Judges 14:14-16

Evangelical Heritage Version

¹⁴ Samson said to them,

But they were not able to solve the riddle for three days.

¹⁵ Then, on the fourth day,^[a] they said to Samson’s wife, “Persuade your husband so that you can tell us the solution to the riddle, or we will set you on fire with the house of your father. You invited us in order to take our property, didn’t you?”

¹⁶ Samson’s wife cried on his shoulder and said, “You certainly hate me and do not love me. You told a riddle to my people, but you have not explained it to me!”

Samson said to her, “Look! I have not told even my father and my mother, and I should tell you?”