Judges 14:10-15

New International Version

¹⁰ Now his father went down to see the woman. And there Samson held a feast,^(A) as was customary for young men. ¹¹ When the people saw him, they chose thirty men to be his companions.

¹² “Let me tell you a riddle,^(B)” Samson said to them. “If you can give me the answer within the seven days of the feast,^(C) I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes.^{(D) 13} If you can’t tell me the answer, you must give me thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes.”

“Tell us your riddle,” they said. “Let’s hear it.”

¹⁴ He replied,

For three days they could not give the answer.

¹⁵ On the fourth^[a] day, they said to Samson’s wife, “Coax^(F) your husband into explaining the riddle for us, or we will burn you and your father’s household to death.^(G) Did you invite us here to steal our property?”