (8686)
her, because she lay sore
<06693> (8689)
upon him: and she told
<05046> (8686)
the riddle
<02420>
to the children
<01121>
of her people
<05971>_.
{the seven...: or, the rest of the seven days}
And the men
<0582>
of the city
<05892>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto him on the seventh
<07637>
day
<03117>
before the sun
<02775>
went down
<0935> (8799)_,
What [is] sweeter
<04966>
than honey
<01706>_?
and what [is] stronger
<05794>
than a lion
<0738>_?
And he said
<0559> (8799)
unto them, If
<03884>
ye had not plowed
<02790> (8804)
with my heifer
<05697>_,
ye had not found out
<04672> (8804)
my riddle
<02420>_.
And the Spirit
<07307>
of the LORD
<03068>
came
<06743> (8799)
upon him, and he went down
<03381> (8799)
to Ashkelon
<0831>_,
and slew
<05221> (8686)
thirty
<07970>
men
<0376>
of them, and took
<03947> (8799)
their spoil
<02488>_,
and gave
<05414> (8799)
change
<02487>
of garments unto them which expounded
<05046> (8688)
the riddle
<02420>_.
And his anger
<0639>
was kindled
<02734> (8799)_,
and he went up
<05927> (8799)
to his father's
<01>
house
<01004>_.
{spoil: or, apparel}
But Samson's
<08123>
wife
<0802>
was [given] to his companion
<04828>_,
whom he had used as his friend
<07462> (8765)_.


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