Judges 14:14-16
Legacy Standard Bible
14 So he said to them,
“Out of the eater came something to eat,
And out of the strong came something sweet.”
But they could not tell the riddle in three days.
15 Then it happened on the [a]fourth day that they said to Samson’s wife, “(A)Entice your husband, so that he will tell us the riddle, (B)or we will burn you and your father’s house with fire. Have you invited us to impoverish us? Is this not so?” 16 So Samson’s wife wept before him and said, “(C)You only hate me, and you do not love me; you have propounded a riddle to the sons of my people and have not told it to me.” And he said to her, “Behold, I have not told it to my father or mother; so should I tell you?”
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- Judges 14:15 As in some ancient versions; M.T. seventh
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