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Judges 14:11-13
New English Translation
Judges 14:11-13
New English Translation
11 When the Philistines saw he had no attendants, they gave him thirty groomsmen who kept him company.[a] 12 Samson said to them, “I will give you a riddle. If you really can solve it during the seven days the party lasts,[b] I will give you thirty linen robes and thirty sets[c] of clothes. 13 But if you cannot solve it,[d] you will give me thirty linen robes and thirty sets of clothes.” They said to him, “Let us hear your riddle.”[e]
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- Judges 14:11 tn Heb “When they saw him, they gave him thirty companions and they were with him.” Instead of כִּרְאוֹתָם (kirʾotam, “when they saw”) some ancient witnesses (e.g., some mss of the LXX) assume the reading בְּיִרְאָתָם (beyirʾatam, “because they feared”).
- Judges 14:12 tn Heb “If you really can tell it to me [during] the seven days of the feast and you find [its answer].”
- Judges 14:12 tn Heb “changes.”
- Judges 14:13 tn Heb “you are unable to tell me.”
- Judges 14:13 tn Heb “Give your riddle so we can hear it.”
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