Judges 14:18 - Revised Standard Version

¹⁸ And 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?” And he said to them, “If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have found out my riddle.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, Ye had not found out my riddle.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ And the men of the city said to [Samson] on the seventh day before sundown, What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion? And he said to them, If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have solved my riddle.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, Ye had not found out my riddle.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ So on the seventh day, before the sun set, the townspeople said to him, “What’s sweeter than honey? What’s stronger than a lion?” He replied to them, “If you hadn’t plowed with my heifer, you wouldn’t have figured out my riddle!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ And they, on the seventh day, before the sun declined, said to him: "What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion?" And he said to them, "If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have uncovered my proposition."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ And they on the seventh day before the sun went down said to him: What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said to them: If you had not ploughed with my heifer, you had not found out my riddle.

Judges 14:18 Cross References

2 Samuel 1:23

“Saul and Jonathan, beloved and lovely! In life and in death they were not divided; they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.

Psalm 81:16

I would feed you with the finest of the wheat, and with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”

Proverbs 30:30

the lion, which is mightiest among beasts and does not turn back before any;

Ezekiel 1:10

As for the likeness of their faces, each had the face of a man in front; the four had the face of a lion on the right side, the four had the face of an ox on the left side, and the four had the face of an eagle at the back.

Judges 14:17

She wept before him the seven days that their feast lasted; and on the seventh day he told her, because she pressed him hard. Then she told the riddle to her countrymen.

Judges 14:19

And the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon and killed thirty men of the town, and took their spoil and gave the festal garments to those who had told the riddle. In hot anger he went back to his father's house.