Judges 14:12-19 And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast , and find it out , then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments:

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12 H8123 And Samson H559 said [H8799] H2330 unto them, I will now put forth [H8799] H2420 a riddle H5046 unto you: if ye can certainly [H8687] H5046 declare [H8686] H7651 it me within the seven H3117 days H4960 of the feast H4672 , and find it out [H8804] H5414 , then I will give [H8804] H7970 you thirty H5466 sheets H7970 and thirty H2487 change H899 of garments:

13 H3201 But if ye cannot [H8799] H5046 declare [H8687] H5414 it me, then shall ye give [H8804] H7970 me thirty H5466 sheets H7970 and thirty H2487 change H899 of garments H559 . And they said [H8799] H2330 unto him, Put forth [H8798] H2420 thy riddle H8085 , that we may hear [H8799] it.

14 H559 And he said [H8799] H398 unto them, Out of the eater [H8802] H3318 came forth [H8804] H3978 meat H5794 , and out of the strong H3318 came forth [H8804] H4966 sweetness H3201 . And they could [H8804] H7969 not in three H3117 days H5046 expound [H8687] H2420 the riddle.

15 H7637 And it came to pass on the seventh H3117 day H559 , that they said [H8799] H8123 unto Samson's H802 wife H6601 , Entice [H8761] H376 thy husband H5046 , that he may declare [H8686] H2420 unto us the riddle H8313 , lest we burn [H8799] H1 thee and thy father's H1004 house H784 with fire H7121 : have ye called [H8804] H3423 us to take that we have [H8800] ? is it not so ?

16 H8123 And Samson's H802 wife H1058 wept [H8799] H559 before him, and said [H8799] H8130 , Thou dost but hate [H8804] H157 me, and lovest [H8804] H2330 me not: thou hast put forth [H8804] H2420 a riddle H1121 unto the children H5971 of my people H5046 , and hast not told [H8689] H559 it me. And he said [H8799] H5046 unto her, Behold, I have not told [H8689] H1 it my father H517 nor my mother H5046 , and shall I tell [H8686] it thee?

17 H1058 And she wept [H8799] H7651 before him the seven H3117 days H4960 , while their feast H1961 lasted [H8804] H7637 : and it came to pass on the seventh H3117 day H5046 , that he told [H8686] H6693 her, because she lay sore [H8689] H5046 upon him: and she told [H8686] H2420 the riddle H1121 to the children H5971 of her people.

18 H582 And the men H5892 of the city H559 said [H8799] H7637 unto him on the seventh H3117 day H2775 before the sun H935 went down [H8799] H4966 , What is sweeter H1706 than honey H5794 ? and what is stronger H738 than a lion H559 ? And he said [H8799] H3884 unto them, If H2790 ye had not plowed [H8804] H5697 with my heifer H4672 , ye had not found out [H8804] H2420 my riddle.

19 H7307 And the Spirit H3068 of the LORD H6743 came [H8799] H3381 upon him, and he went down [H8799] H831 to Ashkelon H5221 , and slew [H8686] H7970 thirty H376 men H3947 of them, and took [H8799] H2488 their spoil H5414 , and gave [H8799] H2487 change H5046 of garments unto them which expounded [H8688] H2420 the riddle H639 . And his anger H2734 was kindled [H8799] H5927 , and he went up [H8799] H1 to his father's H1004 house.