Judges:14

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ylt @Judges:14:1 @And Samson goeth down to Timnath , and seeth a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines , ylt @Judges:14:2 @and cometh up and declareth to his father , and to his mother , and saith , 'A woman I have seen in Timnath , of the daughters of the Philistines ; and now , take her for me for a wife .' ylt @Judges:14:3 @And his father saith to him -- also his mother , 'Is there not among the daughters of thy brethren , and among all my people , a woman , that thou art going to take a woman from the uncircumcised Philistines ?' and Samson saith unto his father , 'Take her for me , for she is right in mine eyes .' ylt @Judges:14:4 @And his father and his mother have not known that from Jehovah it [is ], that a meeting he is seeking of the Philistines ; and at that time the Philistines are ruling over Israel . ylt @Judges:14:5 @And Samson goeth down -- also his father and his mother , to Timnath , and they come unto the vineyards of Timnath , and lo , a lion 's whelp roareth at meeting him , ylt @Judges:14:6 @and the Spirit of Jehovah prospereth over him , and he rendeth it as the rending of a kid , and there is nothing in his hand , and he hath not declared to his father and to his mother that which he hath done . ylt @Judges:14:7 @And he goeth down and speaketh to the woman , and she is right in the eyes of Samson ; ylt @Judges:14:8 @and he turneth back after [some ] days to take her , and turneth aside to see the carcase of the lion , and lo , a company of bees [are ] in the body of the lion -- and honey . ylt @Judges:14:9 @And he taketh it down on to his hands , and goeth on , going and eating ; and he goeth unto his father , and unto his mother , and giveth to them , and they eat , and he hath not declared to them that from the body of the lion he took down the honey . ylt @Judges:14:10 @And his father goeth down unto the woman , and Samson maketh there a banquet , for so the young men do ; ylt @Judges:14:11 @and it cometh to pass when they see him , that they take thirty companions , and they are with him . ylt @Judges:14:12 @And Samson saith to them , 'Let me , I pray you , put forth to you a riddle ; if ye certainly declare it to me [in ] the seven days of the banquet , and have found [it ] out , then I have given to you thirty linen shirts , and thirty changes of garments ; ylt @Judges:14:13 @and if ye are not able to declare [it ] to me , then ye have given to me thirty linen shirts , and thirty changes of garments .' And they say to him , 'Put forth thy riddle , and we hear it !' ylt @Judges:14:14 @And he saith to them : 'Out of the eater came forth meat , And out of the strong came forth sweetness ;' and they were not able to declare the riddle [in ] three days . ylt @Judges:14:15 @And it cometh to pass , on the seventh day , that they say to Samson 's wife , 'Entice thy husband , that he declare to us the riddle , lest we burn thee and the house of thy father with fire ; to possess us have ye called for us ? is it not ?' ylt @Judges:14:16 @And Samson 's wife weepeth for it , and saith , 'Thou hast only hated me , and hast not loved me ; the riddle thou hast put forth to the sons of my people -- and to me thou hast not declared it ;' and he saith to her , 'Lo , to my father and to my mother I have not declared [it ] -- and to thee I declare [it ]!' ylt @Judges:14:17 @And she weepeth for it the seven days [in ] which their banquet hath been , and it cometh to pass on the seventh day that he declareth [it ] to her , for she hath distressed him ; and she declareth the riddle to the sons of her people . ylt @Judges:14:18 @And the men of the city say to him on the seventh day , before the sun goeth in : -- 'What [is ] sweeter than honey ? And what stronger than a lion ?' And he saith to them : 'Unless ye had ploughed with my heifer , Ye had not found out my riddle .' ylt @Judges:14:19 @And the Spirit of Jehovah prospereth over him , and he goeth down to Ashkelon , and smiteth of them thirty men , and taketh their armour , and giveth the changes to those declaring the riddle ; and his anger burneth , and he goeth up to the house of his father ; ylt @Judges:14:20 @and Samson 's wife becometh his companion 's , who [is ] his friend .

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