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Judges 14 (WEBP)

[1] Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines.
[2] He came up, and told his father and his mother, saying, “I have seen a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines. Now therefore get her for me as my wife.”
[3] Then his father and his mother said to him, “Isn’t there a woman among your brothers’ daughters, or among all my people, that you go to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines?” Samson said to his father, “Get her for me, for she pleases me well.”
[4] But his father and his mother didn’t know that it was of Yahweh; for he sought an occasion against the Philistines. Now at that time the Philistines ruled over Israel.
[5] Then Samson went down to Timnah with his father and his mother, and came to the vineyards of Timnah; and behold, a young lion roared at him.
[6] Yahweh’s Spirit came mightily on him, and he tore him as he would have torn a young goat with his bare hands, but he didn’t tell his father or his mother what he had done.
[7] He went down and talked with the woman, and she pleased Samson well.
[8] After a while he returned to take her, and he went over to see the carcass of the lion; and behold, there was a swarm of bees in the body of the lion, and honey.
[9] He took it into his hands, and went on, eating as he went. He came to his father and mother and gave to them, and they ate, but he didn’t tell them that he had taken the honey out of the lion’s body.
[10] His father went down to the woman; and Samson made a feast there, for the young men used to do so.
[11] When they saw him, they brought thirty companions to be with him.
[12] Samson said to them, “Let me tell you a riddle now. If you can tell me the answer within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothing;
[13] but if you can’t tell me the answer, then you shall give me thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothing.” They said to him, “Tell us your riddle, that we may hear it.”
[14] He said to them, “Out of the eater came out food. Out of the strong came out sweetness.” They couldn’t in three days declare the riddle.
[15] On the seventh day, they said to Samson’s wife, “Entice your husband, that he may declare to us the riddle, lest we burn you and your father’s house with fire. Have you called us to impoverish us? Isn’t that so?”
[16] Samson’s wife wept before him, and said, “You just hate me, and don’t love me. You’ve told a riddle to the children of my people, and haven’t told it to me.” He said to her, “Behold, I haven’t told my father or my mother, so why should I tell you?”
[17] She wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted; and on the seventh day, he told her, because she pressed him severely; and she told the riddle to the children of her people.
[18] The men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down, “What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?” He said to them, “If you hadn’t plowed with my heifer, you wouldn’t have found out my riddle.”
[19] Yahweh’s Spirit came mightily on him, and he went down to Ashkelon and struck thirty men of them. He took their plunder, then gave the changes of clothing to those who declared the riddle. His anger burned, and he went up to his father’s house.
[20] But Samson’s wife was given to his companion, who had been his friend.

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King James w/Strong’s #s

Judges 14 (KJVS)

