12
H8123
And Samson
H559 [H8799]
said
H2330 [H8799]
to them, I will now tell
H2420
a riddle
H5046 [H8687]
to you: if ye can certainly
H5046 [H8686]
declare
H7651
it me within the seven
H3117
days
H4960
of the feast
H4672 [H8804]
, and find it out
H5414 [H8804]
, then I will give
H7970
you thirty
H5466
sheets
H7970
and thirty
H2487
change
H899
of garments:
13
H3201 [H8799]
But if ye cannot
H5046 [H8687]
declare
H5414 [H8804]
it to me, then shall ye give
H7970
me thirty
H5466
sheets
H7970
and thirty
H2487
change
H899
of garments
H559 [H8799]
. And they said
H2330 [H8798]
to him, Tell
H2420
thy riddle
H8085 [H8799]
, that we may hear it.
14
H559 [H8799]
And he said
H398 [H8802]
to them, Out of the eater
H3318 [H8804]
came forth
H3978
food
H5794
, and out of the strong
H3318 [H8804]
came forth
H4966
sweetness
H3201 [H8804]
. And they could
H7969
not in three
H3117
days
H5046 [H8687]
expound
H2420
the riddle.
15
H7637
And it came to pass on the seventh
H3117
day
H559 [H8799]
, that they said
H8123
to Samson's
H802
wife
H6601 [H8761]
, Entice
H376
thy husband
H5046 [H8686]
, that he may declare
H2420
to us the riddle
H8313 [H8799]
, lest we burn
H1
thee and thy father's
H1004
house
H784
with fire
H7121 [H8804]
: have ye called
H3423 [H8800]
us to take what we possess? is it not so?
16
H8123
And Samson's
H802
wife
H1058 [H8799]
wept
H559 [H8799]
before him, and said
H8130 [H8804]
, Thou dost but hate
H157 [H8804]
me, and lovest
H2330 [H8804]
me not: thou hast told
H2420
a riddle
H1121
to the children
H5971
of my people
H5046 [H8689]
, and hast not told
H559 [H8799]
it to me. And he said
H5046 [H8689]
to her, Behold, I have not told
H1
it to my father
H517
nor to my mother
H5046 [H8686]
, and shall I tell it to thee?
17
H1058 [H8799]
And she wept
H7651
before him the seven
H3117
days
H4960
, while their feast
H1961 [H8804]
lasted
H7637
: and it came to pass on the seventh
H3117
day
H5046 [H8686]
, that he told
H6693 [H8689]
her, because she pressed him so hard
H5046 [H8686]
: and she told
H2420
the riddle
H1121
to the children
H5971
of her people.
18
H582
And the men
H5892
of the city
H559 [H8799]
said
H7637
to him on the seventh
H3117
day
H2775
before the sun
H935 [H8799]
went down
H4966
, What is sweeter
H1706
than honey
H5794
? and what is stronger
H738
than a lion
H559 [H8799]
? And he said
H3884
to them, If
H2790 [H8804]
ye had not plowed
H5697
with my heifer
H4672 [H8804]
, ye had not found out
H2420
my riddle.
19
H7307
And the Spirit
H3068
of the LORD
H6743 [H8799]
came
H3381 [H8799]
upon him, and he went down
H831
to Ashkelon
H5221 [H8686]
, and slew
H7970
thirty
H376
men
H3947 [H8799]
of them, and took
H2488
their spoil
H5414 [H8799]
, and gave
H2487
change
H5046 [H8688]
of garments to them who expounded
H2420
the riddle
H639
. And his anger
H2734 [H8799]
was kindled
H5927 [H8799]
, and he went up
H1
to his father's
H1004
house.