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12 Samson said to them, ‘Listen to this clever question. Try to give me an answer before my party finishes in seven days. If you answer the question, I will give you 30 linen shirts and 30 sets of clothes. 13 But if you cannot tell me the answer, you will give me 30 linen shirts and 30 sets of clothes.’ The young men said, ‘Tell us your question.’[a]

14 Samson said to them:

‘Out of the one who eats came something to eat.
Out of the strong one came something sweet.’

After three days, the Philistine men could not find the answer.

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Footnotes

  1. 14:13 People often asked clever questions with a hidden answer at a marriage. It was a party game. But, at Samson's marriage, the prize was very big. A good set of clothes cost a lot of money.