14And he said to them, |Out of the eater came something to eat. Out of the strong came something sweet.| And they could not in three days tell what the riddle was.


In Context

11 And when the people saw him, they brought thirty companions to be with him.

12 And Samson said to them, |Let me now put a riddle to you; if you can tell me what it is, within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty festal garments;

13 but if you cannot tell me what it is, then you shall give me thirty linen garments and thirty festal garments.| And they said to him, |Put your riddle, that we may hear it.|

14 And he said to them, |Out of the eater came something to eat. Out of the strong came something sweet.| And they could not in three days tell what the riddle was.

15 On the fourth day they said to Samson's wife, |Entice your husband to tell us what the riddle is, lest we burn you and your father's house with fire. Have you invited us here to impoverish us?|

16 And Samson's wife wept before him, and said, |You only hate me, you do not love me; you have put a riddle to my countrymen, and you have not told me what it is.| And he said to her, |Behold, I have not told my father nor my mother, and shall I tell you?|

Judges 14:14 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

14:14He replied, "Out of the eater, something to eat; out of the strong, something sweet." For three days they could not give the answer.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:14And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days expound the riddle.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:14And he said to them: Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days expound the riddle.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:14And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth food, And out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days declare the riddle.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:14And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days declare the riddle.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:14And he said to them, Out of the eater came forth food, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days expound the riddle.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:14He said to them, |Out of the eater came forth food. Out of the strong came forth sweetness.| They couldn't in three days declare the riddle.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

14:14And 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:14And he said to them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days expound the riddle.