Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation On the fourth day they said to Samson's wife, "Trick your husband into telling us what the riddle means. If you don't, we'll set fire to your father's house and burn you with it. You two invited us so that you could rob us, didn't you?" New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And when the seventh day came, they said to the wife of Samson: Sooth thy husband, and persuade him to tell thee what the riddle meaneth. But if thou wilt not do it, we will burn thee, and thy father's house. Have you called us to the wedding on purpose to strip us? on the seventh day. Judges 14:17 So she wept before him the seven days of the feast: and, at length, on the seventh day, as she was troublesome to him, he expounded it. And she immediately told her countrymen. , that she wept the remainder of the seven days; for which there could have been no time, if they did not threaten her till the seventh. Entice Judges 16:5 And the princes of the Philistines came to her, and said: Deceive him, and learn of him wherein his great strength lieth, and how we may be able to overcome him, to bind and afflict him: which if thou shalt do, we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver. Genesis 3:1-6 Now the serpent was more subtle than any of the beasts of the earth which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman: Why hath God commanded you, that you should not eat of every tree of paradise? . . . Proverbs 1:11 Let us swallow him up alive like hell, and whole as one that goeth down into the pit. Proverbs 5:3 But her end is bitter as wormwood, and sharp as a two-edged sword. Proverbs 6:26 Can a man hide fire in his bosom, and his garments not burn? Micah 7:5 Believe not a friend, and trust not in a prince: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that sleepeth in thy bosom. lest we burn Judges 12:1 But behold there arose a sedition in Ephraim. And passing towards the north, they said to Jephte: When thou wentest to fight against the children of Ammon, why wouldst thou not call us, that we might go with thee? Therefore we will burn thy house. Judges 15:6 Then the Philistines said: Who hath done this thing? And it was answered: Samson, the son in law of the Thamnathite, because he took away his wife, and gave her to another, hath done these things. And the Philistines went up and burnt both the woman and her father. take that we have. Context Samson's Riddle…14And he said to them: Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not for three days expound the riddle. 15And when the seventh day came, they said to the wife of Samson: Sooth thy husband, and persuade him to tell thee what the riddle meaneth. But if thou wilt not do it, we will burn thee, and thy father's house. Have you called us to the wedding on purpose to strip us?16So she wept before Samson and complained, saying: Thou hatest me, and dost not love me: therefore thou wilt not expound to me the riddle, which thou hast proposed to the sons of my people. But he answered: I would not tell it to my father and mother: and how can I tell it to thee?… Cross References Judges 14:14 And he said to them: Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not for three days expound the riddle. Judges 15:6 Then the Philistines said: Who hath done this thing? And it was answered: Samson, the son in law of the Thamnathite, because he took away his wife, and gave her to another, hath done these things. And the Philistines went up and burnt both the woman and her father. Judges 16:5 And the princes of the Philistines came to her, and said: Deceive him, and learn of him wherein his great strength lieth, and how we may be able to overcome him, to bind and afflict him: which if thou shalt do, we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver. Jump to Previous Burn Declare Entice Hither House Husband Impoverish Possess Riddle Samson's Seventh WifeJump to Next Burn Declare Entice Hither House Husband Impoverish Possess Riddle Samson's Seventh WifeLinks Judges 14:15 NIVJudges 14:15 NLT Judges 14:15 ESV Judges 14:15 NASB Judges 14:15 Bible Apps Judges 14:15 Biblia Paralela Judges 14:15 Chinese Bible Judges 14:15 French Bible Judges 14:15 German Bible Alphabetical: about and burn came Coax day death Did Entice explaining father's fire for fourth Have he here house household husband impoverish into invite invited Is it not On or riddle rob said Samson's so tell that the Then they this to us we wife will with you your OT History: Judges 14:15 It happened on the seventh day that (Jd Judg. Jdg) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |