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Numbers 12:8 (100.00%)

With him, I will speak mouth to mouth, even plainly, and not in riddles; and he shall see Yahweh’s form. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses?”

With him will I speak H1696 (8762) mouth H6310 to mouth H6310, even apparently H4758, and not in dark speeches H2420; and the similitude H8544 of the LORD H3068 shall he behold H5027 (8686): wherefore then were ye not afraid H3372 (8804) to speak H1696 (8763) against my servant H5650 Moses H4872?

mouth unto mouth I speak with him, and by an appearance, and not in riddles; and the form of Jehovah he beholdeth attentively; and wherefore have ye not been afraid to speak against My servant-against Moses?’

Judges 14:13 (100.00%)

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.”

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.

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!’

Judges 14:15 (100.00%)

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?”

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]?

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?’

Judges 14:16 (100.00%)

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?”

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?

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!’

Judges 14:12 (100.00%)

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;

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:

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;

Judges 14:19 (100.00%)

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.

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.

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;

Judges 14:14 (100.00%)

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.

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.

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.

Judges 14:17 (100.00%)

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.

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.

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.

Judges 14:18 (100.00%)

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.”

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.

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.’

1 Kings 10:1 (100.00%)

When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning Yahweh’s name, she came to test him with hard questions.

And when the queen H4436 of Sheba H7614 heard H8085 (8802) of the fame H8088 of Solomon H8010 concerning the name H8034 of the LORD H3068, she came H935 (8799) to prove H5254 (8763) him with hard questions H2420.

And the queen of Sheba is hearing of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of Jehovah, and cometh to try him with enigmas,

2 Chronicles 9:1 (100.00%)

When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to test Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great caravan, including camels that bore spices, gold in abundance, and precious stones. When she had come to Solomon, she talked with him about all that was in her heart.

And when the queen H4436 of Sheba H7614 heard H8085 (8804) of the fame H8088 of Solomon H8010, she came H935 (8799) to prove H5254 (8763) Solomon H8010 with hard questions H2420 at Jerusalem H3389, with a very H3966 great H3515 company H2428, and camels H1581 that bare H5375 (8802) spices H1314, and gold H2091 in abundance H7230, and precious H3368 stones H68: and when she was come H935 (8799) to Solomon H8010, she communed H1696 (8762) with him of all that was in her heart H3824.

And the queen of Sheba hath heard of the fame of Solomon, and cometh in to try Solomon with acute sayings, to Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels bearing spices and gold in abundance, and precious stone; and she cometh in unto Solomon, and speaketh with him all that hath been with her heart,

Psalm 49:4 (100.00%)

I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will solve my riddle on the harp.

I will incline H5186 (8686) mine ear H241 to a parable H4912: I will open H6605 (8799) my dark saying H2420 upon the harp H3658.

I incline to a simile mine ear, I open with a harp my riddle:

Psalm 78:2 (100.00%)

I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings of old,

I will open H6605 (8799) my mouth H6310 in a parable H4912: I will utter H5042 (8686) dark sayings H2420 of old H6924:

I open with a simile my mouth, I bring forth hidden things of old,

Proverbs 1:6 (100.00%)

to understand a proverb and parables, the words and riddles of the wise.

To understand H995 (8687) a proverb H4912, and the interpretation H4426; the words H1697 of the wise H2450, and their dark sayings H2420.

For understanding a proverb and its sweetness, Words of the wise and their acute sayings.

Ezekiel 17:2 (100.00%)

“Son of man, tell a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel;

Son H1121 of man H120, put forth H2330 (8798) a riddle H2420, and speak H4911 (8798) a parable H4912 unto the house H1004 of Israel H3478;

‘Son of man, put forth a riddle, and use a simile unto the house of Israel,

Daniel 8:23 (100.00%)

“In the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors have come to the full, a king of fierce face, and understanding riddles, will stand up.

And in the latter time H319 of their kingdom H4438, when the transgressors H6586 (8802) are come to the full H8552 (8687), a king H4428 of fierce H5794 countenance H6440, and understanding H995 (8688) dark sentences H2420, shall stand up H5975 (8799).

‘And in the latter end of their kingdom, about the perfecting of the transgressors, stand up doth a king, fierce of face, and understanding hidden things;

Habakkuk 2:6 (100.00%)

Won’t all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, ‘Woe to him who increases that which is not his, and who enriches himself by extortion! How long?’

Shall not all these take up H5375 (8799) a parable H4912 against him, and a taunting H4426 proverb H2420 against him, and say H559 (8799), Woe H1945 to him that increaseth H7235 (8688) [that which is] not his! how long? and to him that ladeth H3513 (8688) himself with thick clay H5671!

Do not these-all of them-against him a simile taken up, And a moral of acute sayings for him, And say, Woe to him who is multiplying what is not his? Till when also is he multiplying to himself heavy pledges?

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.