[1] And Samson H8123 went down H3381 (8799) to Timnath H8553, and saw H7200 (8799) a woman H802 in Timnath H8553 of the daughters H1323 of the Philistines H6430.
[2] And he came up H5927 (8799), and told H5046 (8686) his father H1 and his mother H517, and said H559 (8799), I have seen H7200 (8804) a woman H802 in Timnath H8553 of the daughters H1323 of the Philistines H6430: now therefore get H3947 (8798) her for me to wife H802.
[3] Then his father H1 and his mother H517 said H559 (8799) unto him, [Is there] never H369 a woman H802 among the daughters H1323 of thy brethren H251, or among all my people H5971, that thou goest H1980 (8802) to take H3947 (8800) a wife H802 of the uncircumcised H6189 Philistines H6430? And Samson H8123 said H559 (8799) unto his father H1, Get H3947 (8798) her for me; for she pleaseth me well H3474 (8804) H5869.
[4] But his father H1 and his mother H517 knew H3045 (8804) not that it [was] of the LORD H3068, that he sought H1245 (8764) an occasion H8385 against the Philistines H6430: for at that time H6256 the Philistines H6430 had dominion H4910 (8802) over Israel H3478.
[5] Then went H3381 Samson H8123 down H3381 (8799), and his father H1 and his mother H517, to Timnath H8553, and came H935 (8799) to the vineyards H3754 of Timnath H8553: and, behold, a young H3715 lion H738 roared H7580 (8802) against H7125 (8800) him.
[6] And the Spirit H7307 of the LORD H3068 came mightily H6743 (8799) upon him, and he rent H8156 (8762) him as he would have rent H8156 (8763) a kid H1423, and [he had] nothing H3972 in his hand H3027: but he told H5046 (8689) not his father H1 or his mother H517 what he had done H6213 (8804).
[7] And he went down H3381 (8799), and talked H1696 (8762) with the woman H802; and she pleased H3474 Samson H8123 well H3474 (8799) H5869.
[8] And after a time H3117 he returned H7725 (8799) to take H3947 (8800) her, and he turned aside H5493 (8799) to see H7200 (8800) the carcase H4658 of the lion H738: and, behold, [there was] a swarm H5712 of bees H1682 and honey H1706 in the carcase H1472 of the lion H738.
[9] And he took H7287 (8799) thereof in his hands H3709, and went on H3212 (8799) eating H398 (8800), and came H1980 (8800) to his father H1 and mother H517, and he gave H5414 (8799) them, and they did eat H398 (8799): but he told H5046 (8689) not them that he had taken H7287 (8804) the honey H1706 out of the carcase H1472 of the lion H738.
[10] So his father H1 went down H3381 (8799) unto the woman H802: and Samson H8123 made H6213 (8799) there a feast H4960; for so used the young men H970 to do H6213 (8799).
[11] And it came to pass, when they saw H7200 (8800) him, that they brought H3947 (8799) thirty H7970 companions H4828 to be with him.
[12] And Samson H8123 said H559 (8799) unto them, I will now put forth H2330 (8799) a riddle H2420 unto you: if ye can certainly H5046 (8687) declare H5046 (8686) it me within the seven H7651 days H3117 of the feast H4960, and find [it] out H4672 (8804), then I will give H5414 (8804) you thirty H7970 sheets H5466 and thirty H7970 change H2487 of garments H899:
[13] But if ye cannot H3201 (8799) declare H5046 (8687) [it] me, then shall ye give H5414 (8804) me thirty H7970 sheets H5466 and thirty H7970 change H2487 of garments H899. And they said H559 (8799) unto him, Put forth H2330 (8798) thy riddle H2420, that we may hear H8085 (8799) it.
[14] And he said H559 (8799) unto them, Out of the eater H398 (8802) came forth H3318 (8804) meat H3978, and out of the strong H5794 came forth H3318 (8804) sweetness H4966. And they could H3201 (8804) not in three H7969 days H3117 expound H5046 (8687) the riddle H2420.
[15] And it came to pass on the seventh H7637 day H3117, that they said H559 (8799) unto Samson’s H8123 wife H802, Entice H6601 (8761) thy husband H376, that he may declare H5046 (8686) unto us the riddle H2420, lest we burn H8313 (8799) thee and thy father’s H1 house H1004 with fire H784: have ye called H7121 (8804) us to take that we have H3423 (8800)? [is it] not [so]?
[16] And Samson’s H8123 wife H802 wept H1058 (8799) before him, and said H559 (8799), Thou dost but hate H8130 (8804) me, and lovest H157 (8804) me not: thou hast put forth H2330 (8804) a riddle H2420 unto the children H1121 of my people H5971, and hast not told H5046 (8689) [it] me. And he said H559 (8799) unto her, Behold, I have not told H5046 (8689) [it] my father H1 nor my mother H517, and shall I tell H5046 (8686) [it] thee?
[17] And she wept H1058 (8799) before him the seven H7651 days H3117, while their feast H4960 lasted H1961 (8804): and it came to pass on the seventh H7637 day H3117, that he told H5046 (8686) her, because she lay sore H6693 (8689) upon him: and she told H5046 (8686) the riddle H2420 to the children H1121 of her people H5971.
[18] And the men H582 of the city H5892 said H559 (8799) unto him on the seventh H7637 day H3117 before the sun H2775 went down H935 (8799), What [is] sweeter H4966 than honey H1706? and what [is] stronger H5794 than a lion H738? And he said H559 (8799) unto them, If H3884 ye had not plowed H2790 (8804) with my heifer H5697, ye had not found out H4672 (8804) my riddle H2420.
[19] And the Spirit H7307 of the LORD H3068 came H6743 (8799) upon him, and he went down H3381 (8799) to Ashkelon H831, and slew H5221 (8686) thirty H7970 men H376 of them, and took H3947 (8799) their spoil H2488, and gave H5414 (8799) change H2487 of garments unto them which expounded H5046 (8688) the riddle H2420. And his anger H639 was kindled H2734 (8799), and he went up H5927 (8799) to his father’s H1 house H1004.
[20] But Samson’s H8123 wife H802 was [given] to his companion H4828, whom he had used as his friend H7462 (8765).

Young’s Literal Translation

Judges 14 (YLT)

[1] And Samson goeth down to Timnath, and seeth a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines,
[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.’
[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.’
[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.
[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,
[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.
[7] And he goeth down and speaketh to the woman, and she is right in the eyes of Samson;
[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.
[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.
[10] And his father goeth down unto the woman, and Samson maketh there a banquet, for so the young men do;
[11] and it cometh to pass when they see him, that they take thirty companions, and they are with him.
[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;
[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!’
[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.
[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?’
[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!’
[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.
[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.’
[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;
[20] and Samson’s wife becometh his companion’s, who is his friend.