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


In Context

11 When he appeared, he was given thirty companions.

12 "Let me tell you a riddle," Samson said to them. "If you can give me the answer within the seven days of the feast, I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes.

13 If you can't tell me the answer, you must give me thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes." "Tell us your riddle," they said. "Let's hear it."

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

15 On the fourth day, they said to Samson's wife, "Coax your husband into explaining the riddle for us, or we will burn you and your father's household to death. Did you invite us here to rob us?"

16 Then Samson's wife threw herself on him, sobbing, "You hate me! You don't really love me. You've given my people a riddle, but you haven't told me the answer." "I haven't even explained it to my father or mother," he replied, "so why should I explain it to you?"

Judges 14:14 in Other Translations

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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:14And 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.

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.