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Samson’s wife tells the riddle to the children of her people

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Judges 14:15–18: on the seventh day, they say 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?” Samson’s wife weeps before him, and says, “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.” Samson says to her, “Behold, I haven’t told my father or my mother, so why should I tell you?” She weeps before him the seven days, while their feast lasts; and on the seventh day, he tells her, because she pressed him severely; and she tells the riddle to the children of her people. The men of the city say to Samson on the seventh day before the sun goes down, “What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?” He says to them, “If you hadn’t plowed with my heifer, you wouldn’t have found out my riddle.”

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JDG 14:15–18, engwebp
¹⁵On 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?”
¹⁶Samson’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?”
¹⁷She 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.
¹⁸The 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.”
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Evidence: Judges 14:15–18

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Current wording: Judges 14:15–18: on the seventh day, they say 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?” Samson’s wife weeps before him, and says, “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.” Samson says to her, “Behold, I haven’t told my father or my mother, so why should I tell you?” She weeps before him the seven days, while their feast lasts; and on the seventh day, he tells her, because she pressed him severely; and she tells the riddle to the children of her people. The men of the city say to Samson on the seventh day before the sun goes down, “What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?” He says to them, “If you hadn’t plowed with my heifer, you wouldn’t have found out my riddle.”
Cited evidence: JDG 14:15–18, engwebp
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